diff --git a/ocs_ci/deployment/hosted_cluster.py b/ocs_ci/deployment/hosted_cluster.py
index 7777f858b042..647269d88cdf 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/deployment/hosted_cluster.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/deployment/hosted_cluster.py
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 from ocs_ci.utility import templating
 from ocs_ci.utility.managedservice import generate_onboarding_token
 from ocs_ci.utility.retry import retry
-from ocs_ci.utility.utils import exec_cmd, TimeoutSampler
-from ocs_ci.utility.version import get_semantic_version, get_latest_release_version
+from ocs_ci.utility.utils import exec_cmd, TimeoutSampler, get_latest_release_version
+from ocs_ci.utility.version import get_semantic_version
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/ocs_ci/utility/utils.py b/ocs_ci/utility/utils.py
index 0c1db618aafb..b3bfe90ae820 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/utility/utils.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/utility/utils.py
@@ -4739,3 +4739,21 @@ def exec_nb_db_query(query):
         output = output[2:-1]
 
     return output
+
+
+def get_latest_release_version():
+    """
+    Get the latest release version from the release page
+
+    Returns:
+        str: The latest release version
+
+    """
+    cmd = (
+        "curl -s https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/clients/ocp/latest/release.txt | "
+        "awk '/^Name:/ {print $2}'"
+    )
+    try:
+        return exec_cmd(cmd, shell=True).stdout.decode("utf-8").strip()
+    except CommandFailed:
+        return
diff --git a/ocs_ci/utility/version.py b/ocs_ci/utility/version.py
index 3f856c36f712..6eb7f33c4403 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/utility/version.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/utility/version.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 
 from ocs_ci.framework import config
 from ocs_ci.ocs import defaults
-from ocs_ci.ocs.exceptions import WrongVersionExpression, CommandFailed
-from ocs_ci.utility.utils import exec_cmd
+from ocs_ci.ocs.exceptions import WrongVersionExpression
 
 
 def get_semantic_version(version, only_major_minor=False, ignore_pre_release=False):
@@ -146,21 +145,3 @@ def compare_versions(expression):
         )
     v1, op, v2 = m.groups()
     return eval(f"get_semantic_version(v1, True){op}get_semantic_version(v2, True)")
-
-
-def get_latest_release_version():
-    """
-    Get the latest release version from the release page
-
-    Returns:
-        str: The latest release version
-
-    """
-    cmd = (
-        "curl -s https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/clients/ocp/latest/release.txt | "
-        "awk '/^Name:/ {print $2}'"
-    )
-    try:
-        return exec_cmd(cmd, shell=True).stdout.decode("utf-8").strip()
-    except CommandFailed:
-        return