diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 55a87cb..03da88c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ It can only be run on the `self-hosted` platform, running on a host with LXC ins
 | user | Administrator user name | `false` | root |
 | password | Administrator password | `false` | admin1234 |
 | runner | Runner git repository | `false` | https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner |
-| runner-version | Runner version | `false` | v1.4.1 |
+| runner-version | Runner version | `false` | v1.5.0 |
 | container | Name of the container running the Forgejo instance | `false` | forgejo |
 | lxc-ip-prefix | Class C IP prefix used by LXC | `false` | 10.0.23 |
 <!-- action-docs-inputs -->
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index f2523ae..e765be3 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ inputs:
     default: 'https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner'
   runner-version:
     description: 'Runner version'
-    default: 'v1.4.1'
+    default: 'v1.5.0'
   container:
     description: 'Name of the container running the Forgejo instance'
     default: 'forgejo'
diff --git a/forgejo-runner.sh b/forgejo-runner.sh
index 0862e8c..16b8236 100755
--- a/forgejo-runner.sh
+++ b/forgejo-runner.sh
@@ -4,55 +4,38 @@
 set -ex
 
 function dependencies() {
-    if ! which go > /dev/null ; then
-	apt-get update
-        apt-get install -y -qq wget tar
-        wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.20.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-        tar zxf go1.20.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-        export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)/go/bin
-    fi
-    if ! which make daemon > /dev/null ; then
-	apt-get install -y -qq make daemon
+    if ! which curl daemon > /dev/null ; then
+	apt-get install -y -qq curl daemon
     fi
 }
 
-function checkout() {
-    local git="$1"
-    if ! test -d forgejo-runner ; then
-	git clone $git forgejo-runner
-    fi
-}
+function download() {
+    local runner_repository="$1"
+    local version="$2"
 
-function build() {
-    local version="$1"
-
-    (
-	cd forgejo-runner
-	git checkout $version
-	make build
-    )
+    curl -L --fail -sS $runner_repository/releases/download/$version/forgejo-runner-amd64 > /bin/forgejo-runner
+    chmod 755 /bin/forgejo-runner
 }
 
 function register() {
     local forgejo="$1"
     docker exec --user 1000 forgejo forgejo actions --registration-token-admin > forgejo-runner-token
-    timeout --signal=KILL 30 ./forgejo-runner/forgejo-runner register --no-interactive --instance "$forgejo" --name runner --token $(cat forgejo-runner-token) --labels ubuntu-latest:docker://node:16-buster,self-hosted    
+    timeout --signal=KILL 30 forgejo-runner register --no-interactive --instance "$forgejo" --name runner --token $(cat forgejo-runner-token) --labels ubuntu-latest:docker://node:16-buster,self-hosted    
 }
 
 function run() {
-    daemon --chdir=$(pwd) --unsafe --pidfile=$(pwd)/forgejo-runner-pid --errlog=$(pwd)/forgejo-runner.log --output=$(pwd)/forgejo-runner.log ./forgejo-runner/forgejo-runner daemon
+    daemon --chdir=$(pwd) --unsafe --pidfile=$(pwd)/forgejo-runner-pid --errlog=$(pwd)/forgejo-runner.log --output=$(pwd)/forgejo-runner.log /bin/forgejo-runner daemon
     sleep 1
     cat forgejo-runner.log
 }    
 
 function setup() {
-    local git="${1:-https://codeberg.org/forgejo/runner}"
-    local version="${2:-v1.4.1}"
+    local runner_repository="${1:-https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner}"
+    local version="${2:-v1.5.0}"
     local forgejo="${3:-http://$(cat forgejo-ip):3000/}"
 
     dependencies
-    checkout $git
-    build $version
+    download $runner_repository $version
     register $forgejo
     run
 }