diff --git a/gradle/changelog/jgit.yaml b/gradle/changelog/jgit.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c70bed2e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/jgit.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: fixed
+  description: NPE when using 'binary' macro in .gitattributes
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/build.gradle b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/build.gradle
index fc66dce344..976269d0ab 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ plugins {
   id 'org.scm-manager.smp' version '0.17.0'
 }
 
-def jgitVersion = '7.1.0.202411261347-r-scm1'
+def jgitVersion = '7.5.0.202512021534-r-scm1'
 
 dependencies {
   // required by scm-it