diff --git a/News.txt b/News.txt
index 664acafc..c065e237 100755
--- a/News.txt
+++ b/News.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         - Remove Growl and use native OS X notifications
         - Treat underscores in project names as spaces for the folder names      
         - Allow periods "." in project names
+        - Depend on git >= 1.7.12
 
 
 0.9.6 for Linux, Mac and Windows (Sat Oct 27 2012):
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Linux/README.md b/SparkleShare/Linux/README.md
index c785c3db..c84b46c1 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/Linux/README.md
+++ b/SparkleShare/Linux/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ To run SparkleShare, you'll need the following packages:
 
 ```
 curl
-git >= 1.7.6
+git >= 1.7.12
 gtk-sharp2
 mono-core >= 2.8
 notify-sharp