diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1b4892e77..08d6b9036 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1036,9 +1036,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix"
-version = "0.56.0"
+version = "0.57.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b0dcdc9c60d66535897fa40a7ea2a635e72f99456b1d9ae86b7e170e80618cb"
+checksum = "6dd025382892c7b500a9ce1582cd803f9c2ebfe44aff52e9c7f86feee7ced75e"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-actor",
  "gix-commitgraph",
@@ -1078,9 +1078,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-actor"
-version = "0.28.1"
+version = "0.29.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2eadca029ef716b4378f7afb19f7ee101fde9e58ba1f1445971315ac866db417"
+checksum = "da27b5ab4ab5c75ff891dccd48409f8cc53c28a79480f1efdd33184b2dc1d958"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "btoi",
@@ -1092,27 +1092,27 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-bitmap"
-version = "0.2.8"
+version = "0.2.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d49e1a13a30d3f88be4bceae184dd13a2d3fb9ffa7515f7ed7ae771b857f4916"
+checksum = "78b6cd0f246180034ddafac9b00a112f19178135b21eb031b3f79355891f7325"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-chunk"
-version = "0.4.5"
+version = "0.4.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d411ecd9b558b0c20b3252b7e409eec48eabc41d18324954fe526bac6e2db55f"
+checksum = "003ec6deacf68076a0c157271a127e0bb2c031c1a41f7168cbe5d248d9b85c78"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-commitgraph"
-version = "0.22.1"
+version = "0.23.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "85a7007ba021f059803afaf6f8a48872422abc20550ac12ede6ddea2936cec36"
+checksum = "8a39c675fd737cb43a2120eddf1aa652c19d76b28d79783a198ac1b398ed9ce6"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-chunk",
@@ -1124,9 +1124,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-config"
-version = "0.32.1"
+version = "0.33.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0341471d55d8676e98b88e121d7065dfa4c9c5acea4b6d6ecdd2846e85cce0c3"
+checksum = "367304855b369cadcac4ee5fb5a3a20da9378dd7905106141070b79f85241079"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-config-value",
@@ -1145,9 +1145,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-config-value"
-version = "0.14.1"
+version = "0.14.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6419db582ea84dfb58c7e7b0af7fd62c808aa14954af2936a33f89b0f4ed018e"
+checksum = "52e0be46f4cf1f8f9e88d0e3eb7b29718aff23889563249f379119bd1ab6910e"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "bstr",
@@ -1158,9 +1158,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-date"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "468dfbe411f335f01525a1352271727f8e7772075a93fa747260f502086b30be"
+checksum = "fb7f3dfb72bebe3449b5e642be64e3c6ccbe9821c8b8f19f487cf5bfbbf4067e"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "itoa",
@@ -1170,9 +1170,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-diff"
-version = "0.38.0"
+version = "0.39.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8119a985887cfe68f4bdf92e51bd64bc758a73882d82fcfc03ebcb164441c85d"
+checksum = "fd6a0454f8c42d686f17e7f084057c717c082b7dbb8209729e4e8f26749eb93a"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-hash",
@@ -1182,9 +1182,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-discover"
-version = "0.27.0"
+version = "0.28.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6fad89416ebe0b3b7df78464124e2a02417b6cd3743d48ad93df86f4d2929c07"
+checksum = "b8d7b2896edc3d899d28a646ccc6df729827a6600e546570b2783466404a42d6"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "dunce",
@@ -1197,9 +1197,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-features"
-version = "0.36.1"
+version = "0.37.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4d46a4a5c6bb5bebec9c0d18b65ada20e6517dbd7cf855b87dd4bbdce3a771b2"
+checksum = "77a80f0fe688d654c2a741751578b11131071026d1934d03c1820d6d767525ce"
 dependencies = [
  "crc32fast",
  "crossbeam-channel",
@@ -1219,18 +1219,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-fs"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "20e86eb040f5776a5ade092282e51cdcad398adb77d948b88d17583c2ae4e107"
+checksum = "7555c23a005537434bbfcb8939694e18cad42602961d0de617f8477cc2adecdd"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-features",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-glob"
-version = "0.14.1"
+version = "0.15.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5db19298c5eeea2961e5b3bf190767a2d1f09b8802aeb5f258e42276350aff19"
+checksum = "ae6232f18b262770e343dcdd461c0011c9b9ae27f0c805e115012aa2b902c1b8"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "bstr",
@@ -1240,9 +1240,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-hash"
-version = "0.13.3"
+version = "0.14.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1f8cf8c2266f63e582b7eb206799b63aa5fa68ee510ad349f637dfe2d0653de0"
+checksum = "b0ed89cdc1dce26685c80271c4287077901de3c3dd90234d5fa47c22b2268653"
 dependencies = [
