diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index 2426563c671..a5a9589dcc4 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function findSpecificGit(path: string, onValidate: (path: string) => boolean): P
 		const child = cp.spawn(path, ['--version']);
 		child.stdout.on('data', (b: Buffer) => buffers.push(b));
 		child.on('error', cpErrorHandler(e));
-		child.on('exit', code => code ? e(new Error('Not found')) : c({ path, version: parseVersion(Buffer.concat(buffers).toString('utf8').trim()) }));
+		child.on('close', code => code ? e(new Error('Not found')) : c({ path, version: parseVersion(Buffer.concat(buffers).toString('utf8').trim()) }));
 	});
 }