diff --git a/webtide-github-api/pom.xml b/webtide-github-api/pom.xml
index e1b8b29..dd82f67 100644
--- a/webtide-github-api/pom.xml
+++ b/webtide-github-api/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit</artifactId>
-      <version>6.10.0.202406032230-r</version>
+      <version>7.1.0.202411261347-r</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/webtide-release-tools-api/pom.xml b/webtide-release-tools-api/pom.xml
index 6a7b009..d76c37d 100644
--- a/webtide-release-tools-api/pom.xml
+++ b/webtide-release-tools-api/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit</artifactId>
-      <version>6.6.0.202305301015-r</version>
+      <version>7.1.0.202411261347-r</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>