diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 6afc19c227512..96f2c8d2086c7 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # documentation
   - gitpython  # obtain contributors from git for whatsnew
-  - gitdb2=2.0.6  # GH-32060
+  - gitdb
   - sphinx
 
   # documentation (jupyter notebooks)
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 2fbb20ddfd3bf..1fca25c9fecd9 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ isort>=5.2.1
 mypy==0.730
 pycodestyle
 gitpython
-gitdb2==2.0.6
+gitdb
 sphinx
 nbconvert>=5.4.1
 nbsphinx