diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 6531eb93..7ac28a74 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func ReadLocalFile(location string) (string, error) {
 
 // Gets the latest stable release tags from github for a given org name and repo name(in that org) in sorted order
 func GetLatestReleaseTagsSorted(org string, repo string) ([]string, error) {
-	var url string = "https://github.com/" + org + "/" + repo + "/releases"
+	var url string = "https://api.github.com/repos/" + org + "/" + repo + "/releases"
 	resp, err := http.Get(url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, ErrGettingLatestReleaseTag(err)
@@ -236,3 +236,12 @@ func safeClose(co io.Closer) {
 		log.Error(cerr)
 	}
 }
+
+func Contains[G []K, K comparable](slice G, ele K) bool {
+	for _, item := range slice {
+		if item == ele {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}