diff --git a/tools/dispatch-release.mjs b/tools/dispatch-release.mjs
index f8d418afddca37d3d369a60ab4204017fa6fd9f9..bfee92ea28f089f4cbccadee7edca6a46f856b35 100644
--- a/tools/dispatch-release.mjs
+++ b/tools/dispatch-release.mjs
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import { program } from './utils.mjs';
 const version = program.release;
 const dry = program.dryRun;
 
-const baseUrl = 'https://api.github.com/';
-
 shell.echo(`Dispatching version: ${version}`);
 
 (async () => {
@@ -14,24 +12,24 @@ shell.echo(`Dispatching version: ${version}`);
     shell.echo('DRY-RUN: done.');
     return;
   }
-  await got(`repos/${process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/dispatches`, {
-    baseUrl,
-    headers: {
-      'user-agent': 'Renovate release helper',
-      authorization: `token ${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}`,
-    },
-    json: true,
-    retry: 5,
-    body: {
-      event_type: 'renovate-release',
-      // max 10 keys here, https://github.com/peter-evans/repository-dispatch#client-payload
-      client_payload: {
-        sha: process.env.GITHUB_SHA,
-        ref: process.env.GITHUB_REF,
-        version,
+  await got(
+    `https://api.github.com/repos/${process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/dispatches`,
+    {
+      headers: {
+        'user-agent': 'Renovate release helper',
+        authorization: `token ${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}`,
+      },
+      json: {
+        event_type: 'renovate-release',
+        // max 10 keys here, https://github.com/peter-evans/repository-dispatch#client-payload
+        client_payload: {
+          sha: process.env.GITHUB_SHA,
+          ref: process.env.GITHUB_REF,
+          version,
+        },
       },
-    },
-  });
+    }
+  );
 })().catch((e) => {
   // Ignore for now
   shell.echo(e.toString());