diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 44f4f2a..0849b45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,26 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email "test@test.com"
           git config --global user.name "test"
           make test
+
+  action-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }} # checkout the correct branch name
+          fetch-depth: 0 # fetch the whole repo history
+
+      - id: version
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          skip-prerelease: true
+          major-identifier: "BREAKING CHANGE:"
+          minor-identifier: "feat:"
+          prefix: "v"
+
+      - name: New version
+        run: |
+          echo ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+      - name: Previous version
+        run: |
+          echo ${{ steps.version.outputs.previous-version }}
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 14bd3bc..c420c6a 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -50,15 +50,21 @@ runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
     - shell: bash
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        TOOL_VERSION: ${{ inputs.tool-version }}
       run: |
         set -eo pipefail
-        if [ "${{ inputs.tool-version }}" = "latest" ]; then
-          download_url="$(curl -Ls https://api.github.com/repos/linz/action-git-version/releases/latest | jq -r .assets[0].browser_download_url)"
+        if [ "$TOOL_VERSION" = "latest" ]; then
+          download_url="$(gh release view --repo linz/action-git-version --json assets | jq -r .assets[0].url)"
         else
-          download_url="https://github.com/linz/action-git-version/releases/download/${{ inputs.tool-version }}/git-version"
+          download_url="https://github.com/linz/action-git-version/releases/download/$TOOL_VERSION/git-version"
         fi
-        sudo curl -Ls "$download_url" -o /usr/local/bin/git-version
+
+        echo "Downloading git-version from $download_url"
+        sudo curl --retry 3 -L "$download_url" -o /usr/local/bin/git-version
         sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/git-version
+
     - id: previous-version
       shell: bash
       run: |