diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index 69ec46ff435..709b7c2972c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for "git"
 pkgname=git
-version=2.2.2
-revision=2
+version=2.3.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-curl --with-expat --with-tcltk
  ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=no ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=no"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://git-scm.com/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=aa6d2efcc0c7bb9b9edc6d56d90921706b833972f1d2abe70f71be7838f22d05
+checksum=94b23a14d66df536cfe7de37551f55acf908f8bddf30a0f5325a255bb57b0aca
 
 subpackages="git-svn git-perl gitk git-gui"