diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 866a544b9..a8eaaf94e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -637,12 +637,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get latest lib3mf SDK release info from GitHub API
         id: get_latest_release
         run: |
-          echo "LATEST_LIB3MF_URL=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/3MFConsortium/lib3mf/releases/latest | grep "browser_download_url.*lib3mf_sdk.zip" | cut -d '"' -f 4 | xargs)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "LATEST_LIB3MF_URL=$(python CI/ci_cd_helper.py 0 --get-url | xargs)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Get second latest lib3mf SDK release info from GitHub API
         id: get_second_latest_release
         run: |
-          echo "SECOND_LATEST_LIB3MF_URL=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/3MFConsortium/lib3mf/releases | grep "browser_download_url.*lib3mf_sdk.zip" | cut -d '"' -f 4 | sed -n '2p' | xargs)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "SECOND_LATEST_LIB3MF_URL=$(python CI/ci_cd_helper.py 1 --get-url | xargs)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Download latest lib3mf SDK zip
         run: |
diff --git a/CI/ci_cd_helper.py b/CI/ci_cd_helper.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e633d23ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CI/ci_cd_helper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import argparse
+import urllib.request
+import json
+
+def get_sdk_url(index):
+    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/3MFConsortium/lib3mf/releases"
+    
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as response:
+            data = response.read().decode('utf-8')
+        
+        releases = json.loads(data)
+        selected_release = releases[index]  # Select the release by index
+        for asset in selected_release['assets']:
+            asset_name = str(asset['name']) 
+            if asset_name.startswith("lib3mf_sdk") and asset_name.endswith(".zip"):
+                return asset['browser_download_url']
+        return None
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error fetching the SDK URL: {e}")
+        return None
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Fetch a specific release URL for the 3MFConsortium/lib3mf repository.")
+    parser.add_argument('index', type=int, help='Index of the release (0 for latest, 1 for second latest, etc.)')
+    parser.add_argument('--get-url', action='store_true', help='Get the specified release URL')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.get_url:
+        url = get_sdk_url(args.index)
+        if url:
+            print(url)
+        else:
+            print("FAIL")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()