diff --git a/website/components/remote-plugin-docs/utils/fetch-latest-release-tag.js b/website/components/remote-plugin-docs/utils/fetch-latest-release-tag.js
index 4b1b10d9a..a31ce5419 100644
--- a/website/components/remote-plugin-docs/utils/fetch-latest-release-tag.js
+++ b/website/components/remote-plugin-docs/utils/fetch-latest-release-tag.js
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
+const fetch = require('node-fetch')
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} repo
+ * @returns {Promise<string|boolean>}
+ */
 async function fetchLatestReleaseTag(repo) {
   const latestReleaseUrl = `https://github.com/${repo}/releases/latest`
-  const redirectedUrl = await getRedirectedUrl(latestReleaseUrl)
-  if (!redirectedUrl) return false
-  const latestTag = redirectedUrl.match(/tag\/(.*)/)[1]
-  return latestTag
-}
+  let res = await fetch(latestReleaseUrl)
+
+  if (res.status !== 200) {
+    console.error(`failed to fetch: ${latestReleaseUrl}`)
+    return false
+  }
+
+  const matches = res.url.match(/tag\/(.*)/)
+
+  if (!matches) {
+    console.error(`failed to parse tag from: ${res.url}`)
+    return false
+  }
 
-async function getRedirectedUrl(url) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const https = require('https')
-    const req = https.request(url, (res) => {
-      if (res.statusCode >= 300 && res.statusCode < 400) {
-        resolve(res.headers.location)
-      } else {
-        resolve(false)
-      }
-    })
-    req.on('error', reject)
-    req.end()
-  })
+  return matches[1]
 }
 
 module.exports = fetchLatestReleaseTag
diff --git a/website/package-lock.json b/website/package-lock.json
index cc1077bd2..e9aaf74a6 100644
--- a/website/package-lock.json
+++ b/website/package-lock.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
         "next": "^11.1.3",
         "next-mdx-remote": "3.0.1",
         "next-remote-watch": "1.0.0",
+        "node-fetch": "^2.6.6",
         "react": "^17.0.2",
         "react-dom": "^17.0.2"
       },
@@ -5928,6 +5929,14 @@
         "node-fetch": "2.6.1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/cross-fetch/node_modules/node-fetch": {
+      "version": "2.6.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-V4aYg89jEoVRxRb2fJdAg8FHvI7cEyYdVAh94HH0UIK8oJxUfkjlDQN9RbMx+bEjP7+ggMiFRprSti032Oipxw==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "4.x || >=6.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/cross-spawn": {
       "version": "7.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-7.0.3.tgz",
@@ -11962,6 +11971,14 @@
         "node": ">=4"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/next/node_modules/node-fetch": {
+      "version": "2.6.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-V4aYg89jEoVRxRb2fJdAg8FHvI7cEyYdVAh94HH0UIK8oJxUfkjlDQN9RbMx+bEjP7+ggMiFRprSti032Oipxw==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "4.x || >=6.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/next/node_modules/react-is": {
       "version": "17.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-is/-/react-is-17.0.2.tgz",
@@ -12020,13 +12037,35 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/node-fetch": {
-      "version": "2.6.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-V4aYg89jEoVRxRb2fJdAg8FHvI7cEyYdVAh94HH0UIK8oJxUfkjlDQN9RbMx+bEjP7+ggMiFRprSti032Oipxw==",
+      "version": "2.6.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Z8/6vRlTUChSdIgMa51jxQ4lrw/Jy5SOW10ObaA47/RElsAN2c5Pn8bTgFGWn/ibwzXTE8qwr1Yzx28vsecXEA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "whatwg-url": "^5.0.0"
+      },
       "engines": {
         "node": "4.x || >=6.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/node-fetch/node_modules/tr46": {
+      "version": "0.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tr46/-/tr46-0.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-gYT9NH2snNwYWZLzpmIuFLnZq2o="
+    },
+    "node_modules/node-fetch/node_modules/webidl-conversions": {
+      "version": "3.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-3.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-JFNCdeKnvGvnvIZhHMFq4KVlSHE="
+    },
+    "node_modules/node-fetch/node_modules/whatwg-url": {
+      "version": "5.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/whatwg-url/-/whatwg-url-5.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-lmRU6HZUYuN2RNNib2dCzotwll0=",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "tr46": "~0.0.3",
+        "webidl-conversions": "^3.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/node-html-parser": {
       "version": "1.4.9",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-html-parser/-/node-html-parser-1.4.9.tgz",
@@ -26294,6 +26333,13 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-1eAtFWdIubi6T4XPy6ei9iUFoKpUkIF971QLN8lIvvvwueI65+Nw5haMNKUwfJxabqlIIDODJKGrQ66gxC0PbQ==",
       "requires": {
         "node-fetch": "2.6.1"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "node-fetch": {
+          "version": "2.6.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-V4aYg89jEoVRxRb2fJdAg8FHvI7cEyYdVAh94HH0UIK8oJxUfkjlDQN9RbMx+bEjP7+ggMiFRprSti032Oipxw=="
+        }
       }
     },
     "cross-spawn": {
@@ -30707,6 +30753,11 @@
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/has-flag/-/has-flag-3.0.0.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha1-tdRU3CGZriJWmfNGfloH87lVuv0="
         },
+        "node-fetch": {
+          "version": "2.6.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-V4aYg89jEoVRxRb2fJdAg8FHvI7cEyYdVAh94HH0UIK8oJxUfkjlDQN9RbMx+bEjP7+ggMiFRprSti032Oipxw=="
+        },
         "react-is": {
           "version": "17.0.2",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-is/-/react-is-17.0.2.tgz",
@@ -30892,9 +30943,33 @@
       }
     },
     "node-fetch": {
-      "version": "2.6.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-V4aYg89jEoVRxRb2fJdAg8FHvI7cEyYdVAh94HH0UIK8oJxUfkjlDQN9RbMx+bEjP7+ggMiFRprSti032Oipxw=="
+      "version": "2.6.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Z8/6vRlTUChSdIgMa51jxQ4lrw/Jy5SOW10ObaA47/RElsAN2c5Pn8bTgFGWn/ibwzXTE8qwr1Yzx28vsecXEA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "whatwg-url": "^5.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "tr46": {
+          "version": "0.0.3",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tr46/-/tr46-0.0.3.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-gYT9NH2snNwYWZLzpmIuFLnZq2o="
+        },
+        "webidl-conversions": {
+          "version": "3.0.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-3.0.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-JFNCdeKnvGvnvIZhHMFq4KVlSHE="
+        },
+        "whatwg-url": {
+          "version": "5.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/whatwg-url/-/whatwg-url-5.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-lmRU6HZUYuN2RNNib2dCzotwll0=",
+          "requires": {
+            "tr46": "~0.0.3",
+            "webidl-conversions": "^3.0.0"
+          }
+        }
+      }
     },
     "node-html-parser": {
       "version": "1.4.9",
diff --git a/website/package.json b/website/package.json
index 6a1805ddf..bb361727b 100644
--- a/website/package.json
+++ b/website/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "next": "^11.1.3",
     "next-mdx-remote": "3.0.1",
     "next-remote-watch": "1.0.0",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.6",
     "react": "^17.0.2",
     "react-dom": "^17.0.2"
   },