diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f4e6ba825..b39a1f6e9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ install_requires = [
     "ply>=3.9",  # See https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/1945
     "colorama>=0.3.9",
     "configobj>=5.0.6",
-    "gitpython>=2.1.8",
-    "gitdb2>=2.0.6",  # See https://github.com/iterative/dvc/issues/1880
+    "gitpython>3",
     "setuptools>=34.0.0",
     "nanotime>=0.5.2",
     "pyasn1>=0.4.1",