diff --git a/playbooks/gitea-rename-tasks.yaml b/playbooks/gitea-rename-tasks.yaml
index 9520894cdc..72f0af40ef 100644
--- a/playbooks/gitea-rename-tasks.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/gitea-rename-tasks.yaml
@@ -36,33 +36,28 @@
 - name: "Transfer repo ownership from {{ oldorg }}/{{ oldproj }} to {{ neworg }}/{{ oldproj }}"
   when: "oldorg != neworg"
   uri:
-    url: "{{ gitea_url }}/{{ oldorg }}/{{ oldproj }}/settings"
+    url: "{{ gitea_url }}/api/v1/repos/{{ oldorg }}/{{ oldproj }}/transfer"
     validate_certs: false
     user: root
     password: "{{ gitea_root_password }}"
     force_basic_auth: true
-    status_code: 302
+    status_code: 202
     method: POST
-    body_format: form-urlencoded
+    body_format: json
     body:
-      _csrf: "{{ gitea_token }}"
-      action: transfer
-      repo_name: "{{ oldproj }}"
-      new_owner_name: "{{ neworg }}"
+      new_owner: "{{ neworg }}"
 - name: "Update repo name from {{ neworg }}/{{ oldproj }} to {{ neworg }}/{{ newproj }}"
   when: "oldproj != newproj"
   uri:
-    url: "{{ gitea_url }}/{{ neworg }}/{{ oldproj }}/settings"
+    url: "{{ gitea_url }}/api/v1/repos/{{ neworg }}/{{ oldproj }}"
     validate_certs: false
     user: root
     password: "{{ gitea_root_password }}"
     force_basic_auth: true
-    status_code: 302
-    method: POST
-    body_format: form-urlencoded
+    status_code: 200
+    method: PATCH
+    body_format: json
     body:
-      _csrf: "{{ gitea_token }}"
-      action: update
-      repo_name: "{{ newproj }}"
+      name: "{{ newproj }}"
       description: "{{ gitea_repo.json.description }}"
       website: "{{ gitea_repo.json.website }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/rename_repos.yaml b/playbooks/rename_repos.yaml
index d517451a0f..93c4bd2c73 100644
--- a/playbooks/rename_repos.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/rename_repos.yaml
@@ -33,17 +33,6 @@
     gitea_url: https://localhost:3000
   tasks:
     - include_vars: "{{ repolist }}"
-    - name: Get a CSRF token
-      uri:
-        url: "{{ gitea_url }}/"
-        validate_certs: false
-        user: root
-        password: "{{ gitea_root_password }}"
-        force_basic_auth: true
-      register: gitea_token
-    - name: Parse CSRF taken
-      set_fact:
-        gitea_token: "{{ gitea_token.cookies._csrf|regex_replace('%3D','=') }}"
     - name: Move gitea repo
       include_tasks: gitea-rename-tasks.yaml
       loop: "{{ repos }}"