diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI_publish_release.yml b/.github/workflows/CI_publish_release.yml
index 522e085..afabe91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI_publish_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI_publish_release.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "::error ::RELEASE_TAG variable is empty. Aborting."
           exit 1
         fi
+        echo "RELEASE_TAG=${RELEASE_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
         # Get information for this tagged release
         tagged_release_id="${{ github.event.release.id }}"
@@ -65,11 +66,13 @@ jobs:
       id: download
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+        RELEASE_TAG: ${{ steps.settings.outputs.RELEASE_TAG }}
         SF_FILE_PATH: ${{ steps.settings.outputs.SF_FILE_PATH }}
       working-directory: '${{ github.workspace }}/release_assets/${{ steps.settings.outputs.SF_FILE_PATH }}'
       run: |
         # Download all release assets
-        echo "${RELEASE_CONTEXT}" | jq -r '.assets[] | "\(.name)\n\(.url)"' | xargs -r -n2 sh -c 'curl -H "Accept: application/octet-stream" -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -Lf -o "$1" "$2"' sh
+        gh release download "${RELEASE_TAG}"
         # Output list of downloaded files
         ls -al
         echo "Done."
@@ -77,9 +80,10 @@ jobs:
       id: latestrelease
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
       run: |
         echo "Get Latest Release info for repo: ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
-        latest_release_id="$(curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.raw" -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -s "https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/latest" | jq '.id')"
+        latest_release_id="$(gh release view --json "id" --jq '.id')"
         echo "latest_release_id=${latest_release_id}"
         echo "latest_release_id=${latest_release_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
     - name: Set up SourceForge known_hosts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI_windows.yml b/.github/workflows/CI_windows.yml
index 94e9dac..5936c01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI_windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI_windows.yml
@@ -156,11 +156,12 @@ jobs:
         env:
           APPCONFIG_VERSIONCHECK_ARCH: x64
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
         run: |
-          curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.raw" -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -s "https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/latest" > "latest.json"
+          gh release view --json "id,tagName,body" > "latest.json"
           latest_release_id="$(cat "latest.json" | jq -r '.id')"
           echo "latest_release_id=${latest_release_id}"
-          latest_release_tagname="$(cat "latest.json" | jq -r '.tag_name')"
+          latest_release_tagname="$(cat "latest.json" | jq -r '.tagName')"
           echo "latest_release_tagname=${latest_release_tagname}"
           # Remove "v/" or "v" prefix (as in "v3.2.2"), if present
           latest_version="$(echo "${latest_release_tagname}" | sed -e 's:^v/::' -e 's:^v::')"
@@ -280,17 +281,12 @@ jobs:
           fi
       - name: 'Auto-Release'
         if: success() && (steps.config.outputs.AUTO_RELEASE == 'true')
-        uses: past-due/action-gh-release@master
-        with:
-          tag_name: 'v${{ steps.next-semver.outputs.NEXT_SEMVER }}'
-          name: '${{ steps.next-semver.outputs.NEXT_SEMVER }}'
-          files: |
-            ./dl/artifacts/*/*.zip
-            ./dl/artifacts/BUILD_INFO.md
-          draft: false
-          body_path: ./dl/artifacts/BUILD_INFO.md
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          next_semver: '${{ steps.next-semver.outputs.NEXT_SEMVER }}'
+        run: |
+          gh release create "v${next_semver}" --title "${next_semver}" -F "./dl/artifacts/BUILD_INFO.md" ./dl/artifacts/*/*.zip ./dl/artifacts/BUILD_INFO.md
       # **********************************************
       # Mirror to SourceForge
       # **********************************************