diff --git a/check-version.sh b/check-version.sh
index bbe20ba..a609407 100644
--- a/check-version.sh
+++ b/check-version.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-URL="https://www.cpan.org/src/README.html"
+# Get version using the MetaCPAN Rest API
+VERSION=$(curl -s -L https://fastapi.metacpan.org/download_url/perl | jq -r '.release')
 
-# Get version number from website
-VERSION=$(curl -s -L "$URL" | grep -A2 'class="latest"' | tail -n1 | grep -o -E '[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}')
+# Trim prefix
+VERSION=${VERSION//perl-/}
 
 echo "$VERSION"