diff --git a/openstack_releases/cmds/list_changes.py b/openstack_releases/cmds/list_changes.py
index 08a7a00956..2bfdf8d1c9 100644
--- a/openstack_releases/cmds/list_changes.py
+++ b/openstack_releases/cmds/list_changes.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import argparse
 import atexit
 import glob
-import json
 import logging
 import os
 import os.path
@@ -29,10 +28,10 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 
 from openstack_governance import governance
-import requests
 
 from openstack_releases import defaults
 from openstack_releases import deliverable
+from openstack_releases import gerritutils
 from openstack_releases import gitutils
 from openstack_releases import hound
 from openstack_releases import liaisons
@@ -133,27 +132,10 @@ def git_diff(workdir, repo, git_range, file_pattern, title=''):
             print()
 
 
-def gerrit_query(*query):
-    url = 'https://review.openstack.org/changes/?q=' + '+'.join(query)
-    response = requests.get(url)
-    if (response.status_code // 100) != 2:
-        raise RuntimeError(
-            'Bad HTTP response from gerrit %s: %s' %
-            (url, response.status_code)
-        )
-    elif response.content[:4] == b")]}'":
-        content = response.content[5:].decode('utf-8')
-        return json.loads(content)
-    else:
-        print('could not parse response from %s' % url)
-        print(repr(content))
-        raise RuntimeError('failed to parse gerrit response')
-
-
 def list_gerrit_patches(title, template, query):
     header('{}: "{}"'.format(title, query))
     try:
-        reviews = gerrit_query(query)
+        reviews = gerritutils.gerrit_query(query)
     except Exception as err:
         print(err)
     else:
diff --git a/openstack_releases/cmds/list_deliverables.py b/openstack_releases/cmds/list_deliverables.py
index f489132a5f..cf6027d39d 100644
--- a/openstack_releases/cmds/list_deliverables.py
+++ b/openstack_releases/cmds/list_deliverables.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ import operator
 import requests
 
 import openstack_releases
-from openstack_releases.cmds.list_changes import gerrit_query
 from openstack_releases import defaults
 from openstack_releases import deliverable
+from openstack_releases import gerritutils
 from openstack_releases import schema
 from openstack_releases import series_status
 
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ def main():
 
         if args.no_merge_since:
             query = f'project:openstack%2F{deliv.name}+branch:master+mergedafter:{args.no_merge_since}'
-            patches = gerrit_query(query)
+            patches = gerritutils.gerrit_query(query)
             if len(patches) > 0:
                 continue
 
diff --git a/openstack_releases/gerritutils.py b/openstack_releases/gerritutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ef33efa9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstack_releases/gerritutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import json
+import requests
+
+
+GERRIT_URL = 'https://review.opendev.org/changes/?q='
+
+
+def gerrit_query(*query):
+    query_url = GERRIT_URL + '+'.join(query)
+    response = requests.get(query_url)
+    if (response.status_code // 100) != 2:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            'Bad HTTP response from gerrit %s: %s' %
+            (query_url, response.status_code)
+        )
+    elif response.content[:4] == b")]}'":
+        content = response.content[5:].decode('utf-8')
+        return json.loads(content)
+    else:
+        print('could not parse response from %s' % query_url)
+        print(repr(response.content))
+        raise RuntimeError('failed to parse gerrit response')