diff --git a/src/websockets/version.py b/src/websockets/version.py
index 46ae34a4..d7053c52 100644
--- a/src/websockets/version.py
+++ b/src/websockets/version.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def get_version(tag: str) -> str:
         try:
             description = subprocess.run(
                 ["git", "describe", "--dirty", "--tags", "--long"],
-                capture_output=True,
+                # capture_output=True,
                 cwd=root_dir,
                 timeout=1,
                 check=True,
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def get_version(tag: str) -> str:
             subprocess.CalledProcessError,
             subprocess.TimeoutExpired,
         ):
-            pass
+            raise
         else:
             description_re = r"[0-9.]+-([0-9]+)-(g[0-9a-f]{7,}(?:-dirty)?)"
             match = re.fullmatch(description_re, description)