diff --git a/config/git/src/test/java/io/helidon/config/git/GitConfigSourceBuilderTest.java b/config/git/src/test/java/io/helidon/config/git/GitConfigSourceBuilderTest.java
index 0e1e7bdd6f0..43a145ee91d 100644
--- a/config/git/src/test/java/io/helidon/config/git/GitConfigSourceBuilderTest.java
+++ b/config/git/src/test/java/io/helidon/config/git/GitConfigSourceBuilderTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017, 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInfo;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+import org.junit.rules.TestName;
 
 import static io.helidon.config.PollingStrategies.regular;
 import static io.helidon.config.testing.ValueNodeMatcher.valueNode;
@@ -60,6 +61,17 @@ public class GitConfigSourceBuilderTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 
     @BeforeEach
     public void setUp(TestInfo testInfo) throws Exception {
+        String testMethodName = testInfo.getTestMethod()
+                .map(Method::getName)
+                .orElse(this.getClass().getName());
+        /* Hack to let us re-use setup from jgit 6's LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase */
+        super.currentTest = new TestName() {
+            @Override
+            public String getMethodName() {
+                return testMethodName;
+            }
+        };
+
         super.setUp();
 
         git = new Git(db);
diff --git a/dependencies/pom.xml b/dependencies/pom.xml
index cf2600e8921..f4420bffe02 100644
--- a/dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
         <version.lib.jaxb-runtime>4.0.3</version.lib.jaxb-runtime>
         <version.lib.jedis>3.6.3</version.lib.jedis>
         <version.lib.jersey>3.1.3</version.lib.jersey>
-        <version.lib.jgit>5.11.1.202105131744-r</version.lib.jgit>
+        <version.lib.jgit>6.7.0.202309050840-r</version.lib.jgit>
         <version.lib.junit>5.9.3</version.lib.junit>
         <version.lib.kafka>3.4.0</version.lib.kafka>
         <version.lib.log4j>2.18.0</version.lib.log4j>