diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 998bff06..1a6ea86e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies = [
   'opentype-sanitizer',
   'vttlib',
   # pygit2 1.16.0 only supports 3.10+
-  'pygit2==1.15.0; python_version < "3.13"',
+  'pygit2==1.16.0; python_version < "3.13"',
   'pygit2==1.16.0; python_version >= "3.13"',
   'strictyaml',
   'fontmake[json]>=3.3.0',