diff --git a/lib/plugin/GitBase.js b/lib/plugin/GitBase.js
index 39272088..eb974f84 100644
--- a/lib/plugin/GitBase.js
+++ b/lib/plugin/GitBase.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class GitBase extends Plugin {
   async getRemoteUrl() {
     const remoteNameOrUrl = this.options.pushRepo || (await this.getRemote()) || 'origin';
     return this.isRemoteName(remoteNameOrUrl)
-      ? this.exec(`git config --get remote.${remoteNameOrUrl}.url`, { options }).catch(() => null)
+      ? this.exec(`git remote get-url ${remoteNameOrUrl}`, { options }).catch(() => null)
       : remoteNameOrUrl;
   }
 
diff --git a/test/github.js b/test/github.js
index 8d8d5270..2b1eb4a4 100644
--- a/test/github.js
+++ b/test/github.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ test('should release and upload assets', async t => {
 test('should release to enterprise host', async t => {
   const github = factory(GitHub, { options: { github: { tokenRef } } });
   const exec = sinon.stub(github.shell, 'exec').callThrough();
-  exec.withArgs('git config --get remote.origin.url').resolves(`https://github.example.org/user/repo`);
+  exec.withArgs('git remote get-url origin').resolves(`https://github.example.org/user/repo`);
   exec.withArgs('git describe --tags --abbrev=0').resolves(`1.0.0`);
 
   const remote = { api: 'https://github.example.org/api/v3', host: 'github.example.org' };