diff --git a/support/scripts/pkg-stats b/support/scripts/pkg-stats
index cfea179458..c659acb80e 100755
--- a/support/scripts/pkg-stats
+++ b/support/scripts/pkg-stats
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ async def check_url_status(session, pkg, npkgs, retry=True, verbose=False):
     global check_url_count
 
     try:
-        async with session.get(pkg.url) as resp:
+        async with session.head(pkg.url) as resp:
             if resp.status >= 400:
                 pkg.status['url'] = ("error", "invalid {}".format(resp.status))
                 check_url_count += 1