diff --git a/django/utils/version.py b/django/utils/version.py
index 54b10e89d7..50be432942 100644
--- a/django/utils/version.py
+++ b/django/utils/version.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def get_git_changeset():
     """
     repo_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
     git_log = subprocess.run(
-        ['git', 'log', '--pretty=format:%ct', '--quiet', '-1', 'HEAD'],
+        'git log --pretty=format:%ct --quiet -1 HEAD',
         stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
         shell=True, cwd=repo_dir, universal_newlines=True,
     )