diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7bc579d..8bf47f2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CGIT_SCRIPT_PATH = /var/www/htdocs/cgit
 CGIT_CONFIG = /etc/cgitrc
 CACHE_ROOT = /var/cache/cgit
 SHA1_HEADER = <openssl/sha.h>
-GIT_VER = 1.5.4.4
+GIT_VER = 1.5.5.rc1
 GIT_URL = http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-$(GIT_VER).tar.bz2
 
 #
diff --git a/git b/git
index 56d5fe2..bc61000 160000
--- a/git
+++ b/git
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 56d5fe285583b5177ffc65dbe7df636ed5b8cc6b
+Subproject commit bc6100087cfac0293e6ccbea95a24223b724d072