diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9bc0d29..2a11b77 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ RUN addgroup \
     --gid $GITEA_GID \
     gitea
 
-# upgrade git to v2.39.1
-RUN curl -SL https://github.com/git/git/archive/v2.39.1.tar.gz \
+# version-lock git to v2.38.4 to match alpine 3.17
+RUN curl -SL https://github.com/git/git/archive/v2.38.4.tar.gz \
     | tar -xzv -C /go \
     && apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev gettext libz-dev libssl-dev \
-    && make -C /go/git-2.39.1 prefix=/usr all \
-    && make -C /go/git-2.39.1 prefix=/usr install \
-    && rm -rf /go/git-2.39.1 \
+    && make -C /go/git-2.38.4 prefix=/usr all \
+    && make -C /go/git-2.38.4 prefix=/usr install \
+    && rm -rf /go/git-2.38.4 \
 # install git-lfs
     && curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/script.deb.sh | bash \
     && apt-get install -y git-lfs \