diff --git a/src/github-api-helper.ts b/src/github-api-helper.ts
index 2beff6f2d..19616c381 100644
--- a/src/github-api-helper.ts
+++ b/src/github-api-helper.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ async function downloadArchive(
     repo: repo,
     ref: commit || ref
   })
-  if (response.status != 302) {
+  if (response.status != 200) {
     throw new Error(
       `Unexpected response from GitHub API. Status: ${response.status}, Data: ${response.data}`
     )