diff --git a/ct/checkmk.sh b/ct/checkmk.sh
index 7822d135..f1f930b8 100644
--- a/ct/checkmk.sh
+++ b/ct/checkmk.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function update_script() {
     msg_error "No ${APP} Installation Found!"
     exit
   fi
-  RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/checkmk/checkmk/tags | grep "name" | awk '{print substr($2, 3, length($2)-4) }' | grep -v "*-rc" | tail -n +2 | head -n 1)
+  RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/checkmk/checkmk/tags | grep "name" | awk '{print substr($2, 3, length($2)-4) }') 
   if [[ ! -f /opt/${APP}_version.txt ]] || [[ "${RELEASE}" != "$(cat /opt/${APP}_version.txt)" ]]; then
     msg_info "Updating ${APP} to v${RELEASE}"
     omd stop monitoring &>/dev/null
diff --git a/install/checkmk-install.sh b/install/checkmk-install.sh
index 892c057d..e94f90c5 100644
--- a/install/checkmk-install.sh
+++ b/install/checkmk-install.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $STD apt-get install -y \
 msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
 msg_info "Install Checkmk"
-RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/checkmk/checkmk/tags | grep "name" | awk '{print substr($2, 3, length($2)-4) }' | grep -v "*-rc" | tail -n +2 | head -n 1)
+RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/checkmk/checkmk/tags | grep "name" | awk '{print substr($2, 3, length($2)-4) }')
 wget -q https://download.checkmk.com/checkmk/${RELEASE}/check-mk-raw-${RELEASE}_0.bookworm_amd64.deb -O /opt/checkmk.deb
 $STD apt-get install -y /opt/checkmk.deb
 echo "${RELEASE}" >"/opt/checkmk_version.txt"