diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6aabc4d..d131efd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 spicemanip>=0.1.6
 gitpython
+pygit2
 fake-useragent
diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_SBTools/__init__.py b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_SBTools/__init__.py
index 321a0ca..264f1ff 100644
--- a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_SBTools/__init__.py
+++ b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_SBTools/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from fake_useragent import UserAgent
 from difflib import SequenceMatcher
 from operator import itemgetter
 from collections import abc
-from git import Repo
+from pygit2 import clone_repository
 
 import spicemanip
 
@@ -348,10 +348,11 @@ def spicebot_update(bot, deps=False):
 
     if not os.path.exists("/tmp") or not os.path.isdir("/tmp"):
         os.system("sudo mkdir /tmp")
-    if not os.path.exists("/tmp/SpiceBot") or not os.path.isdir("/tmp/SpiceBot"):
-        os.system("sudo mkdir /tmp/SpiceBot")
+    clonepath = "/tmp/SpiceBot"
+    if not os.path.exists(clonepath) or not os.path.isdir(clonepath):
+        os.system(clonepath)
 
-    Repo.clone_from(str(github_dict["url_main"] + github_dict["repo_owner"] + "/" + github_dict["repo_name"] + ".git"), "/tmp/SpiceBot")
+    clone_repository(str(bot.config.SpiceBot_Update.gitrepo + ".git"), clonepath, checkout_branch=bot.config.SpiceBot_Update.gitbranch)
 
     pipcommand = "sudo pip3 install --upgrade"
     if not deps: