diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6b15afb0d..6aa81afbd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "key-path-helpers": "^0.4.0",
     "less-cache": "0.22",
     "marked": "^0.3.4",
-    "nodegit-atom": "0.5.0",
+    "nodegit-atom": "0.5.1",
     "normalize-package-data": "^2.0.0",
     "nslog": "^3",
     "oniguruma": "^5",