diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 19171e94f46774b97d534d7a1c9d122e791d1cf7..6c07069bdd77d49f53e68a5e39ff7148a2a40c7e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ gem 'omniauth-shibboleth'
 
 # Extracting information from a git repository
 # Provide access to Gitlab::Git library
-# gem "gitlab_git", path: '../../gitlab_git'
-gem "gitlab_git", git: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab_git.git', ref: 'b53b948a9248ea3a4b7f2bd6c7f9938fbd5e952b'
+gem "gitlab_git", '7.0.0.rc1'
 
 # Ruby/Rack Git Smart-HTTP Server Handler
 gem 'gitlab-grack', '~> 2.0.0.pre', require: 'grack'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index eaa9f10105fcf43e7ebca23cdbab8a7801add954..564debdc3ad9f8d37ebfaf88f0a81e59794c0af8 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,15 +1,3 @@
-GIT
-  remote: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab_git.git
-  revision: b53b948a9248ea3a4b7f2bd6c7f9938fbd5e952b
-  ref: b53b948a9248ea3a4b7f2bd6c7f9938fbd5e952b
-  specs:
-    gitlab_git (7.0.0.pre)
-      activesupport (~> 4.0)
-      charlock_holmes (~> 0.6)
-      gitlab-linguist (~> 3.0)
-      rubyzip (~> 1.1)
-      rugged (~> 0.21.0)
-
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
@@ -191,6 +179,12 @@ GEM
       mime-types (~> 1.19)
     gitlab_emoji (0.0.1.1)
       emoji (~> 1.0.1)
+    gitlab_git (7.0.0.rc1)
+      activesupport (~> 4.0)
+      charlock_holmes (~> 0.6)
+      gitlab-linguist (~> 3.0)
+      rubyzip (~> 1.1)
+      rugged (~> 0.21.0)
     gitlab_meta (7.0)
     gitlab_omniauth-ldap (1.1.0)
       net-ldap (~> 0.7.0)
@@ -624,7 +618,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   gitlab-grack (~> 2.0.0.pre)
   gitlab-linguist (~> 3.0.0)
   gitlab_emoji (~> 0.0.1.1)
-  gitlab_git!
+  gitlab_git (= 7.0.0.rc1)
   gitlab_meta (= 7.0)
   gitlab_omniauth-ldap (= 1.1.0)
   gollum-lib (~> 3.0.0)