diff --git a/net/git/Makefile b/net/git/Makefile
index da3509d7c..96643d950 100644
--- a/net/git/Makefile
+++ b/net/git/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=git
-PKG_VERSION:=2.6.3
+PKG_VERSION:=2.7.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@KERNEL/software/scm/git/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=5a6375349c3f13c8dbbabfc327bae429
+PKG_MD5SUM:=eece7b1e87983271621a0cb6aab37a25
 
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1