diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 33c61a66c..9a9140974 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "ctags": "0.1.0",
     "oniguruma": "0.5.0",
     "mkdirp": "0.3.5",
-    "git-utils": "0.5.0",
+    "git-utils": "0.6.0",
     "underscore": "1.4.4",
     "d3": "3.0.8",
     "coffee-cache": "0.1.0",
diff --git a/src/app/repository-status-handler.coffee b/src/app/repository-status-handler.coffee
index a6699942a..3b55acdb5 100644
--- a/src/app/repository-status-handler.coffee
+++ b/src/app/repository-status-handler.coffee
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module.exports =
       for path, status of repo.getStatuses()
         statuses[fs.join(workingDirectoryPath, path)] = status
       upstream = repo.getAheadBehindCount()
+      repo.release()
     else
       upstream = {}
       statuses = {}