diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb
index d41c212b6a..4dc96c50d5 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ module GitHub
 
     sig { returns(T.nilable(String)) }
     private_class_method def self.uid_home
+      require "etc"
       Etc.getpwuid(Process.uid)&.dir
     rescue ArgumentError
       # Cover for misconfigured NSS setups