diff --git a/flytectl/cmd/register/register_util.go b/flytectl/cmd/register/register_util.go
index 29e83c698d2..c94c990ee2c 100644
--- a/flytectl/cmd/register/register_util.go
+++ b/flytectl/cmd/register/register_util.go
@@ -561,20 +561,11 @@ func getAllExample(repository, version string) ([]*github.ReleaseAsset, *github.
 		}
 		return filterExampleFromRelease(release), release, nil
 	}
-	releases, err := githubutil.GetListRelease(repository)
+	release, err := githubutil.GetLatestVersion(repository)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	if len(releases) == 0 {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("repository doesn't have any release")
-	}
-	for _, v := range releases {
-		if !*v.Prerelease {
-			return filterExampleFromRelease(v), v, nil
-		}
-	}
-	return nil, nil, nil
-
+	return filterExampleFromRelease(release), release, nil
 }
 
 func getRemoteStoragePath(ctx context.Context, s *storage.DataStore, remoteLocation, file, identifier string) (storage.DataReference, error) {
diff --git a/flytectl/pkg/util/githubutil/githubutil.go b/flytectl/pkg/util/githubutil/githubutil.go
index 075b1cc8df2..257eaad970b 100644
--- a/flytectl/pkg/util/githubutil/githubutil.go
+++ b/flytectl/pkg/util/githubutil/githubutil.go
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ func GetGHClient() *github.Client {
 	return github.NewClient(&http.Client{})
 }
 
-// GetLatestVersion returns the latest version of provided repository
+// GetLatestVersion returns the latest non-prerelease version of provided repository, as
+// described in https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/releases#get-the-latest-release
 func GetLatestVersion(repository string) (*github.RepositoryRelease, error) {
 	client := GetGHClient()
 	release, _, err := client.Repositories.GetLatestRelease(context.Background(), owner, repository)