diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools-releases.yml b/.github/workflows/tools-releases.yml
index 780712362..27164013e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools-releases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools-releases.yml
@@ -48,13 +48,3 @@ jobs:
             out/envtest-*.tar.gz
             out/envtest-*.tar.gz.sha512
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
-      - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@dd2324fc52d5d43c699a5636bcf19fceaa70c284 # tag=v7.0.7
-        with:
-          commit-message: Promote envtest release for Kubernetes ${{ env.KUBERNETES_VERSION }}
-          title: ":seedling: Promotion of envtest release for Kubernetes ${{ env.KUBERNETES_VERSION }}"
-          body: |
-            This PR promotes the envtest release for Kubernetes ${{ env.KUBERNETES_VERSION }}.
-          branch: promote-envtest-${{ env.KUBERNETES_VERSION }}
-          add-paths: |
-            envtest-releases.yaml
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4d9944b82..a4646c394 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ release-envtest: clean-release ## Build the envtest binaries by operating system
 	OS=darwin ARCH=amd64 $(MAKE) release-envtest-docker-build
 	OS=darwin ARCH=arm64 $(MAKE) release-envtest-docker-build
 	OS=windows ARCH=amd64 $(MAKE) release-envtest-docker-build
-	./hack/envtest/update-releases.sh
 
 .PHONY: release-envtest-docker-build
 release-envtest-docker-build: $(RELEASE_DIR) ## Build the envtest binaries.
diff --git a/hack/envtest/update-releases.sh b/hack/envtest/update-envtest-releases.sh
similarity index 74%
rename from hack/envtest/update-releases.sh
rename to hack/envtest/update-envtest-releases.sh
index 21ca91f85..1bb3a9a0e 100755
--- a/hack/envtest/update-releases.sh
+++ b/hack/envtest/update-envtest-releases.sh
@@ -33,11 +33,16 @@ fi
 # Add the newly built Kubernetes version to the releases.yaml file with yq as an object key under releases
 yq eval ".releases += {\"${KUBERNETES_VERSION}\": {}}" -i "${ROOT}"/envtest-releases.yaml
 
-for file in "${ROOT}"/out/*.tar.gz; do
-  file_name=$(basename "${file}")
-  file_hash=$(awk '{ print $1 }' < "${file}.sha512")
-  self_link=https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools/releases/download/envtest-${KUBERNETES_VERSION}/${file_name}
+sha_files=$(curl -L \
+  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+  https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools/releases/tags/envtest-${KUBERNETES_VERSION} |
+  jq '.assets[] | select(.name | contains("sha512")) | .name' -r)
 
+for sha_file in ${sha_files}; do
+  file_name=${sha_file%".sha512"}
+  file_hash=$(curl -L https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools/releases/download/envtest-${KUBERNETES_VERSION}/${sha_file} | awk '{ print $1 }')
+  self_link=https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools/releases/download/envtest-${KUBERNETES_VERSION}/${file_name}
   yq eval \
     ".releases[\"${KUBERNETES_VERSION}\"] += {\"${file_name}\": {\"hash\": \"${file_hash}\", \"selfLink\": \"${self_link}\"}}" \
     -i "${ROOT}"/envtest-releases.yaml