diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8eb9366..84ea90b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
 		]
 	},
 	"release": {
-		"branches": ["main"]
+		"branches": [
+			"main"
+		]
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/openai.ts b/src/utils/openai.ts
index cf31c1e..c3d6e68 100644
--- a/src/utils/openai.ts
+++ b/src/utils/openai.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,51 @@
-import { Configuration, OpenAIApi } from 'openai';
+import https from 'https';
+import type { CreateCompletionRequest, CreateCompletionResponse } from 'openai';
+
+const createCompletion = (
+	apiKey: string,
+	json: CreateCompletionRequest,
+) => new Promise<CreateCompletionResponse>((resolve, reject) => {
+	const postContent = JSON.stringify(json);
+	const request = https.request(
+		{
+			port: 443,
+			hostname: 'api.openai.com',
+			path: '/v1/completions',
+			method: 'POST',
+			headers: {
+				'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+				'Content-Length': postContent.length,
+				Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
+			},
+			timeout: 10_000, // 10s
+		},
+		(response) => {
+			if (
+				!response.statusCode
+				|| response.statusCode < 200
+				|| response.statusCode > 299
+			) {
+				return reject(new Error(`HTTP status code ${response.statusCode}`));
+			}
+
+			const body: Buffer[] = [];
+			response.on('data', chunk => body.push(chunk));
+			response.on('end', () => {
+				resolve(
+					JSON.parse(Buffer.concat(body).toString()),
+				);
+			});
+		},
+	);
+	request.on('error', reject);
+	request.on('timeout', () => {
+		request.destroy();
+		reject(new Error('Request timed out'));
+	});
+
+	request.write(postContent);
+	request.end();
+});
 
 const sanitizeMessage = (message: string) => message.trim().replace(/[\n\r]/g, '').replace(/(\w)\.$/, '$1');
 
@@ -18,9 +65,8 @@ export const generateCommitMessage = async (
 		throw new Error('The diff is too large for the OpenAI API. Try reducing the number of staged changes, or write your own commit message.');
 	}
 
-	const openai = new OpenAIApi(new Configuration({ apiKey }));
 	try {
-		const completion = await openai.createCompletion({
+		const completion = await createCompletion(apiKey, {
 			model: 'text-davinci-003',
 			prompt,
 			temperature: 0.7,
@@ -33,7 +79,7 @@ export const generateCommitMessage = async (
 		});
 
 		return deduplicateMessages(
-			completion.data.choices
+			completion.choices
 				.map(choice => sanitizeMessage(choice.text!)),
 		);
 	} catch (error) {