diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_examples.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate_examples.yaml
index cece4ea5..a003bb02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_examples.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_examples.yaml
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ jobs:
           repository: ${{ env.CHECKOUT_REPO }}
           ref: ${{ env.CHECKOUT_REF }}
       - uses: azure/setup-helm@v4
-      - name: Determine latest Dapr Runtime version
+      - name: Determine latest Dapr Runtime version (including prerelease)
         run: |
-          helm repo add dapr https://dapr.github.io/helm-charts/ && helm repo update && export RUNTIME_VERSION=$(helm search repo dapr/dapr --devel --versions | awk '/dapr\/dapr/ {print $3; exit}' )
+          RUNTIME_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/dapr/dapr/releases" | grep '"tag_name"' | head -n 1 | cut -d ':' -f2 | tr -d '",v ')
           echo "DAPR_RUNTIME_VER=$RUNTIME_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "Found $RUNTIME_VERSION"
-      - name: Determine latest Dapr Cli version
+      - name: Determine latest Dapr Cli version (including prerelease)
         run: |
-          export CLI_VERSION=$(curl "https://api.github.com/repos/dapr/cli/releases/latest" --header 'authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}' | jq '.tag_name'| tr -d '",v')
+          CLI_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/dapr/cli/releases" | grep '"tag_name"' | head -n 1 | cut -d ':' -f2 | tr -d '",v ')
           echo "DAPR_CLI_VER=$CLI_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "Found $CLI_VERSION"
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python_ver }}