diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9eb143e01..c1bb908a8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation("org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:${springdocVersion}")
   implementation("com.github.FAForever:faf-java-commons:0e5d22ffff6e4dea81bac494d532627fcca8ebc4")
   implementation("org.kohsuke:github-api:1.326")
-  implementation("org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit:6.10.0.202406032230-r")
+  implementation("org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit:7.1.0.202411261347-r")
   implementation("org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2")
   implementation("com.google.guava:guava:33.4.0-jre")
   implementation("org.luaj:luaj-jse:3.0.1")
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/faforever/api/deployment/git/JGitWrapper.java b/src/main/java/com/faforever/api/deployment/git/JGitWrapper.java
index afb486e20..ef8f0caff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/faforever/api/deployment/git/JGitWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/faforever/api/deployment/git/JGitWrapper.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public void checkoutRef(Path repoDirectory, String ref) {
     log.debug("Checking out '{}' in '{}'", ref, repoDirectory);
     try (Git git = open(repoDirectory.toFile())) {
       git.checkout()
-          .setForce(true)
+          .setForceRefUpdate(true)
           .setName(ref)
           .call();
     }