diff --git a/utils/cliutils/utils.go b/utils/cliutils/utils.go
index b576d7f7a..9ce02eecd 100644
--- a/utils/cliutils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/cliutils/utils.go
@@ -652,10 +652,8 @@ func getLatestCliVersionFromGithubAPI() (githubVersionInfo githubResponse, err e
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	// Use json.Decoder with DisallowUnknownFields for safer deserialization
-	decoder := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(body))
-	decoder.DisallowUnknownFields()
-	if err = decoder.Decode(&githubVersionInfo); err != nil {
+	// Parse the GitHub response while tolerating additional fields we do not use.
+	if err = json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(body)).Decode(&githubVersionInfo); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 	// Validate the received version tag format
diff --git a/utils/cliutils/utils_test.go b/utils/cliutils/utils_test.go
index a39f45ef7..0dfd3e9bf 100644
--- a/utils/cliutils/utils_test.go
+++ b/utils/cliutils/utils_test.go
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func TestAuthorizationHeaderInCliVersionCheck(t *testing.T) {
 		// Return a valid JSON response
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-		_, err := w.Write([]byte(`{"tag_name": "v1.0.0"}`))
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(`{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jfrog/jfrog-cli/releases/1","tag_name":"v1.0.0"}`))
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}