diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42d42a162c..f40b55cc01 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <argLine>-Dfile.encoding=${project.build.sourceEncoding}</argLine>
     <jenkins.version>2.263.1</jenkins.version>
     <java.level>8</java.level>
-    <jgit.version>5.12.0.202106070339-r</jgit.version>
+    <jgit.version>6.1.0.202203080745-r</jgit.version>
     <spotbugs.effort>Max</spotbugs.effort>
     <spotbugs.failOnError>true</spotbugs.failOnError>
     <spotbugs.threshold>Medium</spotbugs.threshold>