diff --git a/VERSION_MATRIX.md b/VERSION_MATRIX.md
index 08846b508cd3c98138b735ba91680019bdc8e5da..528a7095d7b15a3ad57d9ba12b8719e2278c7152 100644
--- a/VERSION_MATRIX.md
+++ b/VERSION_MATRIX.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Topmost entry = Tag `latest`
 
 | R     | Python  | Jupyter Hub | Jupyter Lab | code‑server (Code) | RStudio       | Neovim | Git    | Git LFS | Pandoc | CRAN date  | Linux distro |
 |:------|:--------|:------------|:------------|:-------------------|:--------------|:-------|:-------|:--------|:-------|:-----------|:-------------|
-| 4.4.3 | 3.12.9  | 5.2.1       | 4.3.6       | 4.98.2 (1.98.2)    | 2024.12.1+563 | 0.10.4 | 2.48.1 | 3.6.1   | 3.4    | 2025‑02‑28 | Debian 12    |
+| 4.4.3 | 3.12.9  | 5.2.1       | 4.3.6       | 4.98.2 (1.98.2)    | 2024.12.1+563 | 0.10.4 | 2.49.0 | 3.6.1   | 3.4    | 2025‑02‑28 | Debian 12    |
 | 4.4.2 | 3.12.9  | 5.2.1       | 4.3.5       | 4.97.2 (1.97.2)    | 2024.12.1+563 | 0.10.4 | 2.48.1 | 3.6.1   | 3.4    | 2025‑02‑28 | Debian 12    |
 | 4.4.1 | 3.12.7  | 5.2.1       | 4.2.5       | 4.93.1 (1.93.1)    | 2024.09.0+375 | 0.10.2 | 2.47.0 | 3.5.1   | 3.2    | 2024‑10‑31 | Debian 12    |
 | 4.4.0 | 3.12.4  | 5.0.0       | 4.2.2       | 4.90.0 (1.90.0)    | 2024.04.2+764 | n/a    | 2.45.2 | 3.5.1   | 3.1.11 | 2024‑06‑14 | Debian 12    |
diff --git a/base/latest.Dockerfile b/base/latest.Dockerfile
index c71cb6d984302e8f5112a195a8db67ec17833548..33f3ad77351d7d6938c0b0beb39e4a772547fdd1 100644
--- a/base/latest.Dockerfile
+++ b/base/latest.Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ARG CODE_BUILTIN_EXTENSIONS_DIR=/opt/code-server/lib/vscode/extensions
 ARG CODE_SERVER_VERSION=4.98.2
 ARG RSTUDIO_VERSION
 ARG NEOVIM_VERSION=0.10.4
-ARG GIT_VERSION=2.48.1
+ARG GIT_VERSION=2.49.0
 ARG GIT_LFS_VERSION=3.6.1
 ARG PANDOC_VERSION=3.4