diff --git a/docs/guides/installation.md b/docs/guides/installation.md
index 2ebf4f65..c0093c21 100644
--- a/docs/guides/installation.md
+++ b/docs/guides/installation.md
@@ -200,11 +200,11 @@ flux bootstrap gitlab \
     to your repository, otherwise your GitLab personal token will be used to
     authenticate against the HTTPS endpoint instead.
 
-Run the bootstrap for a repository owned by a GitLab group:
+Run the bootstrap for a repository owned by a GitLab (sub)group:
 
 ```sh
 flux bootstrap gitlab \
-  --owner=my-gitlab-group \
+  --owner=my-gitlab-group/my-gitlab-subgroup \
   --repository=my-repository \
   --branch=master \
   --path=clusters/my-cluster
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0e647d68..7cfb97f8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api v0.7.4
 	github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api v0.7.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v0.7.0
-	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git v0.2.3
+	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git v0.3.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.8.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/ssh v0.0.5
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/untar v0.0.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 84ec7f5a..3266dac1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v0.5.0 h1:FaU++mQY0g4sVVl+hG+vk0CXBLbb4EVfRuzs3I
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v0.5.0/go.mod h1:aEUuZIawboAAFLlYz/juVJ7KNmlWbBtJFYkOWWmGUR4=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v0.7.0 h1:5e8gm4OLqjuKWdrOIY5DEEsjcwzyJFK8rCDesJ+V8IY=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v0.7.0/go.mod h1:yHuY8kyGHYz22I0jQzqMMGCcHViuzC/WPdo9Gisk8Po=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git v0.2.3 h1:EodoXWrOywqY2aZlgddwRTnnWZc9m1J1e5kuX2Lu5P4=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git v0.2.3/go.mod h1:8v0QVumu1ugMG3nJL0KMYPZgmLjzesJHA2sOtXAHLPA=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git v0.3.0 h1:nrKZWZ/ymDevud3Wf1LEieO/QcNPnqz1/MrkZBFcg9o=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git v0.3.0/go.mod h1:ZwG0iLOqNSyNw6lsPIAO+v6+BqqCXyV+r1Oq6Lm+slg=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.6.2 h1:sWnSv6AhMY30fexRQ37lv2Q9Rvdu05zbiqMSldw+MjQ=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.6.2/go.mod h1:RuqYOYCvBJwo4rg83d28WOt2vfSaemuZCVpUagAjWQc=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.8.0 h1:cnSBZJLcXlKgjXpFFFExu+4ZncIxmPgNIx+ErLcCLnA=
@@ -400,8 +400,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2 h1:X2ev0eStA3AbceY54o37/0PQ/UWqKEiiO2dKL5OPaFM=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.2.0 h1:cWFYx+kOkKdyOET0pcp7GMCmxj7da40StvluSuSXWCg=
 github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.2.0/go.mod h1:Ts3Wioz1r5ayWx8sS6vLcWltWcM1aqFjd/eVrkFhrWM=
-github.com/google/go-github/v32 v32.1.0 h1:GWkQOdXqviCPx7Q7Fj+KyPoGm4SwHRh8rheoPhd27II=
-github.com/google/go-github/v32 v32.1.0/go.mod h1:rIEpZD9CTDQwDK9GDrtMTycQNA4JU3qBsCizh3q2WCI=
+github.com/google/go-github/v33 v33.0.0 h1:qAf9yP0qc54ufQxzwv+u9H0tiVOnPJxo0lI/JXqw3ZM=
+github.com/google/go-github/v33 v33.0.0/go.mod h1:GMdDnVZY/2TsWgp/lkYnpSAh6TrzhANBBwm6k6TTEXg=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0 h1:Xkwi/a1rcvNg1PPYe5vI8GbeBY/jrVuDX5ASuANWTrk=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0/go.mod h1:odCYkC5MyYFN7vkCjXpyrEuKhc/BUO6wN/zVPAxq5ck=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v0.0.0-20161122191042-44d81051d367/go.mod h1:HP5RmnzzSNb993RKQDq4+1A4ia9nllfqcQFTQJedwGI=
@@ -760,8 +760,8 @@ github.com/valyala/tcplisten v0.0.0-20161114210144-ceec8f93295a/go.mod h1:v3UYOV
 github.com/vdemeester/k8s-pkg-credentialprovider v1.18.1-0.20201019120933-f1d16962a4db/go.mod h1:grWy0bkr1XO6hqbaaCKaPXqkBVlMGHYG6PGykktwbJc=
 github.com/vektah/gqlparser v1.1.2/go.mod h1:1ycwN7Ij5njmMkPPAOaRFY4rET2Enx7IkVv3vaXspKw=
 github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.20.3/go.mod h1:URlwyTFZX72RmxtxuaFL2Uj3fD1JTvZdx59bHWk6aFU=
-github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.38.2 h1:FF4WgwFsLfOC4Wl67c9UDIC73C+UaYJ0pkZ2irbSu4M=
-github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.38.2/go.mod h1:sPLojNBn68fMUWSxIJtdVVIP8uSBYqesTfDUseX11Ug=
+github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.43.0 h1:rpOZQjxVJGW/ch+Jy4j7W4o7BB1mxkXJNVGuplZ7PUs=
+github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.43.0/go.mod h1:sPLojNBn68fMUWSxIJtdVVIP8uSBYqesTfDUseX11Ug=
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.2.1 h1:TCbipTQL2JiiCprBWx9frJ2eJlCYT00NmctrHxVAr70=
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.2.1/go.mod h1:mLlQY/MoOhWBj+gOGMQkOeiEvkx+8pJSI+0Bx9h2kr4=
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20160813154853-07dd2e8dfe18/go.mod h1:UETIi67q53MR2AWcXfiuqkDkRtnGDLqkBTpCHuJHxtU=