diff --git a/files/pagure.spec b/files/pagure.spec
index 95757e9..f8f548c 100644
--- a/files/pagure.spec
+++ b/files/pagure.spec
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Requires:           python%{python_pkgversion}-markdown
 Requires:           python%{python_pkgversion}-munch
 Requires:           python%{python_pkgversion}-pillow
 Requires:           python%{python_pkgversion}-psutil
-Requires:           python%{python_pkgversion}-pygit2 >= 0.24.0
+Requires:           python%{python_pkgversion}-pygit2 >= 0.26.0
 Requires:           python%{python_pkgversion}-openid
 Requires:           python%{python_pkgversion}-openid-cla
 Requires:           python%{python_pkgversion}-openid-teams
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 933a01a..95dab43 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ markdown < 3.0
 munch
 Pillow
 psutil
-pygit2 >= 0.24.0
+pygit2 >= 0.26.0
 python-openid;python_version<="2.7"
 python3-openid;python_version>="3.0"
 python-openid-cla