diff --git a/dvc/check_updates.py b/dvc/check_updates.py
index e113d8061..23c91dea2 100644
--- a/dvc/check_updates.py
+++ b/dvc/check_updates.py
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
-from github import Github
+import json
+import requests
 
 from dvc import VERSION_BASE
 from dvc.logger import Logger
 
-GITHUB_USER = 'dataversioncontrol'
-GITHUB_REPO = 'dvc'
+DVCAPI_URL = 'https://4ki8820rsf.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/prod/latest-version'
 
 def check_updates():
     current = VERSION_BASE
 
     try:
-        gh = Github()
-        user = gh.get_user(GITHUB_USER)
-        repo = user.get_repo(GITHUB_REPO)
-        latest = repo.get_latest_release().title
+        r = requests.get(DVCAPI_URL)
+        j = json.loads(r.content)
+        latest = j['version']
     except Exception as exc:
         Logger.debug('Failed to obtain latest version: {}'.format(str(exc)))
         return
diff --git a/dvc/latest-version b/dvc/latest-version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b15b0c276
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dvc/latest-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"Hello from Lambda"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eaed5ed0f..2283e5f3e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ paramiko>=2.4.1
 binaryornot==0.4.4
 jsonpath-rw==1.4.0
 reflink==0.2.0
-PyGithub>=1.39
+requests>=2.18.4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 767c7c14f..5212b0186 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ install_requires = [
     "binaryornot==0.4.4",
     "jsonpath-rw==1.4.0",
     "reflink==0.2.0",
-    "PyGithub>=1.39",
+    "requests>=2.18.4",
 ]
 
 setup(