diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index fc5f214d5c..1ab0961f1f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ The following steps can be used to update libgit2:
    `cargo test -p git2 -p git2-curl` is a good starting point.
 4. Run `systest`.
    This will validate for any C-level API problems.
-   Unfortunately `systest` does not work on nightly, so you'll need to use stable.
 
-   `cargo +stable run -p systest`
+   `cargo run -p systest`
 
    The changelog at <https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/blob/main/docs/changelog.md>
    can be helpful for seeing what has changed.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 01e0353062..e10fbcbdb4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stable release as well.
 
 ## Version of libgit2
 
-Currently this library requires libgit2 1.7.0 (or newer patch versions). The
+Currently this library requires libgit2 1.7.1 (or newer patch versions). The
 source for libgit2 is included in the libgit2-sys crate so there's no need to
 pre-install the libgit2 library, the libgit2-sys crate will figure that and/or
 build that for you.
diff --git a/libgit2-sys/Cargo.toml b/libgit2-sys/Cargo.toml
index 0667fddc2a..fd2eacc84d 100644
--- a/libgit2-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libgit2-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "libgit2-sys"
-version = "0.16.0+1.7.0"
+version = "0.16.0+1.7.1"
 authors = ["Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>", "Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>"]
 links = "git2"
 build = "build.rs"
diff --git a/libgit2-sys/build.rs b/libgit2-sys/build.rs
index 364123bf4e..b497005832 100644
--- a/libgit2-sys/build.rs
+++ b/libgit2-sys/build.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::process::Command;
 /// Tries to use system libgit2 and emits necessary build script instructions.
 fn try_system_libgit2() -> Result<pkg_config::Library, pkg_config::Error> {
     let mut cfg = pkg_config::Config::new();
-    match cfg.range_version("1.7.0".."1.8.0").probe("libgit2") {
+    match cfg.range_version("1.7.1".."1.8.0").probe("libgit2") {
         Ok(lib) => {
             for include in &lib.include_paths {
                 println!("cargo:root={}", include.display());
diff --git a/libgit2-sys/libgit2 b/libgit2-sys/libgit2
index 3e2baa6d0b..a2bde63741 160000
--- a/libgit2-sys/libgit2
+++ b/libgit2-sys/libgit2
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3e2baa6d0bfb42f9016e24cba1733a6ae26a8ae6
+Subproject commit a2bde63741977ca0f4ef7db2f609df320be67a08