diff --git a/programming/scm/git/pspec.xml b/programming/scm/git/pspec.xml
index f1a671a491..7f75596be4 100644
--- a/programming/scm/git/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/scm/git/pspec.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <License>GPLv2</License>
         <Summary>Fast Version Control System</Summary>
         <Description>Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="42aafae5c29324b1fee0264a6c804fdffbd1d8d1" type="tarxz">https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.12.0.tar.xz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="8858cbf822eb3c86df91336fbcbdfe69f9c0abc5" type="tarxz">https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.16.2.tar.xz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>tcltk-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>openssl-devel</Dependency>
@@ -202,6 +202,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="4">
+            <Date>2018-02-20</Date>
+            <Version>2.16.2</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Mustafa Cinasal</Name>
+            <Email>muscnsl@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update> 
         <Update release="4">
             <Date>2017-03-19</Date>
             <Version>2.12.0</Version>