diff --git a/docker/hound/Dockerfile b/docker/hound/Dockerfile
index 376f76f4fb..5e8f7d18a4 100644
--- a/docker/hound/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/hound/Dockerfile
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ RUN pip install git+https://opendev.org/opendev/jeepyb#egg=jeepyb \
 RUN apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
+# Begin temporary git package upgrade
+RUN ARCH=`dpkg --print-architecture` \
+    && cd /tmp \
+    && apt-get update \
+    && apt-get -y install wget \
+    && wget https://static.opendev.org/project/opendev.org/debs/git/git_2.30.2-1opendev1.0_$ARCH.deb \
+    && wget https://static.opendev.org/project/opendev.org/debs/git/git-man_2.30.2-1opendev1.0_all.deb \
+    && apt-get -y install /tmp/git_*.deb /tmp/git-man_*.deb \
+    && rm -f /tmp/*.deb \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+# End temporary git package upgrade
+
 ADD supervisord.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf
 ADD start-container.sh /usr/bin/start-container
 ADD update-hound-config.sh /usr/local/bin/update-hound-config