diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a9dc694..fa91acd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@
         'teamscale-client==7.1.1',
         'gitpython==3.1.35',
 
-        # Required for gitpython, build fails without specifying a fixed version.
-        # 2.0.6 is the latest version working with python 2.7 according to
-        # https://github.com/gitpython-developers/gitdb/issues/61#issuecomment-590275845
-        'gitdb2==2.0.6',
+        'gitdb2==4.0.10',
 
         # Required to compile to a native binary
         'nuitka==1.5.5'