diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES.md b/DEPENDENCIES.md
index 10ba566551970..6a2747bda1c1e 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES.md
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES.md
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ graph LR;
   npmcli-docs-->npmcli-template-oss["@npmcli/template-oss"];
   npmcli-docs-->semver;
   npmcli-fs-->semver;
+  npmcli-git-->ini;
   npmcli-git-->npm-pick-manifest;
   npmcli-git-->npmcli-promise-spawn["@npmcli/promise-spawn"];
   npmcli-git-->proc-log;
@@ -643,6 +644,7 @@ graph LR;
   npmcli-docs-->unified;
   npmcli-docs-->yaml;
   npmcli-fs-->semver;
+  npmcli-git-->ini;
   npmcli-git-->lru-cache;
   npmcli-git-->npm-pick-manifest;
   npmcli-git-->npmcli-promise-spawn["@npmcli/promise-spawn"];
@@ -801,4 +803,4 @@ packages higher up the chain.
  - @npmcli/git, make-fetch-happen
  - @npmcli/installed-package-contents, @npmcli/map-workspaces, cacache, npm-pick-manifest, promzard
  - @npmcli/docs, @npmcli/fs, npm-bundled, read-package-json-fast, unique-filename, npm-install-checks, npm-package-arg, normalize-package-data, npm-packlist, bin-links, nopt, parse-conflict-json, @npmcli/mock-globals, read
- - @npmcli/eslint-config, @npmcli/template-oss, ignore-walk, semver, npm-normalize-package-bin, @npmcli/name-from-folder, json-parse-even-better-errors, fs-minipass, ssri, unique-slug, @npmcli/promise-spawn, hosted-git-info, proc-log, validate-npm-package-name, @npmcli/node-gyp, @npmcli/redact, @npmcli/agent, minipass-fetch, @npmcli/query, cmd-shim, read-cmd-shim, write-file-atomic, abbrev, proggy, minify-registry-metadata, ini, mute-stream, npm-audit-report, npm-user-validate
+ - @npmcli/eslint-config, @npmcli/template-oss, ignore-walk, semver, npm-normalize-package-bin, @npmcli/name-from-folder, json-parse-even-better-errors, fs-minipass, ssri, unique-slug, @npmcli/promise-spawn, ini, hosted-git-info, proc-log, validate-npm-package-name, @npmcli/node-gyp, @npmcli/redact, @npmcli/agent, minipass-fetch, @npmcli/query, cmd-shim, read-cmd-shim, write-file-atomic, abbrev, proggy, minify-registry-metadata, mute-stream, npm-audit-report, npm-user-validate
diff --git a/node_modules/@npmcli/git/lib/opts.js b/node_modules/@npmcli/git/lib/opts.js
index 3119af16e0cf1..1e80e9efe4989 100644
--- a/node_modules/@npmcli/git/lib/opts.js
+++ b/node_modules/@npmcli/git/lib/opts.js
@@ -1,12 +1,57 @@
+const fs = require('node:fs')
+const os = require('node:os')
+const path = require('node:path')
+const ini = require('ini')
+
+const gitConfigPath = path.join(os.homedir(), '.gitconfig')
+
+let cachedConfig = null
+
+// Function to load and cache the git config
+const loadGitConfig = () => {
+  if (cachedConfig === null) {
+    try {
+      cachedConfig = {}
+      if (fs.existsSync(gitConfigPath)) {
+        const configContent = fs.readFileSync(gitConfigPath, 'utf-8')
+        cachedConfig = ini.parse(configContent)
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      cachedConfig = {}
+    }
+  }
+  return cachedConfig
+}
+
+const checkGitConfigs = () => {
+  const config = loadGitConfig()
+  return {
+    sshCommandSetInConfig: config?.core?.sshCommand !== undefined,
+    askPassSetInConfig: config?.core?.askpass !== undefined,
+  }
+}
+
+const sshCommandSetInEnv = process.env.GIT_SSH_COMMAND !== undefined
+const askPassSetInEnv = process.env.GIT_ASKPASS !== undefined
+const { sshCommandSetInConfig, askPassSetInConfig } = checkGitConfigs()
+
 // Values we want to set if they're not already defined by the end user
 // This defaults to accepting new ssh host key fingerprints
-const gitEnv = {
-  GIT_ASKPASS: 'echo',
-  GIT_SSH_COMMAND: 'ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new',
+const finalGitEnv = {
+  ...(askPassSetInEnv || askPassSetInConfig ? {} : {
+    GIT_ASKPASS: 'echo',
+  }),
+  ...(sshCommandSetInEnv || sshCommandSetInConfig ? {} : {
+    GIT_SSH_COMMAND: 'ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new',
+  }),
 }
+
 module.exports = (opts = {}) => ({
   stdioString: true,
   ...opts,
   shell: false,
-  env: opts.env || { ...gitEnv, ...process.env },
+  env: opts.env || { ...finalGitEnv, ...process.env },
 })
+
+// Export the loadGitConfig function for testing
+module.exports.loadGitConfig = loadGitConfig
diff --git a/node_modules/@npmcli/git/package.json b/node_modules/@npmcli/git/package.json
index cc641d2b1ad92..b6aa4a282cc0f 100644
--- a/node_modules/@npmcli/git/package.json
+++ b/node_modules/@npmcli/git/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@npmcli/git",
-  "version": "5.0.7",
+  "version": "5.0.8",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "files": [
     "bin/",
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@npmcli/promise-spawn": "^7.0.0",
+    "ini": "^4.1.3",
     "lru-cache": "^10.0.1",
     "npm-pick-manifest": "^9.0.0",
     "proc-log": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f6def04de3064..dc4c38f95f15b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
       "devDependencies": {
         "@npmcli/docs": "^1.0.0",
         "@npmcli/eslint-config": "^4.0.2",
-        "@npmcli/git": "^5.0.7",
+        "@npmcli/git": "^5.0.8",
         "@npmcli/mock-globals": "^1.0.0",
         "@npmcli/mock-registry": "^1.0.0",
         "@npmcli/template-oss": "4.22.0",
@@ -1626,13 +1626,14 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@npmcli/git": {
-      "version": "5.0.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@npmcli/git/-/git-5.0.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-WaOVvto604d5IpdCRV2KjQu8PzkfE96d50CQGKgywXh2GxXmDeUO5EWcBC4V57uFyrNqx83+MewuJh3WTR3xPA==",
+      "version": "5.0.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@npmcli/git/-/git-5.0.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-liASfw5cqhjNW9UFd+ruwwdEf/lbOAQjLL2XY2dFW/bkJheXDYZgOyul/4gVvEV4BWkTXjYGmDqMw9uegdbJNQ==",
       "inBundle": true,
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@npmcli/promise-spawn": "^7.0.0",
+        "ini": "^4.1.3",
         "lru-cache": "^10.0.1",
         "npm-pick-manifest": "^9.0.0",
         "proc-log": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ed39424dbfe40..b974d3f6f0163 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@npmcli/docs": "^1.0.0",
     "@npmcli/eslint-config": "^4.0.2",
-    "@npmcli/git": "^5.0.7",
+    "@npmcli/git": "^5.0.8",
     "@npmcli/mock-globals": "^1.0.0",
     "@npmcli/mock-registry": "^1.0.0",
     "@npmcli/template-oss": "4.22.0",