diff --git a/cgit.changes b/cgit.changes
index 1e9de21..0ec9d8f 100644
--- a/cgit.changes
+++ b/cgit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 24 14:47:29 UTC 2015 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Update bundled git tarball to 2.5.3
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun  9 16:30:13 UTC 2015 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/cgit.spec b/cgit.spec
index 3dbe454..7733fa9 100644
--- a/cgit.spec
+++ b/cgit.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 
-%define git_version	2.4.3
+%define git_version	2.5.3
 
 Name:           cgit
 Version:        0.11.2
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--- a/git-2.4.3.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
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-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-2.5.3.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
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