diff --git a/custom_components/hacs/__init__.py b/custom_components/hacs/__init__.py
index 0c20cdde1b5..47ab79cd32b 100644
--- a/custom_components/hacs/__init__.py
+++ b/custom_components/hacs/__init__.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ async def _async_initialize_integration(
     if hacs.core.ha_version is None:
         hacs.core.ha_version = AwesomeVersion(HAVERSION)
 
-    ## Legacy GitHub client
+    # Legacy GitHub client
     hacs.github = GitHub(
         hacs.configuration.token,
         clientsession,
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ async def _async_initialize_integration(
         },
     )
 
-    ## New GitHub client
+    # New GitHub client
     hacs.githubapi = GitHubAPI(
         token=hacs.configuration.token,
         session=clientsession,
diff --git a/custom_components/hacs/base.py b/custom_components/hacs/base.py
index a29e43defb4..aac9de2f7a1 100644
--- a/custom_components/hacs/base.py
+++ b/custom_components/hacs/base.py
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
 from .repositories import REPOSITORY_CLASSES
 from .repositories.base import HACS_MANIFEST_KEYS_TO_EXPORT, REPOSITORY_KEYS_TO_EXPORT
 from .utils.file_system import async_exists
-from .utils.json import json_loads
 from .utils.logger import LOGGER
 from .utils.queue_manager import QueueManager
 from .utils.store import async_load_from_store, async_save_to_store
diff --git a/custom_components/hacs/repositories/base.py b/custom_components/hacs/repositories/base.py
index 6b4ce16c932..b2f0628c956 100644
--- a/custom_components/hacs/repositories/base.py
+++ b/custom_components/hacs/repositories/base.py
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ async def common_validate(self, ignore_issues: bool = False) -> None:
 
         # Get the content of hacs.json
         if RepositoryFile.HACS_JSON in [x.filename for x in self.tree]:
-            if manifest := await self.async_get_hacs_json():
+            if manifest := await self.get_hacs_json(version=self.ref):
                 self.repository_manifest = HacsManifest.from_dict(manifest)
                 self.data.update_data(
                     self.repository_manifest.to_dict(),
diff --git a/custom_components/hacs/repositories/integration.py b/custom_components/hacs/repositories/integration.py
index 8456ce697d9..d88f10c832a 100644
--- a/custom_components/hacs/repositories/integration.py
+++ b/custom_components/hacs/repositories/integration.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ async def validate_repository(self):
             self.content.path.remote = f"custom_components/{name}"
 
         # Get the content of manifest.json
-        if manifest := await self.async_get_integration_manifest():
+        if manifest := await self.get_integration_manifest(version=self.ref):
             try:
                 self.integration_manifest = manifest
                 self.data.authors = manifest.get("codeowners", [])