diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index e5d8c8d2f16..adcc3b96d11 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Please view this file on the master branch, on stable branches it's out of date.
 
 v 7.11.0 (unreleased)
   - Fix clone URL field and X11 Primary selection (Dmitry Medvinsky)
+  - Ignore invalid lines in .gitmodules
   -
   -
   -
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 465e90e71a3..3f262655117 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ gem "browser"
 
 # Extracting information from a git repository
 # Provide access to Gitlab::Git library
-gem "gitlab_git", '~> 7.1.6'
+gem "gitlab_git", '~> 7.1.9'
 
 # Ruby/Rack Git Smart-HTTP Server Handler
 gem 'gitlab-grack', '~> 2.0.0.rc2', require: 'grack'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index dc00acf6292..bfe626521e7 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ GEM
       mime-types (~> 1.19)
     gitlab_emoji (0.1.0)
       gemojione (~> 2.0)
-    gitlab_git (7.1.6)
+    gitlab_git (7.1.9)
       activesupport (~> 4.0)
       charlock_holmes (~> 0.6)
       gitlab-linguist (~> 3.0)
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   gitlab-grack (~> 2.0.0.rc2)
   gitlab-linguist (~> 3.0.1)
   gitlab_emoji (~> 0.1)
-  gitlab_git (~> 7.1.6)
+  gitlab_git (~> 7.1.9)
   gitlab_meta (= 7.0)
   gitlab_omniauth-ldap (= 1.2.1)
   gollum-lib (~> 4.0.2)