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 1454118da6e..1916e58cacd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ assert svnSupport -> (subversion != null && perlLibs != [] && subversion.perlBin
 
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "git-1.6.0.4";
+  name = "git-1.6.1.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/software/scm/git/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0q5jnix65zn58dhd9xc3sjpamli0lh1bnsz1b9riwwicgwssrk7q";
+    sha256 = "aef4814634ac9ce8119fabc4bd1c363bb946f73ed34475a4baaad09a3fb23682";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./docbook2texi.patch ./fill-paragraph.patch ];