diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 43a4529afa1..555e20e03ae 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2123,6 +2123,19 @@ 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 = "gl_generator"
 version = "0.14.0"
@@ -3259,6 +3272,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "take_mut",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "0.7.4"
@@ -6475,6 +6500,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1290fd64cc4e7d3c9b07d7f333ce0ce0007253e32870e632624835cc80b83939"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "git2",
  "rustversion",
  "time 0.3.23",
 ]
diff --git a/ports/servoshell/Cargo.toml b/ports/servoshell/Cargo.toml
index 6e3fb9694ea..505346cf5b5 100644
--- a/ports/servoshell/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ports/servoshell/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ path = "main.rs"
 bench = false
 
 [build-dependencies]
-vergen = { version = "8.2.6", features = ["git", "gitcl"] }
+vergen = { version = "8.2.6", features = ["git", "git2"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.build-dependencies]
 winres = "0.1"