diff --git a/dvc/repo/metrics/show.py b/dvc/repo/metrics/show.py
index 0bdc3a680..6bb78194e 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/metrics/show.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/metrics/show.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import logging
 import os
 from typing import List
 
+from scmrepo.exceptions import SCMError
+
 from dvc.fs.repo import RepoFileSystem
 from dvc.output import Output
 from dvc.repo import locked
@@ -121,8 +123,8 @@ def show(
     # Hide workspace metrics if they are the same as in the active branch
     try:
         active_branch = repo.scm.active_branch()
-    except (TypeError, NoSCMError):
-        # TypeError - detached head
+    except (SCMError, NoSCMError):
+        # SCMError - detached head
         # NoSCMError - no repo case
         pass
     else:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 54e5934b9..4762f4b85 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ install_requires =
     aiohttp-retry>=2.4.5
     diskcache>=5.2.1
     jaraco.windows>=5.7.0; python_version < '3.8' and sys_platform == 'win32'
-    scmrepo==0.0.10
+    scmrepo==0.0.13
 
 [options.extras_require]
 all =