diff --git a/cmd/hook/pre_run_e.go b/cmd/hook/pre_run_e.go
index af5fbdbc..1dd4f2af 100644
--- a/cmd/hook/pre_run_e.go
+++ b/cmd/hook/pre_run_e.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package hook
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 	"github.com/giantswarm/gitrepo/pkg/gitrepo"
 	"github.com/giantswarm/microerror"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ func PreRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	defaultTag, err := repo.HeadTag(ctx)
-	if gitrepo.IsReferenceNotFound(err) {
+	if errors.Is(err, &gitrepo.ReferenceNotFoundError{}) {
 		defaultTag = ""
 	} else if err != nil {
 		return microerror.Mask(err)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a3a2dc9a..e990f358 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ toolchain go1.22.5
 
 require (
 	github.com/giantswarm/app/v7 v7.0.2
-	github.com/giantswarm/gitrepo v0.2.4
+	github.com/giantswarm/gitrepo v0.3.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/microerror v0.4.1
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d1013d32..546f46ec 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ github.com/giantswarm/apiextensions-application v0.6.2 h1:XL86OrpprWl5Wp38EUvUXt
 github.com/giantswarm/apiextensions-application v0.6.2/go.mod h1:8ylqSmDSzFblCppRQTFo8v9s/F6MX6RTusVVoDDfWso=
 github.com/giantswarm/app/v7 v7.0.2 h1:3RYA/4kwsK+yLS4vD5A7FjiEaplvq85jATCecni5I7o=
 github.com/giantswarm/app/v7 v7.0.2/go.mod h1:2sBTL8q40MSdzpLuz6foEv/zZKT+IpGxBWRDzm4nmc0=
-github.com/giantswarm/gitrepo v0.2.4 h1:lTbKpn8kE3HHJeWSO8r1/KuVNjRIwogrOzWV/HQcEFM=
-github.com/giantswarm/gitrepo v0.2.4/go.mod h1:FTNHp5FE/PJWKCfYABYPICWJY9n4/J29KoumuauX7yU=
+github.com/giantswarm/gitrepo v0.3.0 h1:GpzujGetLsMkbFBMwaYQJ+qMUvbErOkU9kNmkb+p9JI=
+github.com/giantswarm/gitrepo v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Isv0Cf/Sd+R66WSFrdIvqmxAw2PxD5ixXnAXYKkRjh0=
 github.com/giantswarm/k8smetadata v0.25.0 h1:6mKmmm4xHPuBvxDMAkIhU5oj6KJkJSaR2s5esIsnHs4=
 github.com/giantswarm/k8smetadata v0.25.0/go.mod h1:QiQAyaZnwco1U0lENLF0Kp4bSN4dIPwIlHWEvUo3ES8=
 github.com/giantswarm/microerror v0.4.1 h1:WMiD7HQASoUA9lZzPlPK+erCEOJ0uT4cyo18VfCXHD0=