diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
index 62b8e8d2ea4..795d43da6da 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "1.7.7.3";
+  version = "1.7.8";
   svn = subversionClient.override { perlBindings = true; };
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "dc9d773004cdae17453e330a02de630a1beeeb404d0601b9e8c1aef0a0efd100";
+    sha256 = "ede41a79c83e0d8673ed16c64d5c105e404d953591f9611e44c3964130da0713";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./docbook2texi.patch ];