diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-series/template b/srcpkgs/git-series/template
index 8d17715defa..44c2710df66 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git-series/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git-series/template
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ checksum=c0362e19d3fa168a7cb0e260fcdecfe070853b163c9f2dfd2ad8213289bc7e5f
 
 post_extract() {
 	sed -i '/^git2 =/s/=.*/= "0.5"/' Cargo.toml
+	cargo update --package libc --precise 0.2.55
 }
 pre_build() {
 	export LIBGIT2_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG=yes