diff --git a/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker.go b/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker.go
index 8ba4911a4245..3090697a8613 100644
--- a/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker.go
+++ b/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/version_checker.go
@@ -155,13 +155,16 @@ func (v *versionChecker) getLatestRelease() (*ReleaseInfo, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "unable to read version state file")
 	}
-	if vs != nil {
+	if vs != nil && false {
 		return &vs.LatestRelease, nil
 	}
 
 	// Try to get latest clusterctl version number from go modules.
 	latest, err := v.goproxyGetLatest()
-	if err == nil && latest != nil {
+	if err != nil {
+		log.V(5).Info("error using Goproxy client to get latest versions for clusterctl, falling back to github client")
+	}
+	if latest != nil {
 		vs = &VersionState{
 			LastCheck:     time.Now(),
 			LatestRelease: *latest,
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ func (v *versionChecker) goproxyGetLatest() (*ReleaseInfo, error) {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	gomodulePath := path.Join("github.com", "kubernetes-sigs", "cluster-api")
+	gomodulePath := path.Join("sigs.k8s.io", "cluster-api")
 	versions, err := v.goproxyClient.GetVersions(context.TODO(), gomodulePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err