diff --git a/lib/git.js b/lib/git.js
index db8447e9c9..a2956ddeb2 100644
--- a/lib/git.js
+++ b/lib/git.js
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@ Object.assign(gitLogParser.fields, {hash: 'H', message: 'B', gitTags: 'd', commi
  * @return {String} The commit sha of the tag in parameter or `null`.
  */
 async function getTagHead(tagName, execaOpts) {
-  try {
-    return (await execa('git', ['rev-list', '-1', tagName], execaOpts)).stdout;
-  } catch (error) {
-    debug(error);
-  }
+  return (await execa('git', ['rev-list', '-1', tagName], execaOpts)).stdout;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/git.test.js b/test/git.test.js
index 34e5000d61..7383f15649 100644
--- a/test/git.test.js
+++ b/test/git.test.js
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ test('Get all branches', async t => {
   t.deepEqual((await getBranches(repositoryUrl, {cwd})).sort(), ['master', 'second-branch', 'third-branch'].sort());
 });
 
-test('Get the commit sha for a given tag or falsy if the tag does not exists', async t => {
+test('Get the commit sha for a given tag', async t => {
   // Create a git repository, set the current working directory at the root of the repo
   const {cwd} = await gitRepo();
   // Add commits to the master branch
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ test('Get the commit sha for a given tag or falsy if the tag does not exists', a
   await gitTagVersion('v1.0.0', undefined, {cwd});
 
   t.is(await getTagHead('v1.0.0', {cwd}), commits[0].hash);
-  t.falsy(await getTagHead('missing_tag', {cwd}));
 });
 
 test('Return git remote repository url from config', async t => {