diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/cgit.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/cgit.nix
index 49cbbfe2c9c8..47ddbc2f9772 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/cgit.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/cgit.nix
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ in
       lib.mapAttrsToList (name: cfg: {
         ${cfg.nginx.virtualHost} = {
           locations =
-            (genAttrs' [ "cgit.css" "cgit.png" "favicon.ico" "robots.txt" ] (
+            (genAttrs' [ "cgit.css" "cgit.js" "cgit.png" "favicon.ico" "robots.txt" ] (
               fileName:
               lib.nameValuePair "= ${stripLocation cfg}/${fileName}" {
                 alias = lib.mkDefault "${cfg.package}/cgit/${fileName}";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/lighttpd/cgit.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/lighttpd/cgit.nix
index ebd4c219222f..d8db6cf54968 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/lighttpd/cgit.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/lighttpd/cgit.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ let
   configFile = pkgs.writeText "cgitrc" ''
     # default paths to static assets
     css=${pathPrefix}/cgit.css
+    js=${pathPrefix}/cgit.js
     logo=${pathPrefix}/cgit.png
     favicon=${pathPrefix}/favicon.ico
 
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ in
           )
           alias.url = (
               "${pathPrefix}/cgit.css" => "${pkgs.cgit}/cgit/cgit.css",
+              "${pathPrefix}/cgit.js" => "${pkgs.cgit}/cgit/cgit.js",
               "${pathPrefix}/cgit.png" => "${pkgs.cgit}/cgit/cgit.png",
               "${pathPrefix}"          => "${pkgs.cgit}/cgit/cgit.cgi"
           )
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cgit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cgit/default.nix
index 4ff7ca269e82..f2c1c3a12266 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cgit/default.nix
@@ -25,19 +25,19 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "cgit";
-  version = "1.2.3";
+  version = "1.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/snapshot/cgit-1.2.3.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "193d990ym10qlslk0p8mjwp2j6rhqa7fq0y1iff65lvbyv914pss";
+    url = "https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/snapshot/cgit-1.3.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "836b6edbc7f99e11037a8b928d609ce346ed77a55545e17fff8cea59b5b7aa42";
   };
 
   # cgit is tightly coupled with git and needs a git source tree to build.
   # IMPORTANT: Remember to check which git version cgit needs on every version
   # bump (look for "GIT_VER" in the top-level Makefile).
   gitSrc = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://kernel/software/scm/git/git-2.25.1.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "09lzwa183nblr6l8ib35g2xrjf9wm9yhk3szfvyzkwivdv69c9r2";
+    url = "mirror://kernel/software/scm/git/git-2.53.0.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-WBi9fYCwYbu9/sikM9YJ3IgYoFmR9zH/xKVh4soYxlM=";
   };
 
   separateDebugInfo = true;
@@ -92,15 +92,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "AR=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}ar"
   ];
 
-  # Install manpage.
   postInstall = ''
-    # xmllint fails:
-    #make install-man
-
-    # bypassing xmllint works:
-    a2x --no-xmllint -f manpage cgitrc.5.txt
-    mkdir -p "$out/share/man/man5"
-    cp cgitrc.5 "$out/share/man/man5"
+    # Install manpage.
+    make install-man $makeFlags
 
     wrapPythonProgramsIn "$out/lib/cgit/filters" "$out ''${pythonPath[*]}"