diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3bded733332..c25c080d999 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -927,9 +927,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "git2"
-version = "0.15.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2994bee4a3a6a51eb90c218523be382fd7ea09b16380b9312e9dbe955ff7c7d1"
+checksum = "ccf7f68c2995f392c49fffb4f95ae2c873297830eb25c6bc4c114ce8f4562acc"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "libc",
diff --git a/tools/changelog/Cargo.toml b/tools/changelog/Cargo.toml
index 4dbb7a72401..053a4532cbd 100644
--- a/tools/changelog/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tools/changelog/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
 chrono = "0.4"
-git2 = "0.15"
+git2 = "0.16"
 regex = "1"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["blocking", "json"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }