diff --git a/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker.go b/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker.go
index a48f4a131fd0..340c770d652f 100644
--- a/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker.go
+++ b/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker.go
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ type versionChecker struct {
 // newVersionChecker returns a versionChecker. Its behavior has been inspired
 // by https://github.com/cli/cli.
 func newVersionChecker(ctx context.Context, vc config.VariablesClient) (*versionChecker, error) {
-	var client *github.Client
+	var githubClient *github.Client
 	token, err := vc.Get("GITHUB_TOKEN")
 	if err == nil {
 		ts := oauth2.StaticTokenSource(
 			&oauth2.Token{AccessToken: token},
 		)
 		tc := oauth2.NewClient(ctx, ts)
-		client = github.NewClient(tc)
+		githubClient = github.NewClient(tc)
 	} else {
 		githubClient = github.NewClient(nil)
 	}
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ New clusterctl version available: v%s -> v%s
 	return "", nil
 }
 
-func (v *versionChecker) getLatestRelease(ctx context.Context) (*ReleaseInfo, error) {
+func (v *versionChecker) getLatestRelease(_ context.Context) (*ReleaseInfo, error) {
 	log := logf.Log
 
 	// Try to get latest clusterctl version number from the local state file.
@@ -161,7 +161,10 @@ func (v *versionChecker) getLatestRelease(ctx context.Context) (*ReleaseInfo, er
 
 	// Try to get latest clusterctl version number from go modules.
 	latest, err := v.goproxyGetLatest()
-	if err == nil && latest != nil {
+	if err != nil {
+		log.V(5).Info("error using Goproxy client to get latest versions for clusterctl, falling back to github client")
+	}
+	if latest != nil {
 		vs = &VersionState{
 			LastCheck:     time.Now(),
 			LatestRelease: *latest,
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ func (v *versionChecker) goproxyGetLatest() (*ReleaseInfo, error) {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	gomodulePath := path.Join("github.com", "kubernetes-sigs", "cluster-api")
+	gomodulePath := path.Join("sigs.k8s.io", "cluster-api")
 	versions, err := v.goproxyClient.GetVersions(context.TODO(), gomodulePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err