diff --git a/exasol/toolbox/git.py b/exasol/toolbox/git.py
index f38d2cc8..a999d43c 100644
--- a/exasol/toolbox/git.py
+++ b/exasol/toolbox/git.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from subprocess import run
+import subprocess
 from typing import Iterable
 
 
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ def tags() -> Iterable[str]:
     - the code is executed where the working directory is within a git repository
     """
     command = ["git", "tag", "--sort=committerdate"]
-    result = run(command, capture_output=True, check=True)
+    result = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, check=True)
     return [tag.strip() for tag in result.stdout.decode("utf-8").splitlines()]
diff --git a/test/unit/git_test.py b/test/unit/git_test.py
index 591035e1..55890b0f 100644
--- a/test/unit/git_test.py
+++ b/test/unit/git_test.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def git_tag():
         returncode=0,
         stdout=cleandoc(
             """
+            0.0.1
             0.1.0
             0.2.0
             0.3.0
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ def git_tag():
             0.7.0
             0.8.0
             """
-        ),
+        ).encode("utf8"),
         stderr="",
     )
     yield result
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ def git_tag():
 def test_git_tags(git_tag):
     expected = sorted(
         [
+            "0.0.1",
             "0.1.0",
             "0.2.0",
             "0.3.0",