diff --git a/bucket/libavif.json b/bucket/libavif.json
index 8eb21d1f11..e3e463f427 100644
--- a/bucket/libavif.json
+++ b/bucket/libavif.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         "avifenc.exe"
     ],
     "checkver": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/libavif/releases",
+        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/AOMediaCodec/libavif/releases",
         "regex": "v([\\d.]+)/libavif_vs(?<vs>\\d+)_x64_(?<commit>\\w+)_Release\\.zip"
     },
     "autoupdate": {