diff --git a/main/gitolite/APKBUILD b/main/gitolite/APKBUILD
index 9c7a49c7c51..84d2a6f7005 100644
--- a/main/gitolite/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/gitolite/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Contributor: Carlo Landmeter <clandmeter@alpinelinux.org>
 pkgname=gitolite
 pkgver=3.6.13
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Centralized git server, with very fine-grained access control and many powerful features"
 url="https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite"
 arch="noarch"
diff --git a/main/gitolite/gitolite.pre-install b/main/gitolite/gitolite.pre-install
index eadbf736e36..248c0f0aa54 100644
--- a/main/gitolite/gitolite.pre-install
+++ b/main/gitolite/gitolite.pre-install
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 
 addgroup -S git 2>/dev/null
 adduser -S -D -H -h /var/lib/git -s /bin/sh -G git -g git git 2>/dev/null
+passwd -u git
 
 exit 0