diff --git a/deployments/cli/community/install.sh b/deployments/cli/community/install.sh
index 582aa839413..6006fde66a2 100755
--- a/deployments/cli/community/install.sh
+++ b/deployments/cli/community/install.sh
@@ -57,13 +57,18 @@ function spinner() {
 
 function checkLatestRelease(){
     echo "Checking for the latest release..." >&2
-    local latest_release=$(curl -sSL https://api.github.com/repos/$GH_REPO/releases/latest |  grep -o '"tag_name": "[^"]*"' | sed 's/"tag_name": "//;s/"//g')
+    if ! command -v python3 &> /dev/null; then
+        echo "python3 is required but not installed. Please install Python 3 and try again." >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    local latest_release
+    latest_release=$(curl -fsSL "https://api.github.com/repos/$GH_REPO/releases/latest" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['tag_name'])" 2>/dev/null)
     if [ -z "$latest_release" ]; then
         echo "Failed to check for the latest release. Exiting..." >&2
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    echo $latest_release    
+    echo "$latest_release"
 }
 
 function initialize(){
diff --git a/deployments/swarm/community/swarm.sh b/deployments/swarm/community/swarm.sh
index d496c25e6de..abf17757c39 100755
--- a/deployments/swarm/community/swarm.sh
+++ b/deployments/swarm/community/swarm.sh
@@ -38,13 +38,18 @@ EOF
 
 function checkLatestRelease(){
     echo "Checking for the latest release..." >&2
-    local latest_release=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/$GH_REPO/releases/latest |  grep -o '"tag_name": "[^"]*"' | sed 's/"tag_name": "//;s/"//g')
+    if ! command -v python3 &> /dev/null; then
+        echo "python3 is required but not installed. Please install Python 3 and try again." >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    local latest_release
+    latest_release=$(curl -fsSL "https://api.github.com/repos/$GH_REPO/releases/latest" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['tag_name'])" 2>/dev/null)
     if [ -z "$latest_release" ]; then
         echo "Failed to check for the latest release. Exiting..." >&2
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    echo $latest_release    
+    echo "$latest_release"
 }
 
 # Function to read stack name from env file