diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ab0bbd4..1163b02 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CGIT_SCRIPT_PATH = /var/www/htdocs/cgit
 CGIT_CONFIG = /etc/cgitrc
 CACHE_ROOT = /var/cache/cgit
 SHA1_HEADER = <openssl/sha.h>
-GIT_VER = 1.5.6
+GIT_VER = 1.6.0.rc1
 GIT_URL = http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-$(GIT_VER).tar.bz2
 
 #
diff --git a/git b/git
index 93310a4..8e1db38 160000
--- a/git
+++ b/git
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 93310a40eb022a0e36e7c618921931d8ffc31fd1
+Subproject commit 8e1db3871c767cb17b5e0eeb7bea8d967821a055