diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 6bc1feb..3b47415 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ smmap = ">=3.0.1,<6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gitpython"
-version = "3.1.38"
+version = "3.1.40"
 description = "GitPython is a Python library used to interact with Git repositories"
 category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "GitPython-3.1.38-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9e98b672ffcb081c2c8d5aa630d4251544fb040fb158863054242f24a2a2ba30"},
-    {file = "GitPython-3.1.38.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4d683e8957c8998b58ddb937e3e6cd167215a180e1ffd4da769ab81c620a89fe"},
+    {file = "GitPython-3.1.40-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cf14627d5a8049ffbf49915732e5eddbe8134c3bdb9d476e6182b676fc573f8a"},
+    {file = "GitPython-3.1.40.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:22b126e9ffb671fdd0c129796343a02bf67bf2994b35449ffc9321aa755e18a4"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -404,4 +404,4 @@ testing = ["big-O", "flake8 (<5)", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.7.0"
-content-hash = "7a79163b20d62cbe6724220fad8fb4d5805f4ff7a2ef67b035b711dbd975ff52"
+content-hash = "525647461562bc9b09fd0773510c79865a4ecf77f4ac27d5bb5438e5ec4e2980"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 921766d..6cf4154 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/thegeeklab/git-batch/"
 version = "0.0.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-GitPython = "3.1.38"
+GitPython = "3.1.40"
 colorama = "0.4.6"
 python = "^3.7.0"
 python-json-logger = "2.0.7"