diff --git a/mkdocs_blogging_plugin/util.py b/mkdocs_blogging_plugin/util.py
index 483f81f..af449d9 100644
--- a/mkdocs_blogging_plugin/util.py
+++ b/mkdocs_blogging_plugin/util.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def get_git_commit_timestamp(
             if is_first_commit:
                 # diff_filter="A" will select the commit that created the file
                 commit_timestamp = git.log(
-                    realpath, date="short", format="%at", diff_filter="A"
+                    realpath, date="short", format="%at", diff_filter="A", follow=True
                 )
                 # A file can be created multiple times, through a file renamed. 
                 # Commits are ordered with most recent commit first
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def get_git_commit_timestamp(
                     commit_timestamp = commit_timestamp.split()[-1]
             else:
                 commit_timestamp = git.log(
-                    realpath, date="short", format="%at", n=1
+                    realpath, date="short", format="%at", n=1, follow=True
                 )
         except (InvalidGitRepositoryError, NoSuchPathError) as err:
             logger.warning(
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 90ae6fa..f601676 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="mkdocs-blogging-plugin",
-    version="2.2.1",
+    version="2.2.2",
     description="Mkdocs plugin that generates a blog index page sorted by creation date.",
     long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",