  "faster-hex",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1250,9 +1250,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-hashtable"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "feb61880816d7ec4f0b20606b498147d480860ddd9133ba542628df2f548d3ca"
+checksum = "ebe47d8c0887f82355e2e9e16b6cecaa4d5e5346a7a474ca78ff94de1db35a5b"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-hash",
  "hashbrown 0.14.3",
@@ -1261,9 +1261,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-index"
-version = "0.27.1"
+version = "0.28.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f3f308f5cd2992e96a274b0d1931e9a0e44fdcba87695ead3f6df30d8a697e9c"
+checksum = "bd97a226ea6a7669109b84fa045bada556ec925e25145cb458adb4958b023ad0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "bstr",
@@ -1286,9 +1286,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-lock"
-version = "11.0.1"
+version = "12.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7e5c65e6a29830a435664891ced3f3c1af010f14900226019590ee0971a22f37"
+checksum = "f40a439397f1e230b54cf85d52af87e5ea44cc1e7748379785d3f6d03d802b00"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-tempfile",
  "gix-utils",
@@ -1297,9 +1297,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-macros"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "02a5bcaf6704d9354a3071cede7e77d366a5980c7352e102e2c2f9b645b1d3ae"
+checksum = "d75e7ab728059f595f6ddc1ad8771b8d6a231971ae493d9d5948ecad366ee8bb"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1308,9 +1308,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-object"
-version = "0.39.0"
+version = "0.40.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "febf79c5825720c1c63fe974c7bbe695d0cb54aabad73f45671c60ce0e501e33"
+checksum = "0c89402e8faa41b49fde348665a8f38589e461036475af43b6b70615a6a313a2"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "btoi",
@@ -1327,9 +1327,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-odb"
-version = "0.55.0"
+version = "0.56.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1fae5f971540c99c6ecc8d4368ecc9d18a9dc8b9391025c68c4399747dc93bac"
+checksum = "46ae6da873de41c6c2b73570e82c571b69df5154dcd8f46dfafc6687767c33b1"
 dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
  "gix-date",
@@ -1346,9 +1346,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-pack"
-version = "0.45.0"
+version = "0.46.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4569491c92446fddf373456ff360aff9a9effd627b40a70f2d7914dcd75a3205"
+checksum = "782b4d42790a14072d5c400deda9851f5765f50fe72bca6dece0da1cd6f05a9a"
 dependencies = [
  "clru",
  "gix-chunk",
@@ -1367,9 +1367,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-path"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.10.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d86d6fac2fabe07b67b7835f46d07571f68b11aa1aaecae94fe722ea4ef305e1"
+checksum = "b8dd0998ab245f33d40ca2267e58d542fe54185ebd1dc41923346cf28d179fb6"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-trace",
@@ -1380,9 +1380,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-quote"
-version = "0.4.8"
+version = "0.4.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4f84845efa535468bc79c5a87b9d29219f1da0313c8ecf0365a5daa7e72786f2"
+checksum = "9f7dc10303d73a960d10fb82f81188b036ac3e6b11b5795b20b1a60b51d1321f"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "btoi",
@@ -1391,9 +1391,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-ref"
-version = "0.39.1"
+version = "0.40.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3b2069adc212cf7f3317ef55f6444abd06c50f28479dbbac5a86acf3b05cbbfe"
+checksum = "64d9bd1984638d8f3511a2fcbe84fcedb8a5b5d64df677353620572383f42649"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-actor",
  "gix-date",
@@ -1412,9 +1412,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-refspec"
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.21.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "76d9d3b82e1ee78fc0dc1c37ea5ea76c2dbc73f407db155f0dfcea285e583bee"
+checksum = "be219df5092c1735abb2a53eccdf775e945eea6986ee1b6e7a5896dccc0be704"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-hash",
@@ -1426,9 +1426,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-revision"
-version = "0.24.0"
+version = "0.25.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fe5dd51710ce5434bc315ea30394fab483c5377276494edd79222b321a5a9544"
+checksum = "aa78e1df3633bc937d4db15f8dca2abdb1300ca971c0fabcf9fa97e38cf4cd9f"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-date",
@@ -1442,9 +1442,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-revwalk"
-version = "0.10.0"
+version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "69d4ed2493ca94a475fdf147138e1ef8bab3b6ebb56abf3d9bda1c05372ec1dd"
+checksum = "702de5fe5c2bbdde80219f3a8b9723eb927466e7ecd187cfd1b45d986408e45f"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-commitgraph",
  "gix-date",
@@ -1457,21 +1457,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-sec"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.10.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a36ea2c5907d64a9b4b5d3cc9f430e6c30f0509646b5e38eb275ca57c5bf29e2"
