diff --git a/roles/aurweb/defaults/main.yml b/roles/aurweb/defaults/main.yml
index 7ea0a0c7292eeda0dc4eb74ae30b7fac6b361922..84fbeca593b6a961834b5ea24068ac74ac0d2609 100644
--- a/roles/aurweb/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/aurweb/defaults/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ aurweb_conf_dir: '/etc/aurweb'
 aurweb_git_dir: "{{ aurweb_dir }}/aur.git"
 aurweb_git_hook: '/usr/local/bin/aurweb-git-update'
 aurweb_nginx_conf: '/etc/nginx/nginx.d/aurweb.conf'
-aurweb_version: 'v6.1.7'
+aurweb_version: 'v6.1.8'
 aurweb_pgp_keys: ['B4B759625D4633430B74877059E43E106B247368', 'DB650286BD9EAE39890D3FE6FE3DC1668CB24956']
 
 aurweb_db: 'aur'
diff --git a/roles/aurweb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/aurweb/tasks/main.yml
index fa560cabfdcea6786822626acaf36758145a1ecc..e71578a0f5f7cc574b60227281ada557d89123ad 100644
--- a/roles/aurweb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/aurweb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
   become_user: "{{ aurweb_user }}"
 
 - name: Save hideRefs setting on var  # noqa command-instead-of-module no-changed-when
-  command: git config --local --get-all transfer.hideRefs
+  command: git config --file config --get-all transfer.hideRefs
   register: git_config
   args:
     chdir: "{{ aurweb_git_dir }}"