diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index 7045801d63..0b889be4b5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ long_desc="
 subpackages="git-docs git-perl git-python"
 # Required by https://
 depends="ca-certificates"
-makedepends="asciidoc xmlto perl openssl-devel libcurl-devel expat-devel
- python-devel"
+makedepends="xmlto>=0.0.25_2 asciidoc perl openssl-devel libcurl-devel
+ expat-devel python-devel"
 
 do_configure() {
 	./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} --with-curl \