diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix
index d7696a1b18b7..1c9c38445b0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ assert svnSupport -> (subversion != null && perlLibs != [] && subversion.perlBin
 
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "git-1.6.0.1";
+  name = "git-1.6.0.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/software/scm/git/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1vpnq5gr6831kywpbwppmqyj7xnlxkzzim8mchy925d0bpmz9l0b";
+    sha256 = "1n6s83vfl82gbdcjw24bzhh4gnlr9sqxada14bfb3y4w3k5zncm3";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./docbook2texi.patch ];