diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/update.sh b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/update.sh
index 1f1a29782ec..a9fa18be155 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/update.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i bash -p curl common-updater-scripts jq
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p curl common-updater-scripts jq git
 
 set -eu -o pipefail