diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 409c128db..71e952a58 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org/'
 gemspec name: 'puppet_docs'
 
-gem 'git', '~> 4.0'
+gem 'git', '~> 5.0'
 gem 'json', '~> 2.5'
 gem 'rack', '>= 2.2.14'
 gem 'rake', '~> 13.0', '>= 13.0.1'