diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
index e01f3b2..c4f1eba 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, 1)
+    required_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.new(1, 7, 3)
     current_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.parse(gitlab_shell_version)
 
     print "GitLab Shell version >= #{required_version} ? ... "
--
libgit2 0.21.2