diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 13954b41..dfd303ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -34,10 +34,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: List Installed Dependencies
         run: composer show -D
 
-      - name: Deploy
-        run: php ./tempest deploy
+      - name: Get latest GitHub statistics
+        id: stats
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          STARS=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $GH_TOKEN" https://api.github.com/repos/tempestphp/tempest-framework | jq '.stargazers_count // empty')
+          TAG=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $GH_TOKEN" https://api.github.com/repos/tempestphp/tempest-framework/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name // empty')
+          echo "Stars: $STARS"
+          echo "Latest version: $TAG"
+          echo "stars=$STARS" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "latest_tag=$TAG" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-
-
+      - name: Deploy
+        run: php ./tempest deploy
+        env:
+          TEMPEST_BUILD_STARGAZERS: ${{ steps.stats.outputs.stars }}
+          TEMPEST_BUILD_LATEST_RELEASE: ${{ steps.stats.outputs.latest_tag }}
diff --git a/src/GitHub/GetLatestRelease.php b/src/GitHub/GetLatestRelease.php
index c21129f9..a668deb3 100644
--- a/src/GitHub/GetLatestRelease.php
+++ b/src/GitHub/GetLatestRelease.php
@@ -17,12 +17,8 @@ public function __construct(
 
     public function __invoke(): ?string
     {
-        // Added by Aidan Casey to combat the GitHub rate limits.
-        // We will inject the GH_TOKEN using our workflow.
-        $headers = [];
-
-        if ($githubToken = env('GH_TOKEN')) {
-            $headers['Authorization'] = 'Bearer ' . $githubToken;
+        if ($latestRelease = env('TEMPEST_BUILD_LATEST_RELEASE')) {
+            return $latestRelease;
         }
 
         // Default release to the currently running version of Tempest.
@@ -30,16 +26,12 @@ public function __invoke(): ?string
 
         try {
             $body = $this->httpClient
-                ->get(
-                    uri: 'https://api.github.com/repos/tempestphp/tempest-framework/releases/latest',
-                    headers: $headers,
-                )
+                ->get('https://api.github.com/repos/tempestphp/tempest-framework/releases/latest')
                 ->body;
 
             return json_decode($body)->tag_name ?? $defaultRelease;
-        } catch (Throwable $e) {
-            ll($e);
-            return Kernel::VERSION;
+        } catch (Throwable) {
+            return $defaultRelease;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/GitHub/GetStargazersCount.php b/src/GitHub/GetStargazersCount.php
index 301b406e..45b87cae 100644
--- a/src/GitHub/GetStargazersCount.php
+++ b/src/GitHub/GetStargazersCount.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\GitHub;
 
+use PDO;
 use Tempest\HttpClient\HttpClient;
 use Throwable;
 
@@ -16,26 +17,28 @@ public function __construct(
 
     public function __invoke(): ?string
     {
-        // Added by Aidan Casey to combat the GitHub rate limits.
-        // We will inject the GH_TOKEN using our workflow.
-        $headers = [];
+        if ($stargazers = $this->getStargazersCount()) {
+            return $stargazers > 999
+                ? (round($stargazers / 1000, 1) . 'K')
+                : $stargazers;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
 
-        if ($githubToken = env('GH_TOKEN')) {
-            $headers['Authorization'] = 'Bearer ' . $githubToken;
+    private function getStargazersCount(): ?int
+    {
+        if ($stargazers = env('TEMPEST_BUILD_STARGAZERS')) {
+            return $stargazers;
         }
 
         try {
-            $body = $this->httpClient->get(
-                uri: 'https://api.github.com/repos/tempestphp/tempest-framework',
-                headers: $headers,
-            )->body;
-            $stargazers = json_decode($body)->stargazers_count ?? null;
+            $body = $this->httpClient
+                ->get(uri: 'https://api.github.com/repos/tempestphp/tempest-framework')
+                ->body;
 
-            return $stargazers > 999
-                ? (round($stargazers / 1000, 1) . 'K')
-                : $stargazers;
-        } catch (Throwable $e) {
-            ll($e);
+            return $stargazers = json_decode($body)->stargazers_count ?? null;
+        } catch (\Throwable) {
             return null;
         }
     }