diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1471a80fae..2dbd460d8e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3022,6 +3022,19 @@ version = "0.28.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4271d37baee1b8c7e4b708028c57d816cf9d2434acb33a549475f78c181f6253"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "git2"
+version = "0.18.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fbf97ba92db08df386e10c8ede66a2a0369bd277090afd8710e19e38de9ec0cd"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.1",
+ "libc",
+ "libgit2-sys",
+ "log",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "glob"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -4096,6 +4109,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libgit2-sys"
+version = "0.16.1+1.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2a2bb3680b094add03bb3732ec520ece34da31a8cd2d633d1389d0f0fb60d0c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "libz-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libloading"
 version = "0.8.1"
@@ -4134,6 +4159,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "redox_syscall 0.4.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libz-sys"
+version = "1.1.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "295c17e837573c8c821dbaeb3cceb3d745ad082f7572191409e69cbc1b3fd050"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linked-hash-map"
 version = "0.5.6"
@@ -8810,6 +8847,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vergen"
 version = "8.2.6"
@@ -8817,6 +8860,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1290fd64cc4e7d3c9b07d7f333ce0ce0007253e32870e632624835cc80b83939"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "git2",
  "rustversion",
  "time",
 ]
diff --git a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
index 72914170bb..b5e726cd38 100644
--- a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ optimism = [
 ethereum = []
 
 [build-dependencies]
-vergen = { version = "8.0.0", features = ["build", "cargo", "git", "gitcl"] }
+vergen = { version = "8.0.0", features = ["build", "cargo", "git", "git2"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "reth"
diff --git a/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml
index d214405ded..d4802c3479 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ paste = "1.0"
 assert_matches.workspace = true
 
 [build-dependencies]
-vergen = { version = "8.0.0", features = ["git", "gitcl"] }
+vergen = { version = "8", features = ["git", "git2"] }
 
 [features]
 default = ["mdbx"]