diff --git a/lib/fastlane/plugin/wpmreleasetoolkit/helper/github_helper.rb b/lib/fastlane/plugin/wpmreleasetoolkit/helper/github_helper.rb
index 9402794db..feea9b52a 100644
--- a/lib/fastlane/plugin/wpmreleasetoolkit/helper/github_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/fastlane/plugin/wpmreleasetoolkit/helper/github_helper.rb
@@ -262,18 +262,9 @@ def matching_releases(repository:, &matcher)
         client.releases(repository).select(&matcher).sort_by { |release| release[:id] }
       end
 
-      # Returns the GitHub Release associated with a given tag, if any, including draft ones.
-      #
-      # @note Unlike a lookup by name, "the most recently created match" is not the right answer here: a git tag can
-      #       only ever back a single *published* release, so if one of the matches is not a draft then it is the
-      #       release owning that tag, and a more recent draft sharing the same `tag_name` is a leftover—typically
-      #       from a re-run of the release finalization—rather than a successor. Only when no published release
-      #       claims the tag yet do we fall back to the most recent draft, which is the case when uploading assets
-      #       to a release that has not been published yet.
-      #
+      # THROWAWAY: reverted to the pre-#763 lookup, which returns whichever match the API happens to list first.
       def find_release(repository:, version:)
-        matches = matching_releases(repository: repository) { |candidate| candidate.tag_name == version }
-        release = matches.reject { |candidate| candidate[:draft] }.last || matches.last
+        release = client.releases(repository).find { |candidate| candidate.tag_name == version }
         return release unless release.nil?
 
         release_for_tag(repository: repository, version: version)