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 5686b1c6f3f5..e370fcd5b424 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ assert sendEmailSupport -> perlSupport;
 assert svnSupport -> perlSupport;
 
 let
-  version = "2.27.0";
+  version = "2.28.0";
   svn = subversionClient.override { perlBindings = perlSupport; };
 
   gitwebPerlLibs = with perlPackages; [ CGI HTMLParser CGIFast FCGI FCGIProcManager HTMLTagCloud ];
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1ybk39ylvs32lywq7ra4l2kdr5izc80r9461hwfnw8pssxs9gjkk";
+    sha256 = "17a311vzimqn1glc9d7x82rhb1mb81m5rr4g8xji8idaafid39fz";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional withManual "doc";