diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e425864..5ce058f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This container provides the openSUSE Project version of Git.
 Example of using Git container:
 
 ```ShellSession
-$ podman run registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/git:2.47 git help
+$ podman run registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/git:2.48 git help
 ```
 
 As Git requires a repository, the container
diff --git a/git-image.changes b/git-image.changes
index 2431ea5..8aaf30b 100644
--- a/git-image.changes
+++ b/git-image.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 15 10:06:13 UTC 2025 - SUSE Update Bot <bci-internal@suse.de>
+
+- update to new git version
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan  1 14:13:48 UTC 2025 - SUSE Update Bot <bci-internal@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/git-image.kiwi b/git-image.kiwi
index 0e67839..c7236a0 100644
--- a/git-image.kiwi
+++ b/git-image.kiwi
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ https://github.com/SUSE/BCI-dockerfile-generator
 Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 You can contact the BCI team via https://github.com/SUSE/bci/discussions
 -->
-<!-- OBS-AddTag: opensuse/git:%%git_version%%-%RELEASE% opensuse/git:%%git_version%% opensuse/git:2.47 opensuse/git:%%git_major_version%% opensuse/git:latest -->
+<!-- OBS-AddTag: opensuse/git:%%git_version%%-%RELEASE% opensuse/git:%%git_version%% opensuse/git:2.48 opensuse/git:%%git_major_version%% opensuse/git:latest -->
 <!-- OBS-Imagerepo: obsrepositories:/ -->
 
 <image schemaversion="7.4" name="git-image" xmlns:suse_label_helper="com.suse.label_helper">
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ You can contact the BCI team via https://github.com/SUSE/bci/discussions
       <containerconfig
           name="opensuse/git"
           tag="%%git_version%%-%RELEASE%"
-          additionaltags="%%git_version%%,2.47,%%git_major_version%%,latest">
+          additionaltags="%%git_version%%,2.48,%%git_major_version%%,latest">
         <labels>
           <suse_label_helper:add_prefix prefix="org.opensuse.application.git">
             <label name="org.opencontainers.image.title" value="openSUSE Tumbleweed with Git"/>