diff --git a/eks-distro-base/Dockerfile.minimal-base-git b/eks-distro-base/Dockerfile.minimal-base-git
index 7a81957f2..47a56adfe 100644
--- a/eks-distro-base/Dockerfile.minimal-base-git
+++ b/eks-distro-base/Dockerfile.minimal-base-git
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ FROM ${BUILDER_IMAGE} as base-git-builder
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
 ENV CMAKE_VERSION=3.20.2
-ENV LIBSSH2_VERSION=1.9.0
-ENV LIBGIT2_VERSION=1.1.0
+ENV LIBSSH2_VERSION=1.10.0
+ENV LIBGIT2_VERSION=1.1.1
 ENV BUILD_DEPS="gcc gzip install make openssl-devel openssl-libs tar wget"
 
 COPY "${TARGETARCH}-git-checksums" /tmp/checksums
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ RUN set -x && \
         https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v${CMAKE_VERSION}/cmake-${CMAKE_VERSION}-linux-${TARGETARCH}.tar.gz && \
     wget \
         --progress dot:giga \ 
-        https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/download/v${LIBGIT2_VERSION}/libgit2-${LIBGIT2_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+        https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/archive/refs/tags/v${LIBGIT2_VERSION}.tar.gz -O libgit2-${LIBGIT2_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
     sha256sum -c /tmp/checksums && \
     # al2 provided libssh is out of date and does not work with ssh/github
     tar -xzf libssh2-${LIBSSH2_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
diff --git a/eks-distro-base/amd64-git-checksums b/eks-distro-base/amd64-git-checksums
index 955c512b2..80306db1a 100644
--- a/eks-distro-base/amd64-git-checksums
+++ b/eks-distro-base/amd64-git-checksums
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 3f827544f9c82e74ddf5016461fdfcfea4ede58a26f82612f473bf6bfad8bfc2  cmake-3.20.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
-d5fb8bd563305fd1074dda90bd053fb2d29fc4bce048d182f96eaa466dfadafd  libssh2-1.9.0.tar.gz
-ad73f845965cfd528e70f654e428073121a3fa0dc23caac81a1b1300277d4dba  libgit2-1.1.0.tar.gz
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+2d64e90f3ded394b91d3a2e774ca203a4179f69aebee03003e5a6fa621e41d51  libssh2-1.10.0.tar.gz
+13a525373f64c711a00a058514d890d1512080265f98e0935ab279393f21a620  libgit2-1.1.1.tar.gz
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diff --git a/eks-distro-base/arm64-git-checksums b/eks-distro-base/arm64-git-checksums
index 343dde3ad..bfb080097 100644
--- a/eks-distro-base/arm64-git-checksums
+++ b/eks-distro-base/arm64-git-checksums
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 688a3ece018384966fed99a706bc8fbbbc50220393dce1531af36e640c46f601  cmake-3.20.2-linux-aarch64.tar.gz
-d5fb8bd563305fd1074dda90bd053fb2d29fc4bce048d182f96eaa466dfadafd  libssh2-1.9.0.tar.gz
-ad73f845965cfd528e70f654e428073121a3fa0dc23caac81a1b1300277d4dba  libgit2-1.1.0.tar.gz
\ No newline at end of file
+2d64e90f3ded394b91d3a2e774ca203a4179f69aebee03003e5a6fa621e41d51  libssh2-1.10.0.tar.gz
+13a525373f64c711a00a058514d890d1512080265f98e0935ab279393f21a620  libgit2-1.1.1.tar.gz
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