diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-series/template b/srcpkgs/git-series/template
index 7060db41f13..1b40e523555 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git-series/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git-series/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'git-series'
 pkgname=git-series
-version=0.8.11
+version=0.9.0
 revision=1
 hostmakedepends="cargo cmake pkg-config rust"
 makedepends="libgit2-devel"
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/git-series/git-series"
 distfiles="https://github.com/git-series/git-series/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=d884e77c03304ba77cac3845b5e51a7856d517771db72c652f53b47cbaa13890
+checksum=dcc8957d83cf79e63a6baa3f2ece8862839767305e4a0a7820709d362eac89d5
 nocross=yes
 
+post_extract() {
+	sed -i '/^git2 =/s/=.*/= "0.5"/' Cargo.toml
+}
 do_build() {
 	export LIBGIT2_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG=yes
 	cargo build --release