diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b9acf5e24c1136e80f304c562440db0f2b956143..75cf62161f8ba8a4f606725b6894f339351271db 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.19
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.0
 	github.com/cavaliergopher/grab/v3 v3.0.1
-	github.com/go-semantic-release/plugin-registry v1.4.0
+	github.com/go-semantic-release/plugin-registry v1.8.0
 	github.com/google/go-github/v49 v49.1.1-0.20230111123143-ced4abd274f3
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v1.4.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.4.8
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 05e8dfe96547db43303f56e42d8e9915aac6efa7..08eaecf8ffb2f9a3f662117c0e194a71709faf07 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sl3t1tCWJFWoRz9R8WJCbQihKKwmorjAbS
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20191125211704-12ad95a8df72/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20200222043503-6f7a984d4dc4/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
-github.com/go-semantic-release/plugin-registry v1.4.0 h1:hp/M6zjmv5fKIyTuqKgdvZi6WrHmXUIfswhgv4Q3xMg=
-github.com/go-semantic-release/plugin-registry v1.4.0/go.mod h1:UauFd53y1hbnb4VMCeJkMVa2j8YVNioSAnh4qByYapw=
+github.com/go-semantic-release/plugin-registry v1.8.0 h1:Q+klx/p+d59yf3vF5A+YI8CQM2ycPirYDvo73vzUBjU=
+github.com/go-semantic-release/plugin-registry v1.8.0/go.mod h1:cdjOLL5t7sa3TqcFegOY0GiqdPseXJnvWM8IwjRy/qU=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20190702054246-869f871628b6/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20191227052852-215e87163ea7/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/discovery/resolver/registry/registry.go b/pkg/plugin/discovery/resolver/registry/registry.go
index 63bfbab0b18583386cbf5da860cc1e4535fc6ae4..6bb8db6c083fa0c8384540b47aa9afb0188aa9cc 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/discovery/resolver/registry/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/discovery/resolver/registry/registry.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
 	"sort"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 	"github.com/go-semantic-release/plugin-registry/pkg/client"
@@ -14,19 +13,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-semantic-release/semantic-release/v2/pkg/plugin/discovery/resolver"
 )
 
-const DefaultEndpoint = "https://registry.go-semantic-release.xyz/api/v2"
-
 type Resolver struct {
 	client *client.Client
 }
 
 func NewResolver(endpoint string) *Resolver {
 	if endpoint == "" {
-		endpoint = DefaultEndpoint
-	}
-	endpoint = strings.TrimSuffix(endpoint, "/")
-	if !strings.HasSuffix(endpoint, "/api/v2") {
-		endpoint = fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v2", endpoint)
+		endpoint = client.DefaultProductionEndpoint
 	}
 	return &Resolver{
 		client: client.New(endpoint),