diff --git a/doc/install/installation.md b/doc/install/installation.md
index 2af513c..5ef6a2d 100644
--- a/doc/install/installation.md
+++ b/doc/install/installation.md
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ GitLab Shell is a ssh access and repository management software developed specia
     cd gitlab-shell
 
     # switch to right version
-    sudo -u git -H git checkout v1.5.0
+    sudo -u git -H git checkout v1.7.4
 
     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 3d96eab..1dc538d 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
   end
 
   def check_gitlab_shell
-    required_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.new(1, 4, 0)
+    required_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.new(1, 7, 4)
     current_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.parse(gitlab_shell_version)
 
     print "GitLab Shell version >= #{required_version} ? ... "
--
libgit2 0.21.2