diff --git a/crt/src/crt/cmds/release.py b/crt/src/crt/cmds/release.py
index 62825346..7f1aecc0 100644
--- a/crt/src/crt/cmds/release.py
+++ b/crt/src/crt/cmds/release.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import click
 import rich.box
 from cbscore.versions.utils import parse_version
-from git import GitError
 from rich.padding import Padding
 from rich.table import Table
 
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@
 from crt.crtlib.errors.manifest import NoSuchManifestError
 from crt.crtlib.errors.release import NoSuchReleaseError
 from crt.crtlib.git_utils import (
+    GitError,
     GitFetchHeadNotFoundError,
     GitIsTagError,
     git_branch_from,