diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 82d5b58..9930570 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ htmldir = $(docdir)
 pdfdir = $(docdir)
 mandir = $(prefix)/share/man
 SHA1_HEADER = <openssl/sha.h>
-GIT_VER = 1.8.4
+GIT_VER = 1.8.5
 GIT_URL = https://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-$(GIT_VER).tar.gz
 INSTALL = install
 COPYTREE = cp -r
diff --git a/git b/git
index e230c56..d2446df 160000
--- a/git
+++ b/git
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e230c568c4b9a991e3175e5f65171a566fd8e39c
+Subproject commit d2446dfd7f3b3f8948142cfb07a0270e2497d93f