diff --git a/setup.el b/setup.el
index ed5ed8f..00f5443 100644
--- a/setup.el
+++ b/setup.el
@@ -33,5 +33,9 @@
                         (apply orig-fn r)))
   (load init-file nil nil t))
 
+(advice-add 'straight--executable-find
+            ;; straight doesn't use git in this setup
+            :override (lambda (name) (eq name "git")))
+
 (provide 'setup)
 ;;; setup.el ends here
diff --git a/straight/default.nix b/straight/default.nix
index 435051d..fdefc07 100644
--- a/straight/default.nix
+++ b/straight/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ trivialBuild rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "raxod502";
     repo = "straight.el";
-    rev = "e1390a933b6f5a15079d6dec91eac97a17aad10c";
-    sha256 = "sha256-fzIvJ5sDNDtF0w8t1WtM2SpnWT8zM2RG/EiSthy1URU=";
+    rev = "5541697ceee7e7ba937eddebba44f1e8e8af6a4f";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Ecf0QU/ZbCirGHYBSZGIA4Gb0ION56S/pOElYZXgytI=";
   };
 }