diff --git a/ci/dependency_age.sh b/ci/dependency_age.sh
index addc9d983..df76d07e1 100755
--- a/ci/dependency_age.sh
+++ b/ci/dependency_age.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ color_reset=$(echo -ne "\033[0m")
 for package in packages/* ; do
   echo -e "\n=> dependency age for ${package}\n"
   while read -r dependency actual_version ; do
-    last_version=$(curl --head "https://docs.rs/${dependency}" 2>&1 | grep --ignore-case "location:" | cut --delimiter "/" --field 5 | grep --extended-regexp "^[0-9].*.[0-9].*.[0-9]$")
+    last_version=$(curl -kLs https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/${dependency} | jq -r .crate.max_stable_version | grep --extended-regexp "^[0-9].*.[0-9].*.[0-9]$")
     if [ -z "${last_version}" ] ; then
       echo "${color_red}runtime error${color_reset}, i could not get last version from https://docs.rs/${dependency}"
       exit 1