diff --git a/cmd/gh/main.go b/cmd/gh/main.go
index 61cbf7081..f1e72f1b5 100644
--- a/cmd/gh/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gh/main.go
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/config"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/ghinstance"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/run"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/update"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmd/alias/expand"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmd/factory"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmd/root"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmdutil"
-	"github.com/cli/cli/update"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/utils"
 	"github.com/cli/safeexec"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-colorable"
diff --git a/update/update.go b/internal/update/update.go
similarity index 100%
rename from update/update.go
rename to internal/update/update.go
diff --git a/update/update_test.go b/internal/update/update_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from update/update_test.go
rename to internal/update/update_test.go