diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.mask/00-sabayon.package.mask b/conf/intel/portage/package.mask/00-sabayon.package.mask
index a8b752e4..e3f7b497 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.mask/00-sabayon.package.mask
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.mask/00-sabayon.package.mask
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ app-portage/g-octave
 # libgit2, but it can happen that there is no new enough version of the former
 >=dev-libs/libgit2-0.29
 >=dev-libs/libgit2-glib-0.29
->=dev-python/pygit2-0.29
+>=dev-python/pygit2-1.0.3
 
 # 2019-10-22 Joost Ruis: We have these packages on our overlay
 # So do not pull the Portage version