diff --git a/net/git/Makefile b/net/git/Makefile
index 25275d13c..1879c4987 100644
--- a/net/git/Makefile
+++ b/net/git/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=git
-PKG_VERSION:=2.15.1
+PKG_VERSION:=2.16.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@KERNEL/software/scm/git/
-PKG_HASH:=999c90fd7d45066992cdb87dda35bdff6dfc1d01496118ea718dfb866da4045c
+PKG_HASH:=cfad4337f2fdbfc1e2c8abce5e17e1dd4e1718a34ac2cbe3238fbe2426f2ea19
 
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
diff --git a/net/git/patches/100-configure_for_crosscompiling.patch b/net/git/patches/100-configure_for_crosscompiling.patch
index b077c55c2..eb8d4f733 100644
--- a/net/git/patches/100-configure_for_crosscompiling.patch
+++ b/net/git/patches/100-configure_for_crosscompiling.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/configure.ac
 +++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -926,7 +926,8 @@ AC_RUN_IFELSE(
+@@ -925,7 +925,8 @@ AC_RUN_IFELSE(
  		FILE *f = fopen(".", "r");
  		return f)]])],
  	[ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=no],
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  ])
  if test $ac_cv_fread_reads_directories = yes; then
  	FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES=UnfortunatelyYes
-@@ -960,7 +961,8 @@ AC_RUN_IFELSE(
+@@ -959,7 +960,8 @@ AC_RUN_IFELSE(
  		  if (snprintf(buf, 3, "%s", "12345") != 5
  		      || strcmp(buf, "12")) return 1]])],
  	[ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=no],
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  ])
  if test $ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus = yes; then
  	SNPRINTF_RETURNS_BOGUS=UnfortunatelyYes
-@@ -983,7 +985,8 @@ yippeeyeswehaveit
+@@ -982,7 +984,8 @@ yippeeyeswehaveit
  #endif
  ]),
  	[ac_cv_sane_mode_bits=yes],
diff --git a/net/git/patches/200-imapsend_without_curl.patch b/net/git/patches/200-imapsend_without_curl.patch
index 1b9c47815..3d3a92e5d 100644
--- a/net/git/patches/200-imapsend_without_curl.patch
+++ b/net/git/patches/200-imapsend_without_curl.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/Makefile
 +++ b/Makefile
-@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ else
+@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ else
  	endif
  	curl_check := $(shell (echo 072200; $(CURL_CONFIG) --vernum | sed -e '/^70[BC]/s/^/0/') 2>/dev/null | sort -r | sed -ne 2p)
  	ifeq "$(curl_check)" "072200"