diff --git a/lib/functions/general/apt-utils.sh b/lib/functions/general/apt-utils.sh
index a5c8123ca5..be397f57b1 100644
--- a/lib/functions/general/apt-utils.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/general/apt-utils.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 function apt_find_upstream_package_version_and_download_url() {
 	declare sought_package_name="${1}"
 
-	declare -a package_info_download_urls=()
 	declare first_letter_of_sought_package_name="${sought_package_name:0:1}"
 	declare mirror_with_slash="undetermined/"
 
@@ -17,15 +16,15 @@ function apt_find_upstream_package_version_and_download_url() {
 		Ubuntu)
 			# Only LTS releases have an "-updates" repo that is worth looking into
 			if [[ "${RELEASE}" == "focal" || "${RELEASE}" == "jammy" ]]; then # @TODO: release info information, is_ubuntu_release_lts() or similar
-				package_info_download_urls+=("https://packages.ubuntu.com/${RELEASE}-updates/${ARCH}/${sought_package_name}/download")
+				package_download_release=${RELEASE}-updates
 			else
-				package_info_download_urls+=("https://packages.ubuntu.com/${RELEASE}/${ARCH}/${sought_package_name}/download")
+				package_download_release=${RELEASE}
 			fi
 			mirror_with_slash="${UBUNTU_MIRROR}"
 			;;
 
 		Debian)
-			package_info_download_urls+=("https://packages.debian.org/${RELEASE}/${ARCH}/${sought_package_name}/download")
+			package_download_release=${RELEASE}
 			mirror_with_slash="${DEBIAN_MIRROR}"
 			;;
 
@@ -41,35 +40,29 @@ function apt_find_upstream_package_version_and_download_url() {
 
 	declare base_down_url="http://${mirror_with_slash}pool/main/${first_letter_of_sought_package_name}/${sought_package_name}"
 
-	declare index package_info_download_url
-	# loop over the package_info_download_urls with index and value
-	for index in "${!package_info_download_urls[@]}"; do
-		package_info_download_url="${package_info_download_urls[$index]}"
-		display_alert "Testing URL" "${package_info_download_url}" "debug"
-
-		declare package_info_download_url_file
-		package_info_download_url_file="$(mktemp)"
-		curl --silent --show-error --max-time 10 "${package_info_download_url}" > "${package_info_download_url_file}" || true # don't fail
-		declare package_info_download_url_file_package_name                                                                   # grep the file for the package name. parse "<kbd>name</kbd>"
-		package_info_download_url_file_package_name="$(grep -oP '(?<=<kbd>)[^<]+' "${package_info_download_url_file}" | grep "^${sought_package_name}_" | head -n 1)"
-		rm -f "${package_info_download_url_file}"
-
-		display_alert "Package name parsed" "${package_info_download_url_file_package_name}" "debug"
-		if [[ "${package_info_download_url_file_package_name}" == "${sought_package_name}_"* ]]; then
-			found_package_filename="${package_info_download_url_file_package_name}"
-			found_package_down_url="${base_down_url}/${found_package_filename}"
-			display_alert "Found package filename" "${found_package_filename} in url ${package_info_download_url}" "debug"
-			break
-		fi
-	done
+	# get json with latest pacakge info generated by GHA
+	case "${GITHUB_MIRROR}" in
+		"ghproxy")
+			package_info_download_url="https://ghp.ci/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amazingfate/deb-files-parser/refs/heads/master/${sought_package_name}.json"
+			;;
+		*)
+			package_info_download_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amazingfate/deb-files-parser/refs/heads/master/${sought_package_name}.json"
+			;;
+	esac
+	package_info_download_url_file="$(mktemp)"
+	curl --silent --show-error --max-time 10 $package_info_download_url -o $package_info_download_url_file
+	found_package_filename=$(jq -r .[\"${package_download_release}\"].${ARCH} $package_info_download_url_file)
 
 	if [[ "${found_package_filename}" == "${sought_package_name}_"* ]]; then
 		display_alert "Found upstream base-files package filename" "${found_package_filename}" "info"
 	else
-		display_alert "Could not find package filename for '${sought_package_name}' in '${package_info_download_urls[*]}'" "looking for ${sought_package_name}" "warn"
+		display_alert "Could not find package filename for '${sought_package_name}' in distro repo" "looking for ${sought_package_name}, found_package_filename is ${found_package_filename}" "warn"
 		return 1
 	fi
 
+	found_package_down_url="${base_down_url}/${found_package_filename}"
+	display_alert "Found package filename" "${found_package_filename} in url ${found_package_down_url}" "debug"
+
 	# Now we have the package name, lets parse out the version.
 	found_package_version="$(echo "${found_package_filename}" | grep -oP '(?<=_)[^_]+(?=_)')"
 	display_alert "Found base-files upstream package version" "${found_package_version}" "info"