diff --git a/custom_components/hacs/repositories/base.py b/custom_components/hacs/repositories/base.py
index 7805c4bf990..b04fc87bd02 100644
--- a/custom_components/hacs/repositories/base.py
+++ b/custom_components/hacs/repositories/base.py
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, List, Optional
 import zipfile
 
-from aiogithubapi import AIOGitHubAPIException, AIOGitHubAPINotModifiedException, GitHub
-from aiogithubapi.const import ACCEPT_HEADERS
+from aiogithubapi import AIOGitHubAPIException, AIOGitHubAPINotModifiedException, GitHubReleaseModel
 from aiogithubapi.objects.repository import AIOGitHubAPIRepository
 import attr
 from homeassistant.helpers.json import JSONEncoder
@@ -259,7 +258,7 @@ class RepositoryReleases:
     last_release_object = None
     last_release_object_downloads = None
     published_tags = []
-    objects = []
+    objects: list[GitHubReleaseModel] = []
     releases = False
     downloads = None
 
@@ -890,16 +889,8 @@ async def async_get_legacy_repository_object(
     ) -> tuple[AIOGitHubAPIRepository, Any | None]:
         """Return a repository object."""
         try:
-            github = GitHub(
-                self.hacs.configuration.token,
-                self.hacs.session,
-                headers={
-                    "User-Agent": f"HACS/{self.hacs.version}",
-                    "Accept": ACCEPT_HEADERS["preview"],
-                },
-            )
-            repository = await github.get_repo(self.data.full_name, etag)
-            return repository, github.client.last_response.etag
+            repository = await self.hacs.github.get_repo(self.data.full_name, etag)
+            return repository, self.hacs.github.client.last_response.etag
         except AIOGitHubAPINotModifiedException as exception:
             raise HacsNotModifiedException(exception) from exception
         except (ValueError, AIOGitHubAPIException, Exception) as exception:
@@ -918,15 +909,20 @@ async def get_tree(self, ref: str):
         except (ValueError, AIOGitHubAPIException) as exception:
             raise HacsException(exception) from exception
 
-    async def get_releases(self, prerelease=False, returnlimit=5):
+    async def get_releases(self, prerelease=False, returnlimit=5) -> list[GitHubReleaseModel]:
         """Return the repository releases."""
-        if self.repository_object is None:
-            raise HacsException("No repository_object")
-        try:
-            releases = await self.repository_object.get_releases(prerelease, returnlimit)
-            return releases
-        except (ValueError, AIOGitHubAPIException) as exception:
-            raise HacsException(exception) from exception
+        response = await self.hacs.async_github_api_method(
+            method=self.hacs.githubapi.repos.releases.list,
+            repository=self.data.full_name,
+        )
+        releases = []
+        for release in response.data or []:
+            if len(releases) == returnlimit:
+                break
+            if release.draft or (release.prerelease and not prerelease):
+                continue
+            releases.append(release)
+        return releases
 
     async def common_update_data(self, ignore_issues: bool = False, force: bool = False) -> None:
         """Common update data."""
@@ -974,11 +970,11 @@ async def common_update_data(self, ignore_issues: bool = False, force: bool = Fa
             )
             if releases:
                 self.data.releases = True
-                self.releases.objects = [x for x in releases if not x.draft]
+                self.releases.objects = releases
                 self.data.published_tags = [x.tag_name for x in self.releases.objects]
                 self.data.last_version = next(iter(self.data.published_tags))
 
-        except (AIOGitHubAPIException, HacsException):
+        except HacsException:
             self.data.releases = False
 
         if not self.force_branch:
@@ -986,9 +982,8 @@ async def common_update_data(self, ignore_issues: bool = False, force: bool = Fa
         if self.data.releases:
             for release in self.releases.objects or []:
                 if release.tag_name == self.ref:
-                    assets = release.assets
-                    if assets:
-                        downloads = next(iter(assets)).attributes.get("download_count")
+                    if assets := release.assets:
+                        downloads = next(iter(assets)).download_count
                         self.data.downloads = downloads
 
         self.hacs.log.debug("%s Running checks against %s", self, self.ref.replace("tags/", ""))
diff --git a/custom_components/hacs/tasks/setup_websocket_api.py b/custom_components/hacs/tasks/setup_websocket_api.py
index 7a1f3e3fb30..c072caa68a0 100644
--- a/custom_components/hacs/tasks/setup_websocket_api.py
+++ b/custom_components/hacs/tasks/setup_websocket_api.py
@@ -364,9 +364,9 @@ async def hacs_repository(hass, connection, msg):
         elif action == "release_notes":
             data = [
                 {
-                    "name": x.attributes["name"],
-                    "body": x.attributes["body"],
-                    "tag": x.attributes["tag_name"],
+                    "name": x.name,
+                    "body": x.body,
+                    "tag": x.tag_name,
                 }
                 for x in repository.releases.objects
             ]
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index e1519e53674..e8222e629d2 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
 
-from aiogithubapi import GitHubAPI
+from aiogithubapi import GitHubAPI, GitHub
+from aiogithubapi.const import ACCEPT_HEADERS
 from awesomeversion import AwesomeVersion
 from homeassistant.config_entries import ConfigEntry
 from homeassistant.const import __version__ as HAVERSION
@@ -130,6 +131,16 @@ async def hacs(hass: HomeAssistant):
     hacs_obj.version = hacs_obj.integration.version
     hacs_obj.configuration.token = TOKEN
 
+    ## Old GitHub client
+    hacs_obj.github = GitHub(
+        token=hacs_obj.configuration.token,
+        session=hacs_obj.session,
+        headers={
+            "User-Agent": "HACS/pytest",
+            "Accept": ACCEPT_HEADERS["preview"],
+        },
+    )
+
     ## New GitHub client
     hacs_obj.githubapi = GitHubAPI(
         token=hacs_obj.configuration.token,