diff --git a/net/gitolite/Makefile b/net/gitolite/Makefile
index c6fd4a5bb..42ada2e6c 100644
--- a/net/gitolite/Makefile
+++ b/net/gitolite/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gitolite
-PKG_VERSION:=3.6.6
+PKG_VERSION:=3.6.8
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-v$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=b2d96c36682391f45c63b21a91fbe77a969a7b362417c851dd0091a06fcc74d9
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=652d3b3f8ed93b8ef56153337465cc7260974e5cd2653e949da1bb97a8421ea0
+
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite.git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=908f8c6f3b8ef5b95829be7155be2557e71f4579
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=e126e97a4d5575821f89ae80dac402b017db94aa
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR)
 
@@ -36,11 +37,13 @@ define Package/gitolite/description
   Gitolite is a system for managing access to git repositories.  Note you will need to make
   sure dropbear does not interfere with OpenSSH as gitolite depends on feature not in
   dropbear (to my knowledge).
+  See https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/gitolite for a guide on installation.
 endef
 
 define Package/gitolite/postinst
 sed -i -e 's,/var/run/git,/srv/git,' $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/etc/passwd
 sed -i -e 's,git:\(.*\):/bin/false,git:\1:/bin/ash,' $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/etc/passwd
+sed -i -e 's,git:x:0:\(.*\)$$,git:x:99999:\1,' $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/etc/shadow
 endef
 
 define Build/Configure
diff --git a/net/gitolite/patches/100-fix-missing-hooks-dir.patch b/net/gitolite/patches/100-fix-missing-hooks-dir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f7ee53ac..000000000
--- a/net/gitolite/patches/100-fix-missing-hooks-dir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-From d0409ae1164030913801d37ce5425ed93529c69d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Daniel Dickinson <gitolite@daniel.thecshore.com>
-Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 00:37:23 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] Conf::Store: Fix missing hooks dir for symlink
-
-At least when doing 'gitolite setup -pk user.pub', the
-symlinking of hooks fails because the hooks directory
-does not exist.  Make sure we create it if it's missing.
----
- src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Store.pm | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Store.pm b/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Store.pm
-index 5568b3f..aac90d4 100644
---- a/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Store.pm
-+++ b/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Store.pm
-@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ sub store_common {
-             chmod 0755, "$rc{GL_ADMIN_BASE}/hooks/gitolite-admin/post-update";
-             $hook_reset++;
-         }
-+	_mkdir("$repo.git/hooks");
- 
-         # propagate user-defined (custom) hooks to all repos
-         ln_sf( "$rc{LOCAL_CODE}/hooks/common", "*", "$repo.git/hooks" ) if $rc{LOCAL_CODE};
--- 
-2.7.4
-