diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap/verify-local.sh b/scripts/bootstrap/verify-local.sh
index 3f3f62fce..0fb3b7650 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap/verify-local.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap/verify-local.sh
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 
 [[ -f "$SCRIPT_DIR/.env" ]] && . "$SCRIPT_DIR/.env"
 
-: "${R720_HOST:=10.0.20.150}"
-: "${R720_USER:=ansible}"
-: "${FORGEJO_API_URL:=https://forgejo.talas.group}"
-: "${FORGEJO_OWNER:=talas}"
+: "${R720_HOST:=srv-102v}"
+: "${R720_USER:=}"
+: "${FORGEJO_API_URL:=https://10.0.20.105:3000}"
+: "${FORGEJO_INSECURE:=1}"
+: "${FORGEJO_OWNER:=senke}"
 : "${FORGEJO_REPO:=veza}"
 
 REPO_ROOT=$(git -C "$SCRIPT_DIR" rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null) || {
@@ -132,11 +133,14 @@ if [[ -n "${FORGEJO_ADMIN_TOKEN:-}" ]]; then
         "curl -fsSL ${_CURL_OPTS[*]} -H 'Authorization: token $FORGEJO_ADMIN_TOKEN' $FORGEJO_API_URL/api/v1/repos/$FORGEJO_OWNER/$FORGEJO_REPO" \
         "set FORGEJO_OWNER + FORGEJO_REPO env vars"
 
+    # Forgejo doesn't expose GET /actions/secrets/<NAME> (values are
+    # write-only), so list the secrets and grep by name.
+    _secrets_json="curl -fsSL ${_CURL_OPTS[*]} -H 'Authorization: token $FORGEJO_ADMIN_TOKEN' $FORGEJO_API_URL/api/v1/repos/$FORGEJO_OWNER/$FORGEJO_REPO/actions/secrets"
     check_with_hint "secret FORGEJO_REGISTRY_TOKEN exists" \
-        "curl -fsSL ${_CURL_OPTS[*]} -H 'Authorization: token $FORGEJO_ADMIN_TOKEN' $FORGEJO_API_URL/api/v1/repos/$FORGEJO_OWNER/$FORGEJO_REPO/actions/secrets/FORGEJO_REGISTRY_TOKEN" \
+        "$_secrets_json | jq -e '.[]? | select(.name == \"FORGEJO_REGISTRY_TOKEN\")'" \
         "PHASE=3 ./bootstrap-local.sh"
     check_with_hint "secret ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD exists" \
-        "curl -fsSL ${_CURL_OPTS[*]} -H 'Authorization: token $FORGEJO_ADMIN_TOKEN' $FORGEJO_API_URL/api/v1/repos/$FORGEJO_OWNER/$FORGEJO_REPO/actions/secrets/ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD" \
+        "$_secrets_json | jq -e '.[]? | select(.name == \"ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD\")'" \
         "PHASE=3 ./bootstrap-local.sh"
     check_with_hint "variable FORGEJO_REGISTRY_URL exists" \
         "curl -fsSL ${_CURL_OPTS[*]} -H 'Authorization: token $FORGEJO_ADMIN_TOKEN' $FORGEJO_API_URL/api/v1/repos/$FORGEJO_OWNER/$FORGEJO_REPO/actions/variables/FORGEJO_REGISTRY_URL" \