diff --git a/doc/install/installation.md b/doc/install/installation.md
index 134ec3c1eccd55097a168e1a8706786929eb68f6..c573727f60802e56f8b022e816a69db8cf0e8fd1 100644
--- a/doc/install/installation.md
+++ b/doc/install/installation.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ GitLab Shell is an ssh access and repository management software developed speci
     cd gitlab-shell
 
     # switch to right version
-    sudo -u git -H git checkout v1.7.4
+    sudo -u git -H git checkout v1.7.6
 
     sudo -u git -H cp config.yml.example config.yml
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
index f8c17f412b819df7946fa8b3be564e015fb2d5dd..ab46eeab6d2c7078e4087a4bc214e8bf5206638e 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
   end
 
   def check_gitlab_shell
-    required_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.new(1, 7, 4)
+    required_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.new(1, 7, 6)
     current_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.parse(gitlab_shell_version)
 
     print "GitLab Shell version >= #{required_version} ? ... "