diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index b7bd07f2..894c92f0 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -848,17 +848,14 @@ checksum = "07e28edb80900c19c28f1072f2e8aeca7fa06b23cd4169cefe1af5aa3260783f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "git2"
-version = "0.20.4"
+version = "0.21.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b88256088d75a56f8ecfa070513a775dd9107f6530ef14919dac831af9cfe2b"
+checksum = "ddddbf932745a6be37109b6112d3ee09696106f848449069d3a57bba937ab82e"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "libc",
  "libgit2-sys",
  "log",
- "openssl-probe",
- "openssl-sys",
- "url",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1337,15 +1334,13 @@ checksum = "48f5d2a454e16a5ea0f4ced81bd44e4cfc7bd3a507b61887c99fd3538b28e4af"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libgit2-sys"
-version = "0.18.3+1.9.2"
+version = "0.18.4+1.9.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c9b3acc4b91781bb0b3386669d325163746af5f6e4f73e6d2d630e09a35f3487"
+checksum = "9b26f66f35e1871b22efcf7191564123d2a446ca0538cde63c23adfefa9b15b7"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
- "libssh2-sys",
  "libz-sys",
- "openssl-sys",
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
@@ -1366,20 +1361,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libssh2-sys"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "220e4f05ad4a218192533b300327f5150e809b54c4ec83b5a1d91833601811b9"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "libz-sys",
- "openssl-sys",
- "pkg-config",
- "vcpkg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libz-sys"
 version = "1.1.22"
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 4ffd2038..99e87b21 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.6.1", features = ["derive"] }
 color-eyre = "0.6.5"
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 fs-err = { version = "3.3.0", features = ["tokio"] }
-git2 = "0.20.4"
+git2 = "0.21.0"
 jsonwebtoken = { version = "10.3.0", features = ["rust_crypto"] }
 oauth2 = "5.0.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.24", features = ["stream", "json"] }