diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index f40f5bab..621824af 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -80008,14 +80008,13 @@ class MicrosoftDistributions extends base_installer_1.JavaBase {
             const branch = 'main';
             const filePath = 'general_info/microsoft-openjdk-versions.json';
             let releases = null;
-            const fileUrl = `https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repository}/contents/${filePath}?ref=${branch}`;
-            const headers = (0, util_1.getGitHubHttpHeaders)();
+            const fileUrl = `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${owner}/${repository}/refs/heads/${branch}/${filePath}`;
             let response = null;
             if (core.isDebug()) {
                 console.time('Retrieving available versions for Microsoft took'); // eslint-disable-line no-console
             }
             try {
-                response = yield this.http.getJson(fileUrl, headers);
+                response = yield this.http.getJson(fileUrl);
                 if (!response.result) {
                     return null;
                 }
diff --git a/src/distributions/microsoft/installer.ts b/src/distributions/microsoft/installer.ts
index a989e4ab..916846b1 100644
--- a/src/distributions/microsoft/installer.ts
+++ b/src/distributions/microsoft/installer.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
 import {
   extractJdkFile,
   getDownloadArchiveExtension,
-  getGitHubHttpHeaders,
   renameWinArchive
 } from '../../util';
 import * as gpg from '../../gpg';
@@ -127,9 +126,7 @@ export class MicrosoftDistributions extends JavaBase {
     const branch = 'main';
     const filePath = 'general_info/microsoft-openjdk-versions.json';
     let releases: tc.IToolRelease[] | null = null;
-    const fileUrl = `https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repository}/contents/${filePath}?ref=${branch}`;
-
-    const headers = getGitHubHttpHeaders();
+    const fileUrl = `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${owner}/${repository}/refs/heads/${branch}/${filePath}`;
 
     let response: TypedResponse<tc.IToolRelease[]> | null = null;
 
@@ -138,7 +135,7 @@ export class MicrosoftDistributions extends JavaBase {
     }
 
     try {
-      response = await this.http.getJson<tc.IToolRelease[]>(fileUrl, headers);
+      response = await this.http.getJson<tc.IToolRelease[]>(fileUrl);
       if (!response.result) {
         return null;
       }