diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index 3e3277166714..af483cbbf74a 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -2220,7 +2220,7 @@ object Build {
           new CloneCommand()
             .setDirectory(trgDir)
             .setURI("https://github.com/scala-js/scala-js.git")
-            .setNoCheckout(true)
+            .setBranch(s"v$ver")
             .call()
         }
 
diff --git a/project/build.sbt b/project/build.sbt
index 72216a873dbc..4037f2c6e4b9 100644
--- a/project/build.sbt
+++ b/project/build.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Used by VersionUtil to get gitHash and commitDate
-libraryDependencies += "org.eclipse.jgit" % "org.eclipse.jgit" % "4.11.0.201803080745-r"
+libraryDependencies += "org.eclipse.jgit" % "org.eclipse.jgit" % "7.3.0.202506031305-r"
 libraryDependencies += "org.ow2.asm" % "asm" % "9.9"
 
 libraryDependencies += Dependencies.`jackson-databind`