diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_prod.yml b/.github/workflows/release_prod.yml
index f3970a9..f3717c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_prod.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_prod.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           VERSION="${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}"
           echo "Waiting for reqstool==${VERSION} to become available on PyPI..."
           for i in $(seq 1 90); do
-            if pip install --dry-run --no-cache-dir "reqstool==${VERSION}" &>/dev/null; then
+            if curl -fsSL -o /dev/null "https://pypi.org/pypi/reqstool/${VERSION}/json"; then
               echo "reqstool==${VERSION} is available on PyPI"
               exit 0
             fi