diff --git a/git/libgit2/go.mod b/git/libgit2/go.mod
index bee51b45..01bd721e 100644
--- a/git/libgit2/go.mod
+++ b/git/libgit2/go.mod
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/version v0.2.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.4.1
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/libgit2/git2go/v34 v34.0.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.24.1
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.6.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.6.0
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.4
 )
 
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/gnostic v0.6.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13 // indirect
 	github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
@@ -106,6 +105,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/api v0.26.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.26.1 // indirect
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.26.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.26.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.0 // indirect
diff --git a/git/libgit2/utils.go b/git/libgit2/utils.go
index 20f56f7f..8951547d 100644
--- a/git/libgit2/utils.go
+++ b/git/libgit2/utils.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	git2go "github.com/libgit2/git2go/v34"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git"
 )
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 func getTransportOptsURL(transport git.TransportType) string {
-	return string(transport) + "://" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
+	return string(transport) + "://" + uuid.New().String()
 }
 
 func pushError(err error, url string) error {