diff --git a/tasks/tags/createTags.ts b/tasks/tags/createTags.ts
index 9a561209b..8b010cd5d 100644
--- a/tasks/tags/createTags.ts
+++ b/tasks/tags/createTags.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import * as fs from 'fs';
+import { spawnSync } from 'child_process';
 import minimist from 'minimist';
 import { Octokit } from '@octokit/rest';
 import { allNugetPackages, NugetPackageInfo, platformSpecificPackages } from '../packaging/offlinePackagingTasks';
 import { PlatformInformation } from '../../src/shared/platform';
 import path from 'path';
 import { runTask } from '../runTask';
+import { rootPath } from '../projectPaths';
 
 runTask(createTags);
 
@@ -34,8 +36,8 @@ async function createTagsRoslyn(): Promise<void> {
         options,
         'dotnet',
         'roslyn',
-        async (releaseCommit: string, githubPAT: string) =>
-            getCommitFromNugetAsync(allNugetPackages.roslyn, releaseCommit, githubPAT),
+        async (releaseCommit: string, _githubPAT: string) =>
+            getCommitFromNugetAsync(allNugetPackages.roslyn, releaseCommit),
         (releaseVersion: string, isPrerelease: boolean): [string, string] => {
             const prereleaseText = isPrerelease ? '-prerelease' : '';
             return [
@@ -183,32 +185,9 @@ function logError(message: string): void {
     console.log(`##vso[task.logissue type=error]${message}`);
 }
 
-async function getCommitFromNugetAsync(
-    packageInfo: NugetPackageInfo,
-    releaseCommit: string,
-    githubPAT: string
-): Promise<string | null> {
-    // Fetch package.json from dotnet/vscode-csharp GitHub repo at the specific commit
-    const packageJsonUrl = `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/vscode-csharp/${releaseCommit}/package.json`;
-
-    console.log(`Fetching package.json from ${packageJsonUrl}`);
-
-    let packageJson: { defaults?: { [key: string]: string } };
-    try {
-        const response = await fetch(packageJsonUrl, {
-            headers: {
-                Authorization: `token ${githubPAT}`,
-                Accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3.raw',
-            },
-        });
-        if (!response.ok) {
-            logError(`Failed to fetch package.json from ${packageJsonUrl}: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`);
-            return null;
-        }
-        const packageJsonString = await response.text();
-        packageJson = JSON.parse(packageJsonString);
-    } catch (error) {
-        logError(`Error fetching package.json from GitHub: ${error}`);
+async function getCommitFromNugetAsync(packageInfo: NugetPackageInfo, releaseCommit: string): Promise<string | null> {
+    const packageJson = getPackageJsonFromReleaseCommit(releaseCommit);
+    if (!packageJson) {
         return null;
     }
 
@@ -258,3 +237,48 @@ async function getCommitFromNugetAsync(
     console.log(`commitNumber is ${commitNumber}`);
     return commitNumber;
 }
+
+function getPackageJsonFromReleaseCommit(releaseCommit: string): { defaults?: { [key: string]: string } } | null {
+    const packageJsonPath = 'package.json';
+
+    try {
+        // Read the committed package.json at the release commit directly from the local git object
+        // database. The release pipeline fetches full history (fetchDepth: 0) and checks out the
+        // release commit, so the object is always present. Reading the committed blob (rather than the
+        // working tree) ensures the tag references exactly what was released.
+        console.log(`Reading package.json from local git object ${releaseCommit}:${packageJsonPath}`);
+        const packageJsonString = getGitOutput(['show', `${releaseCommit}:${packageJsonPath}`]);
+        if (!packageJsonString) {
+            logError(
+                `Failed to read package.json from local git commit ${releaseCommit}. Ensure the release commit is fetched or checked out.`
+            );
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return JSON.parse(packageJsonString);
+    } catch (error) {
+        logError(`Error reading package.json for commit ${releaseCommit}: ${error}`);
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
+function getGitOutput(args: string[]): string | null {
+    const gitCommand = `git ${args.join(' ')}`;
+    const cwd = rootPath;
+    const result = spawnSync('git', args, { encoding: 'utf8', cwd });
+
+    if (result.error) {
+        logError(`Failed to run '${gitCommand}' from '${cwd}': ${result.error.message}`);
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    if (result.status !== 0) {
+        const stderr = result.stderr.trim();
+        const stdout = result.stdout.trim();
+        const failureDetails = stderr || stdout || `Exited with status ${result.status}.`;
+        logError(`Command '${gitCommand}' failed from '${cwd}': ${failureDetails}`);
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    return result.stdout.trim();
+}