diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-cliff/patches/downgrade-git2.patch b/srcpkgs/git-cliff/patches/downgrade-git2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd5a3ece05c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/git-cliff/patches/downgrade-git2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml b/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml
+index 2cab8ec..66b5a8f 100644
+--- a/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml
++++ b/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml
+@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ toml = "0.7.6"
+ lazy-regex = "3.0.1"
+ 
+ [dependencies.git2]
+-version = "0.18.0"
++version = "0.17"
+ default-features = false
+ optional = true
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-cliff/template b/srcpkgs/git-cliff/template
index c957b30cb06..c879921e761 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git-cliff/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git-cliff/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'git-cliff'
 pkgname=git-cliff
-version=1.2.0
+version=1.3.0
 revision=1
 archs="x86_64* i686* aarch64* arm*" # ring
 build_style=cargo
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ license="GPL-3.0-only"
 homepage="https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/orhun/git-cliff/main/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=10db6fd8fe777f384de2e00336b1cb664095a2f068526f8ace4e7944a7ada270
+checksum=3c130ebbd3121d3994ecd1ff1062220de610c7491ada02f9d421c8869674c386
+
+post_patch() {
+	cargo update --package git2@0.18.0 --precise 0.17.2
+}
 
 post_install() {
 	vdoc README.md