diff --git a/src/components/version.jsx b/src/components/version.jsx
index ef2977500..de79647ba 100644
--- a/src/components/version.jsx
+++ b/src/components/version.jsx
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import useSWR from "swr";
 import { compareVersions } from "compare-versions";
 import { MdNewReleases } from "react-icons/md";
 
-import cachedFetch from "utils/proxy/cached-fetch";
-
 export default function Version() {
   const { t, i18n } = useTranslation();
 
@@ -12,9 +10,7 @@ export default function Version() {
   const revision = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_REVISION?.length ? process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_REVISION : "dev";
   const version = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_VERSION?.length ?  process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_VERSION : "dev";
 
-  const cachedFetcher = (resource) => cachedFetch(resource, 5);
-
-  const { data: releaseData } = useSWR("https://api.github.com/repos/benphelps/homepage/releases", cachedFetcher);
+  const { data: releaseData } = useSWR("/api/releases");
 
   // use Intl.DateTimeFormat to format the date
   const formatDate = (date) => {
diff --git a/src/pages/api/releases.js b/src/pages/api/releases.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5b3df009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/api/releases.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import cachedFetch from "utils/proxy/cached-fetch";
+
+export default async function handler(req, res) {
+  const releasesURL = "https://api.github.com/repos/benphelps/homepage/releases";
+  return res.send(await cachedFetch(releasesURL, 5));
+}