diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
index 2361abcb8c..c9d0dc77f3 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 require "tempfile"
 require "uri"
 require "utils/github/actions"
+require "utils/shell"
 
 # Helper functions for interacting with the GitHub API.
 #