diff --git a/utils/Cargo.toml b/utils/Cargo.toml
index 45781f4..35751e8 100644
--- a/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ image = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = ["png"] }
 clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive", "error-context"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-vergen-git2 = { version = "1.0", features = ["build", "cargo", "rustc", "si"] }
+vergen-gix = { version = "1.0", features = ["build", "cargo", "rustc", "si"] }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/utils/build.rs b/utils/build.rs
index 25c9a37..776aa2f 100644
--- a/utils/build.rs
+++ b/utils/build.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,17 @@
-use vergen_git2::{BuildBuilder, CargoBuilder, Emitter, Git2Builder, RustcBuilder, SysinfoBuilder};
+use vergen_gix::{BuildBuilder, CargoBuilder, Emitter, GixBuilder, RustcBuilder, SysinfoBuilder};
 
 fn main() {
     let build = BuildBuilder::all_build().unwrap();
     let cargo = CargoBuilder::all_cargo().unwrap();
-    let git2 = Git2Builder::all_git().unwrap();
+    let gitcl = GixBuilder::all_git().unwrap();
     let rustc = RustcBuilder::all_rustc().unwrap();
     let si = SysinfoBuilder::all_sysinfo().unwrap();
 
     Emitter::default()
-        .add_instructions(&build)
-        .unwrap()
-        .add_instructions(&cargo)
-        .unwrap()
-        .add_instructions(&git2)
-        .unwrap()
-        .add_instructions(&rustc)
-        .unwrap()
-        .add_instructions(&si)
-        .unwrap()
-        .emit()
-        .unwrap();
+        .add_instructions(&build).unwrap()
+        .add_instructions(&cargo).unwrap()
+        .add_instructions(&gitcl).unwrap()
+        .add_instructions(&rustc).unwrap()
+        .add_instructions(&si).unwrap()
+        .emit().unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/utils/src/bin/czutil.rs b/utils/src/bin/czutil.rs
index 0c27d77..8d85fc7 100644
--- a/utils/src/bin/czutil.rs
+++ b/utils/src/bin/czutil.rs
@@ -72,11 +72,12 @@ fn main() {
 
     if cli.version {
         println!(
-            "{}, {} v{}-{}",
+            "{}, {} v{}-{} ({})",
             env!("CARGO_BIN_NAME"),
             env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"),
             env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
-            &env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA")[0..=6]
+            &env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA")[0..=6],
+            env!("VERGEN_GIT_COMMIT_DATE"),
         );
         exit(0);
     }
diff --git a/utils/src/bin/pakutil.rs b/utils/src/bin/pakutil.rs
index bbf1148..1557cb5 100644
--- a/utils/src/bin/pakutil.rs
+++ b/utils/src/bin/pakutil.rs
@@ -65,11 +65,12 @@ fn main() {
 
     if cli.version {
         println!(
-            "{}, {} v{}-{}",
+            "{}, {} v{}-{} ({})",
             env!("CARGO_BIN_NAME"),
             env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"),
             env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
-            &env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA")[0..=6]
+            &env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA")[0..=6],
+            env!("VERGEN_GIT_COMMIT_DATE"),
         );
         exit(0);
     }