diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 79a548d..cffb7d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         R --version
     - name: Install R packages
       run: |
-        R -e "install.packages(c('git2r', 'remotes'), lib=c('${R_LIBS}'), repo='https://cloud.r-project.org/')"
+        R -e "install.packages(c('remotes'), lib=c('${R_LIBS}'), repo='https://cloud.r-project.org/')"
     - name: Build and test
       run: |
         set -x
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e9e3429..0c82f40 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Requires git and cmake
 #
 export SimpleITKGit=https://github.com/SimpleITK/SimpleITK
-export SITKTAG=v2.4.1
+export SITKTAG=v2.5.0
 
 export PKGBASED=$(pwd)
 echo ${PKGBASED}