diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c3ee267..2612a75 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ htmldir = $(docdir)
 pdfdir = $(docdir)
 mandir = $(prefix)/share/man
 SHA1_HEADER = <openssl/sha.h>
-GIT_VER = 2.44.0
+GIT_VER = 2.45.0
 GIT_URL = https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-$(GIT_VER).tar.xz
 INSTALL = install
 COPYTREE = cp -r
diff --git a/git b/git
index 3c2a3fd..786a3e4 160000
--- a/git
+++ b/git
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3c2a3fdc388747b9eaf4a4a4f2035c1c9ddb26d0
+Subproject commit 786a3e4b8d754d2b14b1208b98eeb0a554ef19a8
diff --git a/ui-shared.c b/ui-shared.c
index eef2aa8..d5b5b20 100644
--- a/ui-shared.c
+++ b/ui-shared.c
@@ -662,12 +662,12 @@ void cgit_submodule_link(const char *class, char *path, const char *rev)
 		path[len - 1] = tail;
 }
 
-const struct date_mode *cgit_date_mode(enum date_mode_type type)
+const struct date_mode cgit_date_mode(enum date_mode_type type)
 {
 	static struct date_mode mode;
 	mode.type = type;
 	mode.local = ctx.cfg.local_time;
-	return &mode;
+	return mode;
 }
 
 static void print_rel_date(time_t t, int tz, double value,
diff --git a/ui-shared.h b/ui-shared.h
index 6964873..f12fa99 100644
--- a/ui-shared.h
+++ b/ui-shared.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ __attribute__((format (printf,1,2)))
 extern void cgit_print_error(const char *fmt, ...);
 __attribute__((format (printf,1,0)))
 extern void cgit_vprint_error(const char *fmt, va_list ap);
-extern const struct date_mode *cgit_date_mode(enum date_mode_type type);
+extern const struct date_mode cgit_date_mode(enum date_mode_type type);
 extern void cgit_print_age(time_t t, int tz, time_t max_relative);
 extern void cgit_print_http_headers(void);
 extern void cgit_redirect(const char *url, bool permanent);