diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c94ce887..0688cd91 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ name = "update_and_get_most_recent_version"
 required-features = ["git-https"]
 
 [dependencies]
-gix = { version = "0.64.0", default-features = false, features = [
+gix = { version = "0.66.0", default-features = false, features = [
     "max-performance-safe",
     "blocking-network-client",
 ], optional = true }