diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
index f5e9a27736..ae48c4517b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
@@ -97,14 +97,14 @@ as well as the classic centralized workflow.")
 (define-public git
   (package
    (name "git")
-   (version "2.1.2")
+   (version "2.2.1")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://kernel.org/software/scm/git/git-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "12x1qycc0rii6fqpiizp9v9ysdmj6lpi9imqqbrkdx6cifbwh9vv"))))
+              "0l7l9rv1ww474rm4whj7dhjjacgdw5qlqqxqsnyzdpdxl34jshh9"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (native-inputs
     `(("native-perl" ,perl)