diff --git a/lib/normalize.js b/lib/normalize.js
index e604bf1..9594ef3 100644
--- a/lib/normalize.js
+++ b/lib/normalize.js
@@ -6,20 +6,6 @@ const path = require('path')
 const log = require('proc-log')
 const git = require('@npmcli/git')
 
-// Replace with https://github.com/npm/git/pull/135 once it lands
-const gitFind = async ({ cwd, root }) => {
-  if (await git.is({ cwd })) {
-    return cwd
-  }
-  while (cwd !== path.dirname(cwd) && cwd !== root) {
-    cwd = path.dirname(cwd)
-    if (await git.is({ cwd })) {
-      return cwd
-    }
-  }
-  return null
-}
-
 const normalize = async (pkg, { strict, steps, root }) => {
   const data = pkg.content
   const scripts = data.scripts || {}
@@ -193,7 +179,7 @@ const normalize = async (pkg, { strict, steps, root }) => {
 
   // populate "gitHead" attribute
   if (steps.includes('gitHead') && !data.gitHead) {
-    const gitRoot = await gitFind({ cwd: pkg.path, root })
+    const gitRoot = await git.find({ cwd: pkg.path, root })
     let head
     if (gitRoot) {
       try {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d29a2e4..ada3be0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "tap": "^16.0.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@npmcli/git": "^4.0.4",
+    "@npmcli/git": "^4.1.0",
     "glob": "^10.2.2",
     "json-parse-even-better-errors": "^3.0.0",
     "normalize-package-data": "^5.0.0",