diff --git a/extensions/git/package.json b/extensions/git/package.json
index 9ded5549de72ddc195c37e13169f50c575b9ed05..bd11f740c8844a8700b6267e2b1cf7c9e78aa84e 100644
--- a/extensions/git/package.json
+++ b/extensions/git/package.json
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "vscode-extension-telemetry": "0.0.5",
+    "vscode-extension-telemetry": "^0.0.6",
     "vscode-nls": "^2.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/main.ts b/extensions/git/src/main.ts
index 771bebb1e49f910dcd3692280595d2319b429eb4..549bcb9ef49e604afb21e7f365574594f2b244dc 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/main.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/main.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const localize = nls.config()();
 async function init(context: ExtensionContext, disposables: Disposable[]): Promise<void> {
 	const { name, version, aiKey } = require(context.asAbsolutePath('./package.json')) as { name: string, version: string, aiKey: string };
 	const telemetryReporter: TelemetryReporter = new TelemetryReporter(name, version, aiKey);
+	disposables.push(telemetryReporter);
 
 	const outputChannel = window.createOutputChannel('Git');
 	disposables.push(outputChannel);
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/typings/vscode-extension-telemetry.d.ts b/extensions/git/src/typings/vscode-extension-telemetry.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f6177ef27a652fd02ce567819726c1920eb28dd5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/extensions/git/src/typings/vscode-extension-telemetry.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-declare module 'vscode-extension-telemetry' {
-	export default class TelemetryReporter {
-		constructor(extensionId: string, extensionVersion: string, key: string);
-		sendTelemetryEvent(eventName: string, properties?: { [key: string]: string }, measures?: { [key: string]: number }): void;
-	}
-}
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