diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4cd84698d..adb7fe499 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ curl = "0.4.44"
 curl-sys = "0.4.68"
 filetime = "0.2.22"
 flate2 = { version = "1.0.27", default-features = false, features = ["zlib"] }
-git2 = "0.18.1"
+git2 = "0.20.0"
 git2-curl = "0.19.0"
 gix = { version = "0.54.1", default-features = false, features = ["blocking-http-transport-curl", "progress-tree", "revision"] }
 gix-features-for-configuration-only = { version = "0.35.0", package = "gix-features", features = [ "parallel" ] }