diff --git a/skm.sh b/skm.sh
index 8be96e2..dde3fce 100644
--- a/skm.sh
+++ b/skm.sh
@@ -32,11 +32,17 @@ detect_platform() {
   esac
 }
 
+# ── Fixed function ──────────────────────────────────────
 get_latest_tag() {
   need curl
-  curl -fsSL "https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO}/releases/latest" \
-    | grep -m1 '"tag_name":' \
-    | sed -E 's/.*"tag_name": *"([^"]+)".*/\1/'
+  local json tag
+  json="$(curl -fsSL "https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO}/releases/latest")"
+  tag="$(printf '%s\n' "$json" | sed -nE 's/.*"tag_name": *"([^"]+)".*/\1/p' | head -n1)"
+  if [ -z "$tag" ]; then
+    echo "❌ Failed to determine latest release tag from GitHub API" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  printf '%s\n' "$tag"
 }
 
 build_url() {
@@ -101,4 +107,4 @@ if ! echo "$PATH" | grep -q "$HOME/.local/bin"; then
   echo "   export PATH=\"\$HOME/.local/bin:\$PATH\""
 fi
 
-echo "✅ Done. Version: $($PREFIX/skm --version)"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "✅ Done. Version: $($PREFIX/skm --version)"