diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-generated.yml b/.github/workflows/check-generated.yml
index 50d923376..3bf63b79c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-generated.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-generated.yml
@@ -57,11 +57,7 @@ jobs:
           export PATH="${PATH}:${tools}/bin"
           export GOBIN="${tools}/bin"
 
-          readonly base='https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/releases/latest/download'
-          readonly OS="$(uname -s)" ARCH="$(uname -m)"
-          curl -sSL "${base}/buf-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz" \
-          | tar -xzf -  -C "$tools" --strip-components=1
-
+          go install github.com/bufbuild/buf/cmd/buf
           go install github.com/gogo/protobuf/protoc-gen-gogofaster@latest
 
           make proto-gen
diff --git a/scripts/proto-gen.sh b/scripts/proto-gen.sh
index 10499dcd1..06fa07dd9 100755
--- a/scripts/proto-gen.sh
+++ b/scripts/proto-gen.sh
@@ -11,13 +11,9 @@ cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
 # Run inside Docker to install the correct versions of the required tools
 # without polluting the local system.
 docker run --rm -i -v "$PWD":/w --workdir=/w golang:1.18-alpine sh <<"EOF"
-apk add curl git make
-
-readonly buf_release='https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/releases/latest/download'
-readonly OS="$(uname -s)" ARCH="$(uname -m)"
-curl -sSL "${buf_release}/buf-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz" \
-        | tar -xzf -  -C /usr/local --strip-components=1
+apk add git make
 
+go install github.com/bufbuild/buf/cmd/buf
 go install github.com/gogo/protobuf/protoc-gen-gogofaster@latest
 make proto-gen
 EOF