diff --git a/ct/ollama.sh b/ct/ollama.sh
index 0864040b3..cd7374ed9 100644
--- a/ct/ollama.sh
+++ b/ct/ollama.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ function update_script() {
     msg_error "No Ollama Installation Found!"
     exit
   fi
-  RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/ollama/ollama/releases/latest | grep "tag_name" | awk -F '"' '{print $4}')
+  RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL "https://api.github.com/repos/ollama/ollama/releases/latest" | sed -n 's/.*"tag_name" *: *"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' | head -1)
+  if [[ -z "${RELEASE}" || ! "${RELEASE}" =~ ^v[0-9] ]]; then
+    msg_error "Failed to determine latest Ollama version"
+    exit 1
+  fi
   if [[ ! -f /opt/Ollama_version.txt ]] || [[ "${RELEASE}" != "$(cat /opt/Ollama_version.txt)" ]]; then
     if [[ ! -f /opt/Ollama_version.txt ]]; then
       touch /opt/Ollama_version.txt
diff --git a/install/ollama-install.sh b/install/ollama-install.sh
index 161d354fa..3c2a5691a 100644
--- a/install/ollama-install.sh
+++ b/install/ollama-install.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ $STD apt install -y --no-install-recommends intel-basekit-2024.1
 msg_ok "Installed Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit"
 
 msg_info "Installing Ollama (Patience)"
-RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/ollama/ollama/releases/latest | grep "tag_name" | awk -F '"' '{print $4}')
+RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL "https://api.github.com/repos/ollama/ollama/releases/latest" | sed -n 's/.*"tag_name" *: *"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' | head -1)
+if [[ -z "${RELEASE}" || ! "${RELEASE}" =~ ^v[0-9] ]]; then
+  msg_error "Failed to determine latest Ollama version"
+  exit 1
+fi
 OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR="/usr/local/lib/ollama"
 BINDIR="/usr/local/bin"
 mkdir -p $OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR