diff --git a/internal/rosa/git.go b/internal/rosa/git.go
index 76e22330..ca4e434d 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/git.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/git.go
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 
 func (t Toolchain) newGit() (pkg.Artifact, string) {
 	const (
-		version  = "2.53.0"
-		checksum = "rlqSTeNgSeVKJA7nvzGqddFH8q3eFEPB4qRZft-4zth8wTHnbTbm7J90kp_obHGm"
+		version  = "2.54.0"
+		checksum = "7vGKtFOJGqY8DO4e8UMRax7dLgImXKQz5MMalec6MlgYrsarffSJjgOughwRFpSH"
 	)
 	return t.NewPackage("git", version, newTar(
 		"https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/"+
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ func (t Toolchain) newGit() (pkg.Artifact, string) {
 	), &PackageAttr{
 		ScriptEarly: `
 ln -s ../../system/bin/perl /usr/bin/ || true
+
+# test suite assumes apache
+rm -f /system/bin/httpd
 `,
 
 		// uses source tree as scratch space
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ function disable_test {
 	fi
 }
 
+disable_test t1800-hook
 disable_test t5319-multi-pack-index
 disable_test t1305-config-include
 disable_test t3900-i18n-commit
@@ -63,6 +67,9 @@ disable_test t2200-add-update
 	NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS=1 \
 	install`,
 	},
+		// test suite hangs on mksh
+		Bash,
+
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