diff --git a/extensions/git/package.json b/extensions/git/package.json
index e299d60c118..7077d7e128c 100644
--- a/extensions/git/package.json
+++ b/extensions/git/package.json
@@ -1821,7 +1821,7 @@
     "@types/byline": "4.2.31",
     "@types/file-type": "^5.2.1",
     "@types/mocha": "2.2.43",
-    "@types/node": "^12.11.7",
+    "@types/node": "^12.12.31",
     "@types/which": "^1.0.28",
     "mocha": "^3.2.0",
     "mocha-junit-reporter": "^1.23.3",
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index 6f40f62e4a2..851036b15f4 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { promises as fs, exists } from 'fs';
+import { promises as fs, exists, realpath } from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as cp from 'child_process';
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import { detectEncoding } from './encoding';
 import { Ref, RefType, Branch, Remote, GitErrorCodes, LogOptions, Change, Status, CommitOptions } from './api/git';
 import * as byline from 'byline';
 import { StringDecoder } from 'string_decoder';
-import { promisify } from 'util';
 
 // https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/65693
 const MAX_CLI_LENGTH = 30000;
@@ -436,10 +435,13 @@ export class Git {
 					const [, letter] = match;
 
 					try {
-						const result = await promisify(cp.exec)(`wmic logicaldisk where 'drivetype=4 and deviceid="${letter}:"' get deviceid,providername`);
-						match = /([A-Z]):\s+(.*?)\s*$/m.exec(result?.stdout.toString() ?? '');
-						if (match !== null) {
-							const [, , networkPath] = match;
+						const networkPath = await new Promise<string>(resolve =>
+							realpath.native(`${letter}:`, { encoding: 'utf8' }, (err, resolvedPath) =>
+								// eslint-disable-next-line eqeqeq
+								resolve(err != null ? undefined : resolvedPath),
+							),
+						);
+						if (networkPath !== undefined) {
 							return path.normalize(
 								repoUri.fsPath.replace(networkPath, `${letter.toLowerCase()}:`),
 							);
diff --git a/extensions/git/yarn.lock b/extensions/git/yarn.lock
index ac135e43a80..17866c54593 100644
--- a/extensions/git/yarn.lock
+++ b/extensions/git/yarn.lock
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-8.0.51.tgz#b31d716fb8d58eeb95c068a039b9b6292817d5fb"
   integrity sha512-El3+WJk2D/ppWNd2X05aiP5l2k4EwF7KwheknQZls+I26eSICoWRhRIJ56jGgw2dqNGQ5LtNajmBU2ajS28EvQ==
 
-"@types/node@^12.11.7":
-  version "12.11.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-12.11.7.tgz#57682a9771a3f7b09c2497f28129a0462966524a"
-  integrity sha512-JNbGaHFCLwgHn/iCckiGSOZ1XYHsKFwREtzPwSGCVld1SGhOlmZw2D4ZI94HQCrBHbADzW9m4LER/8olJTRGHA==
+"@types/node@^12.12.31":
+  version "12.12.31"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-12.12.31.tgz#d6b4f9645fee17f11319b508fb1001797425da51"
+  integrity sha512-T+wnJno8uh27G9c+1T+a1/WYCHzLeDqtsGJkoEdSp2X8RTh3oOCZQcUnjAx90CS8cmmADX51O0FI/tu9s0yssg==
 
 "@types/which@^1.0.28":
   version "1.0.28"