diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e2b5124..4f1dfac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Please mark backwards incompatible changes with an exclamation mark at the start
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Changed
+- ! Updated the `git` dependency from `~> 1, >= 1.8.0-1` to `~> 3`.
 - ! Increased the minimum Ruby version requirement to 3.1.0
 
 ## [28.4.0] - 2025-08-26
diff --git a/jay_api.gemspec b/jay_api.gemspec
index cbdb407..f40d64b 100644
--- a/jay_api.gemspec
+++ b/jay_api.gemspec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'activesupport', '~> 7'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'concurrent-ruby', '~> 1'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'elasticsearch', '~> 7', '<= 7.9.0'
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'git', '~> 1', '>= 1.8.0-1'
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'git', '~> 3'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'logging', '~> 2'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.0'
 end