diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9be1c8c5f..5276dca7f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4301,6 +4301,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "either",
+ "git2",
  "infer",
  "log",
  "radicle",
diff --git a/crates/radicle-tauri/Cargo.toml b/crates/radicle-tauri/Cargo.toml
index e7e25adb4..2040ebf64 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/radicle-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ tauri-build = { version = "2.2.0", features = ["isolation"] }
 anyhow = { version = "1.0.90" }
 base64 = { version = "0.22.1" }
 either = { version = "1.15" }
+git2 = { version = "0.20.4", default-features = false, features = ["vendored-libgit2"] }
 infer = { version = "0.19.0" }
 log = { version = "0.4.22" }
 radicle = { version = "0.22" }
diff --git a/crates/radicle-tauri/src/commands/repo.rs b/crates/radicle-tauri/src/commands/repo.rs
index f3bf5502c..fd2853258 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-tauri/src/commands/repo.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle-tauri/src/commands/repo.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn create_repo(
     let profile = &ctx.profile;
     let storage = &profile.storage;
     let signer = ctx.profile.signer()?;
-    let config = radicle::git::raw::Config::open_default()?;
+    let config = git2::Config::open_default()?;
     // SAFETY: "master" is always a valid RefString
     let default_branch = git::RefString::try_from(
         config