diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
index 9f7f26041ca6..ee1de54a4fb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ rec {
   };
 
   svn2git = import ./svn2git {
-    inherit stdenv fetchgit ruby makeWrapper;
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl ruby makeWrapper;
     git = gitSVN;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
index 050cfd1aabee..e364a8ea87bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 let
 
-  version = "1.8.4.3";
+  version = "1.8.5.1";
 
   svn = subversionClient.override { perlBindings = true; };
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "08fbdxh2cjd4hffm0nydwysh5zh6nrssbi9x01yy0n2y8rqzly0a";
+    sha256 = "0i7fz0b79f3algs68m15wg4bq99ayg1crpy66cqylxq3mzbw8n8m";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./docbook2texi.patch ./symlinks-in-bin.patch ];
@@ -140,6 +140,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     '';
 
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ simons the-kenny ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/stgit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/stgit/default.nix
index a933ae84e603..6518f32ef7c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/stgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/stgit/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, python, git }:
 
 let
-  name = "stgit-0.15";
+  name = "stgit-0.16";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit name;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.gna.org/stgit/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0kgq9x0i7riwcl1lmmm40z0jiz5agr1kqxm2byv1qsf0q1ny47v9";
+    sha256 = "0hla6401g2kicaakz4awk67yf8fhqbw1shn1p9ma5x6ca29s3w82";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ python git ];
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "StGit is a patch manager implemented on top of Git";
     license = "GPL";
 
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ simons the-kenny ];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn2git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn2git/default.nix
index 6f5d36f6aa74..0053a1dfafbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn2git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn2git/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, ruby, makeWrapper, git }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ruby, makeWrapper, git }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "svn2git-2.1.0-20111206";
+let
+  version = "2.2.2";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "svn2git-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = https://github.com/nirvdrum/svn2git;
-    rev = "5cd8d4b509affb66eb2dad50d7298c52b3b0d848";
-    sha256 = "26aa17f68f605e958b623d803b4bd405e12d6c5d51056635873a2c59e4c7b9ca";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/nirvdrum/svn2git/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "14zinkpgybz15jvbfw0sb432w6f5w4sa5pdqycjwva8v8lxqn9mh";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ ruby makeWrapper ];
@@ -17,14 +19,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ''
       mkdir -p $out
       cp -r lib $out/
-      
+
       mkdir -p $out/bin
       substituteInPlace bin/svn2git --replace '/usr/bin/env ruby' ${ruby}/bin/ruby
       cp bin/svn2git $out/bin/
       chmod +x $out/bin/svn2git
-      
+
       wrapProgram $out/bin/svn2git \
         --set RUBYLIB $out/lib \
         --prefix PATH : ${git}/bin
     '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/nirvdrum/svn2git;
+    description = "Ruby tool for importing existing svn projects into git";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.the-kenny ];
+  };
 }