diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index d9fc020dcb..dfa26e24ca 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ (define-public guile-git
     (native-inputs
      (list pkg-config autoconf automake texinfo guile-3.0 guile-bytestructures))
     (inputs
-     (list guile-3.0 libgit2-1.7))
+     (list guile-3.0 libgit2-1.8))
     (propagated-inputs
      (list guile-bytestructures))
     (synopsis "Guile bindings for libgit2")