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 99fcd455254..5992355110c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 assert svnSupport -> (subversion != null && perlLibs != [] && subversion.perlBindings);
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "git-1.6.5.1";
+  name = "git-1.6.5.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/software/scm/git/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1zfrg8ifwfqgwp0x52rkpg4j9p0lvxlsb8k0fsszhl52amm2r3np";
+    sha256 = "a7050b45a4c5a2b40db83dc67dc3ff4b422ef1864df72316b3221ead2eefb5c1";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./docbook2texi.patch ];