diff --git a/programming/scm/libgit2/pspec.xml b/programming/scm/libgit2/pspec.xml
index 97da88bcf1..e4fbe99715 100644
--- a/programming/scm/libgit2/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/scm/libgit2/pspec.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <IsA>app:gui</IsA>
         <Summary>A linkable library for Git</Summary>
         <Description>A plain C library to interface with the git version control system</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="47392972e2c9689dbce0cf68b1e678fcc9915c2a" type="targz">https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/archive/v0.27.4.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="15c252dc43211cd5609a254a1cff11a77df2dd9d" type="targz">https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/archive/v0.28.1.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>zlib-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>openssl-devel</Dependency>
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="6">
+            <Date>2019-04-22</Date>
+            <Version>0.28.1</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Ertuğrul Erata</Name>
+            <Email>ertugrulerata@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="5">
             <Date>2018-02-20</Date>
             <Version>0.27.4</Version>