diff --git a/__tests__/distributors/microsoft-installer.test.ts b/__tests__/distributors/microsoft-installer.test.ts
index bc585603..10335da1 100644
--- a/__tests__/distributors/microsoft-installer.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/distributors/microsoft-installer.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { MicrosoftDistributions } from '../../src/distributions/microsoft/installer';
 import * as tc from '@actions/tool-cache';
-import data from '../../versions-manifest.json';
+import data from '../../src/distributions/microsoft/microsoft-openjdk-versions.json';
+import * as httpm from '@actions/http-client';
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
 
 describe('findPackageForDownload', () => {
@@ -16,9 +17,11 @@ describe('findPackageForDownload', () => {
       checkLatest: false
     });
 
-    spyGetManifestFromRepo = jest.spyOn(tc, 'getManifestFromRepo');
-    spyGetManifestFromRepo.mockImplementation(() => {
-      return data;
+    spyGetManifestFromRepo = jest.spyOn(httpm.HttpClient.prototype, 'getJson');
+    spyGetManifestFromRepo.mockReturnValue({
+      result: JSON.stringify(data),
+      statusCode: 200,
+      headers: {}
     });
 
     spyDebug = jest.spyOn(core, 'debug');
diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index 2ad382e1..4b2f80af 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -104456,8 +104456,38 @@ class MicrosoftDistributions extends base_installer_1.JavaBase {
             // TODO get these dynamically!
             // We will need Microsoft to add an endpoint where we can query for versions.
             const token = core.getInput('token');
-            const manifest = yield tc.getManifestFromRepo('dmitry-shibanov', 'setup-java', token, 'add-json-for-microsoft-versions');
-            return manifest;
+            const owner = 'dmitry-shibanov';
+            const repository = 'setup-java';
+            const branch = 'add-json-for-microsoft-versions';
+            const filePath = 'src/distributions/microsoft/microsoft-openjdk-versions.json';
+            let releases = [];
+            const fileUrl = `https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repository}/contents/${filePath}?ref=${branch}`;
+            const headers = {
+                authorization: token,
+                accept: 'application/vnd.github.VERSION.raw'
+            };
+            let response = null;
+            try {
+                response = yield this.http.getJson(fileUrl, headers);
+                if (!response.result) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            }
+            catch (err) {
+                core.debug(`Http request for microsoft-openjdk-versions.json failed with status code: ${response === null || response === void 0 ? void 0 : response.statusCode}`);
+                return null;
+            }
+            let versionsRaw = response.result;
+            if (versionsRaw) {
+                versionsRaw = versionsRaw.replace(/^\uFEFF/, '');
+                try {
+                    releases = JSON.parse(versionsRaw);
+                }
+                catch (_a) {
+                    core.debug('Invalid json');
+                }
+            }
+            return releases;
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/distributions/microsoft/installer.ts b/src/distributions/microsoft/installer.ts
index 2745e417..eda3a050 100644
--- a/src/distributions/microsoft/installer.ts
+++ b/src/distributions/microsoft/installer.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,10 @@ import { JavaDownloadRelease, JavaInstallerOptions, JavaInstallerResults } from
 import { extractJdkFile, getDownloadArchiveExtension } from '../../util';
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
 import * as tc from '@actions/tool-cache';
+import { OutgoingHttpHeaders } from 'http';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
-
-export interface IToolRelease {
-  version: string;
-  stable: boolean;
-  files: tc.IToolReleaseFile[];
-}
+import { ITypedResponse } from '@actions/http-client/interfaces';
 
 export class MicrosoftDistributions extends JavaBase {
   constructor(installerOptions: JavaInstallerOptions) {
@@ -76,13 +72,44 @@ export class MicrosoftDistributions extends JavaBase {
     // TODO get these dynamically!
     // We will need Microsoft to add an endpoint where we can query for versions.
     const token = core.getInput('token');
-    const manifest = await tc.getManifestFromRepo(
-      'dmitry-shibanov',
-      'setup-java',
-      token,
-      'add-json-for-microsoft-versions'
-    );
+    const owner = 'dmitry-shibanov';
+    const repository = 'setup-java';
+    const branch = 'add-json-for-microsoft-versions';
+    const filePath = 'src/distributions/microsoft/microsoft-openjdk-versions.json';
 
-    return manifest;
+    let releases: tc.IToolRelease[] = [];
+    const fileUrl = `https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repository}/contents/${filePath}?ref=${branch}`;
+
+    const headers: OutgoingHttpHeaders = {
+      authorization: token,
+      accept: 'application/vnd.github.VERSION.raw'
+    };
+
+    let response: ITypedResponse<string> | null = null;
+
+    try {
+      response = await this.http.getJson<string>(fileUrl, headers);
+      if (!response.result) {
+        return null;
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      core.debug(
+        `Http request for microsoft-openjdk-versions.json failed with status code: ${response?.statusCode}`
+      );
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    let versionsRaw = response.result;
+
+    if (versionsRaw) {
+      versionsRaw = versionsRaw.replace(/^\uFEFF/, '');
+      try {
+        releases = JSON.parse(versionsRaw);
+      } catch {
+        core.debug('Invalid json');
+      }
+    }
+
+    return releases;
   }
 }
diff --git a/versions-manifest.json b/src/distributions/microsoft/microsoft-openjdk-versions.json
similarity index 100%
rename from versions-manifest.json
rename to src/distributions/microsoft/microsoft-openjdk-versions.json