diff --git a/www-apps/cgit/cgit-9999-r1.ebuild b/www-apps/cgit/cgit-9999-r1.ebuild
index bb7ceed18ce1a..ff01f954ebda2 100644
--- a/www-apps/cgit/cgit-9999-r1.ebuild
+++ b/www-apps/cgit/cgit-9999-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ inherit flag-o-matic lua-single python-single-r1 tmpfiles toolchain-funcs webapp
 
 [[ -z "${CGIT_CACHEDIR}" ]] && CGIT_CACHEDIR="/var/cache/${PN}/"
 
-GIT_V="2.50.0"
+GIT_V="2.54.0"
 
 DESCRIPTION="A fast web-interface for Git repositories"
 HOMEPAGE="https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/about"
 if [[ ${PV} =~ 9999* ]]; then
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit"
-	# v2.50.0 updates in this branch series
-	EGIT_COMMIT=23bc4e4563a98652e90c14b4456ec81622c5ec79
+	# Often newer git updates on this branch
+	EGIT_COMMIT=1854c18658707741c5bf0b5eaca554e083a3729b
 	EGIT_BRANCH=ch/for-jason
 else
 	SRC_URI="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-${GIT_V}.tar.xz