diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-absorb/patches/bump-git2.patch b/srcpkgs/git-absorb/patches/bump-git2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bab771ba1be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/git-absorb/patches/bump-git2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
+index 20a0ec5..7b86eed 100644
+--- a/Cargo.toml
++++ b/Cargo.toml
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ name = "git-absorb"
+ path = "src/main.rs"
+ 
+ [dependencies.git2]
+-version = "~0.16"
++version = "~0.17"
+ default-features = false
+ 
+ [dependencies]
diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-absorb/template b/srcpkgs/git-absorb/template
index 9af2b5ca4ed..5f7d34c5fb3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git-absorb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git-absorb/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'git-absorb'
 pkgname=git-absorb
 version=0.6.10
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cargo
 build_helper=qemu
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ homepage="https://github.com/tummychow/git-absorb"
 distfiles="https://github.com/tummychow/git-absorb/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=6cc58d2ae50027a212811faa065623666ccb6e8bd933e801319aaf92b164aa0a
 
+post_patch() {
+	cargo update --package git2@0.16.1 --precise 0.17.2
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.md
 	vman Documentation/git-absorb.1