diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6016e8add..8ac28bf9f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.6.0
+4.6.1
diff --git a/actions/instrument/job/inject_and_init.bash b/actions/instrument/job/inject_and_init.bash
index 4b4b170db..7e165843e 100644
--- a/actions/instrument/job/inject_and_init.bash
+++ b/actions/instrument/job/inject_and_init.bash
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 set -e
 
+if [ -z "$GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY" ]; then export GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY="$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"; fi
+action_tag_name="$(echo "$GITHUB_ACTION_REF" | cut -sd @ -f 2-)"
+if [ -n "$action_tag_name" ]; then
+  debian_file="$(mktemp)"
+  curl "$GITHUB_API_URL"/repos/"$GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY"/releases | { if [ "$action_tag_name" = main ]; then jq '.[0]'; else jq '.[] | select(.tag_name=="'"$action_tag_name"'")'; fi } | jq -r '.assets[] | .browser_download_url' | xargs wget -O "$debian_file"
+  sudo apt-get install -y "$debian_file"
+  rm "$debian_file"
+else
+  wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/"$GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY"/main/INSTALL.sh | sh -E
+fi
+
 root4job_end() {
   if [ "$(curl "$GITHUB_API_URL/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$GITHUB_RUN_ID/jobs" | jq -r ".jobs[] | select(.name==\"$GITHUB_JOB\") | select(.run_attempt==\"$GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT\") | .steps[] | select(.status==\"completed\") | select(.conclusion==\"failure\") | .name" | wc -l)" -gt 0 ]; then
     otel_span_error "$span_handle"
diff --git a/actions/instrument/job/inject_and_init.js b/actions/instrument/job/inject_and_init.js
index d8bf01586..bfdb366be 100644
--- a/actions/instrument/job/inject_and_init.js
+++ b/actions/instrument/job/inject_and_init.js
@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@ function run(executable, args = []) {
   });
 }
 
-run('/bin/sh', [ '-c', 'wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plengauer/opentelemetry-bash/main/INSTALL.sh | sh -E' ])
-  .then(() => run('/bin/bash', [ '-e', __dirname + '/inject_and_init.bash' ]))
+run('/bin/bash', [ '-e', __dirname + '/inject_and_init.bash' ])
diff --git a/actions/instrument/job/nop.js b/actions/instrument/job/nop.js
index 459506a7e..0f86c2e6b 100644
--- a/actions/instrument/job/nop.js
+++ b/actions/instrument/job/nop.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const process = require('process');
-if (process.env['GITHUB_REPOSITORY'] == 'plengauer/opentelemetry-bash') {
+if (!process.env['GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY'] || process.env['GITHUB_REPOSITORY'] == process.env['GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY']) {
   // action is local and pre steps is not supported because the action needs to be checked out first and then its too let to execute a pre step
   require('./inject_and_init.js');
 }