diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
index 5047d8d4d0..eb320c8b7a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@@ -139,14 +139,14 @@ as well as the classic centralized workflow.")
    (name "git")
    ;; XXX When updating Git, check if the special 'git:src' input to cgit needs
    ;; to be updated as well.
-   (version "2.16.2")
+   (version "2.16.3")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://kernel.org/software/scm/git/git-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "05y7480f2p7fkncbhf08zz56jbykcp0ia5gl6y3djs0lsa5mfq2m"))))
+              "0j1dwvg5llnj3g0fp8hdgpms4hp90qw9f6509vqw30dhwplrjpfn"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (native-inputs
     `(("native-perl" ,perl)
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ as well as the classic centralized workflow.")
                 version ".tar.xz"))
           (sha256
            (base32
-            "01fbmfsqcv7jmyh80yg3fv5jwv78zvxys9b0fd6bdcy89h9ybvj2"))))))
+            "15ckcia3bdbn1dpwlh3fifd8fzk38l1pdgxsf2yl8l8xd1z8jqaz"))))))
    (inputs
     `(("curl" ,curl)
       ("expat" ,expat)