+checksum = "78f6dce0c6683e2219e8169aac4b1c29e89540a8262fef7056b31d80d969408c"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "gix-path",
  "libc",
- "windows 0.48.0",
+ "windows 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-tempfile"
-version = "11.0.1"
+version = "12.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "388dd29114a86ec69b28d1e26d6d63a662300ecf61ab3f4cc578f7d7dc9e7e23"
+checksum = "a8ef376d718b1f5f119b458e21b00fbf576bc9d4e26f8f383d29f5ffe3ba3eaa"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-fs",
  "libc",
@@ -1482,15 +1482,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-trace"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b686a35799b53a9825575ca3f06481d0a053a409c4d97ffcf5ddd67a8760b497"
+checksum = "e8e1127ede0475b58f4fe9c0aaa0d9bb0bad2af90bbd93ccd307c8632b863d89"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-traverse"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "df2112088122a0206592c84fbd42020db63b2ccaed66a0293779f2e5fbf80474"
+checksum = "cb64213e52e1b726cb04581690c1e98b5910f983b977d5e9f2eb09f1a7fea6d2"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-commitgraph",
  "gix-date",
@@ -1504,9 +1504,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-url"
-version = "0.25.2"
+version = "0.26.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c427a1a11ccfa53a4a2da47d9442c2241deee63a154bc15cc14b8312fbc4005"
+checksum = "8f0f17cceb7552a231d1fec690bc2740c346554e3be6f5d2c41dfa809594dc44"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-features",
@@ -1518,18 +1518,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-utils"
-version = "0.1.6"
+version = "0.1.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9f82c41937f00e15a1f6cb0b55307f0ca1f77f4407ff2bf440be35aa688c6a3e"
+checksum = "de6225e2de30b6e9bca2d9f1cc4731640fcef0fb3cabddceee366e7e85d3e94f"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand 2.0.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-validate"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75b7d8e4274be69f284bbc7e6bb2ccf7065dbcdeba22d8c549f2451ae426883f"
+checksum = "ac7cc36f496bd5d96cdca0f9289bb684480725d40db60f48194aa7723b883854"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "iana-time-zone-haiku",
  "js-sys",
  "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-core",
+ "windows-core 0.51.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2382,9 +2382,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prodash"
-version = "26.2.2"
+version = "28.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "794b5bf8e2d19b53dcdcec3e4bba628e20f5b6062503ba89281fa7037dd7bbcf"
+checksum = "744a264d26b88a6a7e37cbad97953fa233b94d585236310bcbc88474b4092d79"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
@@ -3487,10 +3487,20 @@ version = "0.51.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ca229916c5ee38c2f2bc1e9d8f04df975b4bd93f9955dc69fabb5d91270045c9"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-core",
+ "windows-core 0.51.1",
  "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e48a53791691ab099e5e2ad123536d0fff50652600abaf43bbf952894110d0be"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-core 0.52.0",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.51.1"
@@ -3500,6 +3510,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-core"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "33ab640c8d7e35bf8ba19b884ba838ceb4fba93a4e8c65a9059d08afcfc683d9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.48.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7a3ca64aa..9ea7589df 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ clap_complete = "4.4.5"
 dirs-next = "2.0.0"
 dunce = "1.0.4"
 # default feature restriction addresses https://github.com/starship/starship/issues/4251
-gix = { version = "0.56.0", default-features = false, features = ["max-performance-safe", "revision"] }
-gix-features = { version = "0.36.1", optional = true }
+gix = { version = "0.57.0", default-features = false, features = ["max-performance-safe", "revision"] }
+gix-features = { version = "0.37.0", optional = true }
 indexmap = { version = "2.1.0", features = ["serde"] }
 log = { version = "0.4.20", features = ["std"] }
 # notify-rust is optional (on by default) because the crate doesn't currently build for darwin with nix
diff --git a/src/context.rs b/src/context.rs
index 1bd9c560c..4a651908f 100644
--- a/src/context.rs
+++ b/src/context.rs
@@ -319,7 +319,10 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
                 let shared_repo =
                     match ThreadSafeRepository::discover_with_environment_overrides_opts(
                         &self.current_dir,
-                        Default::default(),
+                        gix::discover::upwards::Options {
+                            match_ceiling_dir_or_error: false,
+                            ..Default::default()
+                        },
                         git_open_opts_map,
                     ) {
                         Ok(repo) => repo,
@@ -336,7 +339,10 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
                 );
 
