diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index acd08d4..2bf855b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     env:
       GH_ACTION: enable
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       IMAGE_NAMES: docker.io/netboxcommunity/netbox
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Builds new NetBox Docker Images
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3b622ea..86733e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Builds new NetBox Docker Images
     env:
       GH_ACTION: enable
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       IMAGE_NAMES: docker.io/netboxcommunity/netbox quay.io/netboxcommunity/netbox ghcr.io/netbox-community/netbox
     steps:
       - id: source-checkout
diff --git a/build-latest.sh b/build-latest.sh
index bcafda4..00abe97 100755
--- a/build-latest.sh
+++ b/build-latest.sh
@@ -11,16 +11,20 @@ if ! command -v jq; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+CURL_ARGS=(
+  --silent
+)
+
 ###
-# Checking for the presence of GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID
-# and GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET
+# Checking for the presence of GITHUB_TOKEN
 ###
-if [ -n "${GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID}" ] && [ -n "${GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET}" ]; then
+if [ -n "${GITHUB_TOKEN}" ]; then
   echo "🗝 Performing authenticated Github API calls."
-  GITHUB_OAUTH_PARAMS="client_id=${GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID}&client_secret=${GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET}"
+  CURL_ARGS+=(
+    --header "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}"
+  )
 else
   echo "🕶 Performing unauthenticated Github API calls. This might result in lower Github rate limits!"
-  GITHUB_OAUTH_PARAMS=""
 fi
 
 ###
@@ -42,31 +46,27 @@ fi
 ###
 ORIGINAL_GITHUB_REPO="netbox-community/netbox"
 GITHUB_REPO="${GITHUB_REPO-$ORIGINAL_GITHUB_REPO}"
-URL_RELEASES="https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPO}/releases?${GITHUB_OAUTH_PARAMS}"
+URL_RELEASES="https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPO}/releases"
 
 # Composing the JQ commans to extract the most recent version number
 JQ_LATEST="group_by(.prerelease) | .[] | sort_by(.published_at) | reverse | .[0] | select(.prerelease==${PRERELEASE-false}) | .tag_name"
 
-CURL="curl -sS"
+CURL="curl"
 
 # Querying the Github API to fetch the most recent version number
-VERSION=$($CURL "${URL_RELEASES}" | jq -r "${JQ_LATEST}")
+VERSION=$($CURL "${CURL_ARGS[@]}" "${URL_RELEASES}" | jq -r "${JQ_LATEST}" 2>/dev/null)
 
 ###
 # Check if the prerelease version is actually higher than stable version
 ###
 if [ "${PRERELEASE}" == "true" ]; then
   JQ_STABLE="group_by(.prerelease) | .[] | sort_by(.published_at) | reverse | .[0] | select(.prerelease==false) | .tag_name"
-  STABLE_VERSION=$($CURL "${URL_RELEASES}" | jq -r "${JQ_STABLE}")
+  STABLE_VERSION=$($CURL "${CURL_ARGS[@]}" "${URL_RELEASES}" | jq -r "${JQ_STABLE}" 2>/dev/null)
 
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2003
-  MAJOR_STABLE=$(expr match "${STABLE_VERSION}" 'v\([0-9]\+\)')
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2003
-  MINOR_STABLE=$(expr match "${STABLE_VERSION}" 'v[0-9]\+\.\([0-9]\+\)')
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2003
-  MAJOR_UNSTABLE=$(expr match "${VERSION}" 'v\([0-9]\+\)')
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2003
-  MINOR_UNSTABLE=$(expr match "${VERSION}" 'v[0-9]\+\.\([0-9]\+\)')
+  MAJOR_STABLE=$(expr "${STABLE_VERSION}" : 'v\([0-9]\+\)')
+  MINOR_STABLE=$(expr "${STABLE_VERSION}" : 'v[0-9]\+\.\([0-9]\+\)')
+  MAJOR_UNSTABLE=$(expr "${VERSION}" : 'v\([0-9]\+\)')
+  MINOR_UNSTABLE=$(expr "${VERSION}" : 'v[0-9]\+\.\([0-9]\+\)')
 
   if {
     [ "${MAJOR_STABLE}" -eq "${MAJOR_UNSTABLE}" ] &&