diff --git a/scripts/make_release b/scripts/make_release
index 7ee4149..a524e04 100755
--- a/scripts/make_release
+++ b/scripts/make_release
@@ -35,16 +35,23 @@ poetry publish --build -u $PYPI_USERNAME -p $PYPI_PASSWORD
 # }}}
 
 # Make the release
-
-rel_id=$(http -b -j POST $URL/releases \
-        "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-        "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
-        "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
-        tag_name=${version} \
-        target_commitish=main \
-        "name=${title}" \
-        body=@RELEASE_NOTES.md \
-    draft:=false prerelease:=false generate_release_notes:=false | jq .id)
+#
+rel_id=$(curl -s -X POST $URL/releases \
+        -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+        -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
+        -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+        -d @- <<EOF | jq .id
+{
+  "tag_name": "${version}",
+  "target_commitish": "main",
+  "name": "${title}",
+  "body": $(jq -Rs . < RELEASE_NOTES.md),
+  "draft": false,
+  "prerelease": false,
+  "generate_release_notes": false
+}
+EOF
+)
 
 echo "RELEASE ID: $rel_id"
 
diff --git a/scripts/update_get-pypr.sh b/scripts/update_get-pypr.sh
index 813030b..0d465ea 100755
--- a/scripts/update_get-pypr.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_get-pypr.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
-url=$(http https://pypi.org/pypi/pyprland/json | jq '.urls[] |.url' |grep 'whl"$')
+url=$(curl https://pypi.org/pypi/pyprland/json | jq '.urls[] |.url' |grep 'whl"$')
 
 sed -i "s#^URL=.*#URL=${url}#" get-pypr