                 let branch = get_current_branch(&repository);
-                let remote = get_remote_repository_info(&repository, branch.as_deref());
+                let remote = get_remote_repository_info(
+                    &repository,
+                    branch.as_ref().map(|name| name.as_ref()),
+                );
                 let path = repository.path().to_path_buf();
 
                 let fs_monitor_value_is_true = repository
@@ -346,7 +352,7 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
 
                 Ok(Repo {
                     repo: shared_repo,
-                    branch,
+                    branch: branch.map(|b| b.shorten().to_string()),
                     workdir: repository.work_dir().map(PathBuf::from),
                     path,
                     state: repository.state(),
@@ -624,7 +630,8 @@ pub struct Repo {
     pub repo: ThreadSafeRepository,
 
     /// If `current_dir` is a git repository or is contained within one,
-    /// this is the current branch name of that repo.
+    /// this is the short name of the current branch name of that repo,
+    /// i.e. `main`.
     pub branch: Option<String>,
 
     /// If `current_dir` is a git repository or is contained within one,
@@ -788,24 +795,21 @@ impl<'a> ScanAncestors<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-fn get_current_branch(repository: &Repository) -> Option<String> {
-    let name = repository.head_name().ok()??;
-    let shorthand = name.shorten();
-
-    Some(shorthand.to_string())
+fn get_current_branch(repository: &Repository) -> Option<gix::refs::FullName> {
+    repository.head_name().ok()?
 }
 
 fn get_remote_repository_info(
     repository: &Repository,
-    branch_name: Option<&str>,
+    branch_name: Option<&gix::refs::FullNameRef>,
 ) -> Option<Remote> {
     let branch_name = branch_name?;
     let branch = repository
-        .branch_remote_ref(branch_name)
+        .branch_remote_ref_name(branch_name, gix::remote::Direction::Fetch)
         .and_then(std::result::Result::ok)
         .map(|r| r.shorten().to_string());
     let name = repository
-        .branch_remote_name(branch_name)
+        .branch_remote_name(branch_name.shorten(), gix::remote::Direction::Fetch)
         .map(|n| n.as_bstr().to_string());
 
     Some(Remote { branch, name })