diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/git.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/git.py
index 8d97ecd3df4..b37f575eacb 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/git.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/git.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import os
-from typing import Callable, List, Optional
+from typing import Callable, Iterator, Optional
 
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class GitLoader(BaseLoader):
         self.branch = branch
         self.file_filter = file_filter
 
-    def load(self) -> List[Document]:
+    def lazy_load(self) -> Iterator[Document]:
         try:
             from git import Blob, Repo
         except ImportError as ex:
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ class GitLoader(BaseLoader):
             repo = Repo(self.repo_path)
             repo.git.checkout(self.branch)
 
-        docs: List[Document] = []
-
         for item in repo.tree().traverse():
             if not isinstance(item, Blob):
                 continue
@@ -102,9 +100,6 @@ class GitLoader(BaseLoader):
                         "file_name": item.name,
                         "file_type": file_type,
                     }
-                    doc = Document(page_content=text_content, metadata=metadata)
-                    docs.append(doc)
+                    yield Document(page_content=text_content, metadata=metadata)
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f"Error reading file {file_path}: {e}")  # noqa: T201
-
-        return docs