diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
index b6f927bc61..dd758eaef0 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "helmet": "^4.0.0",
     "jsonschema": "^1.2.6",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
-    "nodegit": "0.26.5",
+    "nodegit": "0.27.0",
     "uuid": "^8.2.0",
     "winston": "^3.2.1",
     "yaml": "^1.10.0"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3da4f288c5..e60ed587a1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5796,7 +5796,7 @@ arrify@^1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/arrify/-/arrify-1.0.1.tgz#898508da2226f380df904728456849c1501a4b0d"
   integrity sha1-iYUI2iIm84DfkEcoRWhJwVAaSw0=
 
-asap@^2.0.0, asap@~2.0.3, asap@~2.0.6:
+asap@^2.0.0, asap@~2.0.6:
   version "2.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/asap/-/asap-2.0.6.tgz#e50347611d7e690943208bbdafebcbc2fb866d46"
   integrity sha1-5QNHYR1+aQlDIIu9r+vLwvuGbUY=
@@ -15045,30 +15045,7 @@ node-request-interceptor@^0.3.5:
     debug "^4.1.1"
     headers-utils "^1.2.0"
 
-nodegit-promise@~4.0.0:
-  version "4.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/nodegit-promise/-/nodegit-promise-4.0.0.tgz#5722b184f2df7327161064a791d2e842c9167b34"
-  integrity sha1-VyKxhPLfcycWEGSnkdLoQskWezQ=
-  dependencies:
-    asap "~2.0.3"
-
-nodegit@0.26.5:
-  version "0.26.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/nodegit/-/nodegit-0.26.5.tgz#1534d8aaa52de7acfbbe18de28df2075de86f7d2"
-  integrity sha512-l9l2zhcJ0V7FYzPdXIsuJcXN8UnLuhQgM+377HJfCYE/eupL/OWtMVvUOq42F9dRsgC3bAYH9j2Xbwr0lpYVZQ==
-  dependencies:
-    fs-extra "^7.0.0"
-    json5 "^2.1.0"
-    lodash "^4.17.14"
-    nan "^2.14.0"
-    node-gyp "^4.0.0"
-    node-pre-gyp "^0.13.0"
-    promisify-node "~0.3.0"
-    ramda "^0.25.0"
-    request-promise-native "^1.0.5"
-    tar-fs "^1.16.3"
-
-nodegit@^0.27.0:
+nodegit@0.27.0, nodegit@^0.27.0:
   version "0.27.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/nodegit/-/nodegit-0.27.0.tgz#4e8cc236f60e1c97324a5acff99056fe116a6ebe"
   integrity sha512-E9K4gPjWiA0b3Tx5lfWCzG7Cvodi2idl3V5UD2fZrOrHikIfrN7Fc2kWLtMUqqomyoToYJLeIC8IV7xb1CYRLA==
@@ -16995,13 +16972,6 @@ promise@^8.0.3:
   dependencies:
     asap "~2.0.6"
 
-promisify-node@~0.3.0:
-  version "0.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/promisify-node/-/promisify-node-0.3.0.tgz#b4b55acf90faa7d2b8b90ca396899086c03060cf"
-  integrity sha1-tLVaz5D6p9K4uQyjlomQhsAwYM8=
-  dependencies:
-    nodegit-promise "~4.0.0"
-
 prompts@^2.0.1:
   version "2.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/prompts/-/prompts-2.3.2.tgz#480572d89ecf39566d2bd3fe2c9fccb7c4c0b068"