diff --git a/src/git/devcontainer-feature.json b/src/git/devcontainer-feature.json
index 7531ad2ab..5aa83a8b1 100644
--- a/src/git/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/src/git/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "id": "git",
-    "version": "1.3.4",
+    "version": "1.3.5",
     "name": "Git (from source)",
     "documentationURL": "https://github.com/devcontainers/features/tree/main/src/git",
     "description": "Install an up-to-date version of Git, built from source as needed. Useful for when you want the latest and greatest features. Auto-detects latest stable version and installs needed dependencies.",
diff --git a/src/git/install.sh b/src/git/install.sh
index 4124fc80c..7ee301b7e 100755
--- a/src/git/install.sh
+++ b/src/git/install.sh
@@ -288,7 +288,16 @@ fi
 # Partial version matching
 if [ "$(echo "${GIT_VERSION}" | grep -o '\.' | wc -l)" != "2" ]; then
     requested_version="${GIT_VERSION}"
-    version_list="$(curl -sSL -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" "https://api.github.com/repos/git/git/tags" | grep -oP '"name":\s*"v\K[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+"' | tr -d '"' | sort -rV )"
+    response_output_file=$(mktemp)
+    trap 'rm "$response_output_file"' EXIT
+
+    http_code=$(curl --silent --output $response_output_file --write-out "%{http_code}" -sSL -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" "https://api.github.com/repos/git/git/tags")
+    version_content=$(cat "$response_output_file")
+    if [[ ${http_code} -lt 200 || ${http_code} -gt 299 ]] ; then
+        echo "$version_content" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    version_list="$(echo "$version_content" | grep -oP '"name":\s*"v\K[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+"' | tr -d '"' | sort -rV )"
     if [ "${requested_version}" = "latest" ] || [ "${requested_version}" = "lts" ] || [ "${requested_version}" = "current" ]; then
         GIT_VERSION="$(echo "${version_list}" | head -n 1)"
     else