diff --git a/lib/releases.js b/lib/releases.js
index a7eb082..b001dbc 100644
--- a/lib/releases.js
+++ b/lib/releases.js
@@ -28,21 +28,26 @@ class Release {
  * @return {Array<Release>} Releases.
  */
 async function fetchReleases (githubToken) {
+  const hc = require('@actions/http-client');
+  const userAgent = 'opentofu/setup-opentofu';
+
+  const http = new hc.HttpClient(userAgent);
+
   const url = 'https://get.opentofu.org/tofu/api.json';
 
   const headers = {
     Accept: 'application/json'
   };
 
-  const resp = await fetch(url, {
-    headers
-  });
+  const resp = await http.get(url, headers);
 
-  if (!resp.ok) {
-    throw new Error('failed fetching releases (' + resp.status + ')');
+  if (resp.message.statusCode !== 200) {
+    throw new Error('failed fetching releases (' + resp.message.statusCode + ')');
   }
+  
+  body = await resp.readBody();
+  const releasesMeta = JSON.parse(body);
 
-  const releasesMeta = await resp.json();
   /**
      * @type {Array}
      */