diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a0a6615..138fe5b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ htmldir = $(docdir)
 pdfdir = $(docdir)
 mandir = $(prefix)/share/man
 SHA1_HEADER = <openssl/sha.h>
-GIT_VER = 2.5.0
+GIT_VER = 2.6.1
 GIT_URL = https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-$(GIT_VER).tar.gz
 INSTALL = install
 COPYTREE = cp -r
diff --git a/git b/git
index a17c56c..22f698c 160000
--- a/git
+++ b/git
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a17c56c056d5fea0843b429132904c429a900229
+Subproject commit 22f698cb188243b313e024d618283e0293e37140