diff --git a/layouts/_default/cve-feed.json b/layouts/_default/cve-feed.json
index 3812e9533b..1f5f458d14 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/cve-feed.json
+++ b/layouts/_default/cve-feed.json
@@ -1 +1,20 @@
-{{ getJSON .Site.Params.cveFeedBucket | jsonify }}
+{{- $url := .Site.Params.cveFeedBucket -}}
+{{- with resources.GetRemote $url -}}
+  {{- if .Err -}}
+    {{- $message := printf "Failed to retrieve CVE data: %s" .Err -}}
+    {{- if eq hugo.Environment "production" -}}
+      {{- errorf $message -}}
+    {{- else -}}
+      {{- warnf $message -}}
+    {{- end -}}
+  {{- else -}}
+    {{- .Content | transform.Unmarshal | jsonify -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- else -}}
+  {{- $message := printf "Unable to fetch CVE data from the specified URL: %q" $url -}}
+  {{- if eq hugo.Environment "production" -}}
+    {{- errorf $message -}}
+  {{- else -}}
+    {{- warnf $message -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
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diff --git a/layouts/_default/cve-feed.rss.xml b/layouts/_default/cve-feed.rss.xml
index 811469c924..105cab7b8c 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/cve-feed.rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/cve-feed.rss.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,25 @@
-{{ $feed := getJSON .Site.Params.cveFeedBucket -}}
+{{- $url := .Site.Params.cveFeedBucket -}}
+{{- $feed := "" -}}
+
+{{- with resources.GetRemote $url -}}
+  {{- if .Err -}}
+    {{- $message := printf "Failed to retrieve CVE data: %s" .Err -}}
+    {{- if eq hugo.Environment "production" -}}
+      {{- errorf $message -}}
+    {{- else -}}
+      {{- warnf $message -}}
+    {{- end -}}
+  {{- else -}}
+    {{- $feed = .Content | transform.Unmarshal -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- else -}}
+  {{- $message := printf "Unable to fetch CVE data from the specified URL: %q" $url -}}
+  {{- if eq hugo.Environment "production" -}}
+    {{- errorf $message -}}
+  {{- else -}}
+    {{- warnf $message -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
 <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <channel>
     <title>{{ $feed.title }}</title>
@@ -7,7 +28,10 @@
     <generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator>
     <language>en-US</language>
 	<copyright>{{ .Site.Params.Copyright_k8s }}</copyright>
+    <!-- Render last build date only if CVE feed is available, accommodating for offline builds. -->
+    {{- if ne $feed nil -}}
     <lastBuildDate>{{ time.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" $feed._kubernetes_io.updated_at | safeHTML }}</lastBuildDate>
+    {{- end -}}
     {{ with .OutputFormats.Get "RSS" -}}
 	{{ printf "<atom:link href=%q rel=\"self\" type=%q />" .Permalink .MediaType | safeHTML }}
     {{ end -}}
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/cve-feed.html b/layouts/shortcodes/cve-feed.html
index 8b829079fb..02a1918864 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/cve-feed.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/cve-feed.html
@@ -1,7 +1,39 @@
-{{ $feed := getJSON .Site.Params.cveFeedBucket }}
-{{ if ne $feed.version "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1" }}
-  {{ warnf "CVE feed shortcode. KEP-3203: CVE feed does not comply with JSON feed v1.1." }}
-{{ end }}
+{{- $url := .Site.Params.cveFeedBucket }}
+{{- $feed := "" -}}
+<!-- Try to fetch remote resource from the specified URL -->
+{{- with resources.GetRemote $url -}}
+  {{- if .Err -}}
+    <!-- Error message if retrieval fails -->
+    {{- $message := printf "Failed to retrieve CVE data: %s" .Err -}}
+    {{- if eq hugo.Environment "production" -}}
+      {{- errorf $message -}}
+    {{- else -}}
+      {{- warnf $message -}}
+    {{- end -}}
+  {{- else -}}
+    <!-- Process the content if retrieval is successful -->
+    {{- $feed = .Content | transform.Unmarshal -}}
+    {{- if ne $feed.version "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1" -}}
+      {{- $warningMessage := "CVE feed shortcode. KEP-3203: CVE feed does not comply with JSON feed v1.1." -}}
+      {{- if eq hugo.Environment "production" -}}
+        {{- errorf $warningMessage -}}
+      {{- else -}}
+        {{- warnf $warningMessage -}}
+      {{- end -}}
+    {{- end -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- else -}}
+  <!-- Error message if unable to fetch the remote resource -->
+  {{- $message := printf "Unable to fetch CVE data from the specified URL: %q" $url -}}
+  {{- if eq hugo.Environment "production" -}}
+    {{- errorf $message -}}
+  {{- else -}}
+    {{- warnf $message -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+<!-- Render table only if CVE feed is available, accommodating for offline builds. -->
+{{ if ne $feed nil }}
 <table class="security-cves">
   <caption style="caption-side: top;">{{ T "cve_table" }} {{ printf (T "cve_table_date_format_string") ($feed._kubernetes_io.updated_at | time.Format (T "cve_table_date_format")) }}</caption>
   <thead>
@@ -21,3 +53,4 @@
   {{ end }}
   </tbody>
 </table>
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/release-binaries.html b/layouts/shortcodes/release-binaries.html
index 6eef11dda2..f34b6ac16d 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/release-binaries.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/release-binaries.html
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
 <!-- Fetch release_binaries.json from kubernetes-sigs/downloadkubernetes to render in table -->
-{{ $response := getJSON "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/downloadkubernetes/master/dist/release_binaries.json" }}
+{{- $url := "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/downloadkubernetes/master/dist/release_binaries.json" }}
+{{- $response := "" }}
 
+{{- with resources.GetRemote $url -}}
+  {{- if .Err -}}
+    {{- $message := printf "Failed to retrieve release binaries data: %s" .Err -}}
+    {{- if eq hugo.Environment "production" -}}
+      {{- errorf $message -}}
+    {{- else -}}
+      {{- warnf $message -}}
+    {{- end -}}
+  {{- else -}}
+    {{- $response = .Content | transform.Unmarshal }}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- else -}}
+  {{ $message := printf "Unable to fetch release binaries data from the specified URL: %q" $url -}}
+  {{- if eq hugo.Environment "production" -}}
+    {{- errorf $message -}}
+  {{- else -}}
+    {{- warnf $message -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+<!-- Continue processing only if release binaries JSON is available, accommodating for offline builds. -->
+{{ if ne $response nil }}
 {{ $currentVersion := site.Params.version }}
 
 {{ $Binaries := slice }}
@@ -127,4 +150,5 @@
             </tbody>
         </table>
     </div>
-</div>
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+</div>
+{{- end -}}
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