diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b10bba8e94..5fa1f5ff79 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 - New footer design
+- Update jgit to version 5.6.1.202002131546-r-scm1
 - Update svnkit to version 1.10.1-scm1
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a472742c11..39f604ca3c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@
     <shiro.version>1.4.1</shiro.version>
 
     <!-- repository libraries -->
-    <jgit.version>v5.4.0.201906121030-r-scm2</jgit.version>
+    <jgit.version>5.6.1.202002131546-r-scm1</jgit.version>
     <svnkit.version>1.10.1-scm1</svnkit.version>
 
     <!-- util libraries -->
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitLfsFilterContextListener.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitLfsFilterContextListener.java
index c202874781..f116bcc550 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitLfsFilterContextListener.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitLfsFilterContextListener.java
@@ -4,54 +4,34 @@ import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.attributes.FilterCommand;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.attributes.FilterCommandRegistry;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.util.SystemReader;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import sonia.scm.SCMContextProvider;
 import sonia.scm.plugin.Extension;
 
-import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
 import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.nio.charset.Charset;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-import static java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption.CREATE;
-import static java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption.TRUNCATE_EXISTING;
-
 @Extension
 public class GitLfsFilterContextListener implements ServletContextListener {
 
-  public static final String GITCONFIG = "[filter \"lfs\"]\n" +
-    "clean = git-lfs clean -- %f\n" +
-    "smudge = git-lfs smudge -- %f\n" +
-    "process = git-lfs filter-process\n" +
-    "required = true\n";
   public static final Pattern COMMAND_NAME_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("git-lfs (smudge|clean) -- .*");
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GitLfsFilterContextListener.class);
 
-  private final SCMContextProvider contextProvider;
-
-  @Inject
-  public GitLfsFilterContextListener(SCMContextProvider contextProvider) {
-    this.contextProvider = contextProvider;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent sce) {
-    Path gitconfig = contextProvider.getBaseDirectory().toPath().resolve("gitconfig");
     try {
-      Files.write(gitconfig, GITCONFIG.getBytes(Charset.defaultCharset()), TRUNCATE_EXISTING, CREATE);
-      FS.DETECTED.setGitSystemConfig(gitconfig.toFile());
-      LOG.info("wrote git config file: {}", gitconfig);
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      LOG.error("could not write git config in path {}; git lfs support may not work correctly", gitconfig, e);
+      SystemReader.getInstance().getSystemConfig().setString("filter", "lfs", "clean", "git-lfs clean -- %f");
+      SystemReader.getInstance().getSystemConfig().setString("filter", "lfs", "smudge", "git-lfs smudge -- %f");
+      SystemReader.getInstance().getSystemConfig().setString("filter", "lfs", "process", "git-lfs filter-process");
+      SystemReader.getInstance().getSystemConfig().setString("filter", "lfs", "required", "true");
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      LOG.error("could not set git config; git lfs support may not work correctly", e);
     }
     FilterCommandRegistry.register(COMMAND_NAME_PATTERN, NoOpFilterCommand::new);
   }
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/CollectingPackParserListener.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/CollectingPackParserListener.java
index fdb96d18d7..20873b3229 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/CollectingPackParserListener.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/CollectingPackParserListener.java
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectIdSubclassMap;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevObject;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.BaseReceivePack;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.BaseReceivePack.PackParserListener;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ReceivePack;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ReceivePack.PackParserListener;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.PackParser;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class CollectingPackParserListener implements PackParserListener
    *
    * @return listener
    */
-  public static CollectingPackParserListener get(BaseReceivePack pack)
+  public static CollectingPackParserListener get(ReceivePack pack)
   {
     PackParserListener listener = pack.getPackParserListener();
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class CollectingPackParserListener implements PackParserListener
    *
    * @param pack receive pack
    */
-  public static void set(BaseReceivePack pack)
+  public static void set(ReceivePack pack)
   {
     logger.trace("apply collecting listener to receive pack");
     pack.setPackParserListener(new CollectingPackParserListener());
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitModifyCommand_LFSTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitModifyCommand_LFSTest.java
index b1a5c7bbcc..90c4985d35 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitModifyCommand_LFSTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitModifyCommand_LFSTest.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import com.github.sdorra.shiro.SubjectAware;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ public class GitModifyCommand_LFSTest extends AbstractGitCommandTestBase {
 
   private final LfsBlobStoreFactory lfsBlobStoreFactory = mock(LfsBlobStoreFactory.class);
 
-  @Before
-  public void registerFilter() {
-    new GitLfsFilterContextListener(contextProvider).contextInitialized(null);
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void registerFilter() {
+    new GitLfsFilterContextListener().contextInitialized(null);
   }
 
-  @After
-  public void unregisterFilter() {
-    new GitLfsFilterContextListener(contextProvider).contextDestroyed(null);
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void unregisterFilter() {
+    new GitLfsFilterContextListener().contextDestroyed(null);
   }
 
   @Test