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 2878fec3c095..d60b4065e47a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "2.7.1";
+  version = "2.7.3";
   svn = subversionClient.override { perlBindings = true; };
 in
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1zkbdmh5gvxalr8l1cwnirqq5raijmp2d0s36s6qabrlvqvq2yj7";
+    sha256 = "1di96q86fq3pdn5d5v4fw9vf58gha5i9b3r880mxlh275n8ngi49";
   };
 
   patches = [