diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fe4b10e..84790a8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ htmldir = $(docdir)
 pdfdir = $(docdir)
 mandir = $(prefix)/share/man
 SHA1_HEADER = <openssl/sha.h>
-GIT_VER = 1.7.3
+GIT_VER = 1.7.4
 GIT_URL = http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-$(GIT_VER).tar.bz2
 INSTALL = install
 MAN5_TXT = $(wildcard *.5.txt)
diff --git a/git b/git
index 87b5054..7ed863a 160000
--- a/git
+++ b/git
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 87b50542a08ac6caa083ddc376e674424e37940a
+Subproject commit 7ed863a85a6ce2c4ac4476848310b8f917ab41f9