diff --git a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
index 0c02f151d..e41d96bea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/registry-releaser.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
-      - name: Install jq
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y jq
+      - name: Fetch tags
+        run: git fetch --tags
 
       - name: Install MCP Publisher
         run: |
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
             TAG_VERSION=$(echo "$LATEST_TAG" | sed 's/^v//')
             echo "Using latest tag: $LATEST_TAG"
           fi
-          jq ".version = \"$TAG_VERSION\" | .packages[].version = \"$TAG_VERSION\"" server.json > server.json.tmp && mv server.json.tmp server.json
+          sed -i "s/\${VERSION}/$TAG_VERSION/g" server.json
           echo "Updated server.json version to $TAG_VERSION"
 
       - name: Login to MCP Registry
diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index 927650596..2ba4d3a81 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server",
     "source": "github"
   },
-  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "version": "${VERSION}",
   "packages": [
     {
       "registryType": "oci",
       "registryBaseUrl": "https://ghcr.io",
       "identifier": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server",
-      "version": "0.0.0",
+      "version": "${VERSION}",
       "runtimeHint": "docker",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"