diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 09009a2..99b9d9b 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ nameparser = "~=1.1"
 networkx = "~=3.1"
 oauthlib = "~=3.2"
 psycopg2-binary = "~=2.9"
-# should be replaced once https://github.com/rshk/pygpgme/pull/11 is merged
-pygpgme = { git = "https://github.com/JohnVictoryz/pygpgme.git", branch = "master" }
+# should be replaced once https://github.com/rshk/pygpgme/pull/12 is merged
+pygpgme = { git = "https://github.com/timonegk/pygpgme.git", branch = "patch-1" }
 pygraphviz = "~=1.11"
 python-Levenshtein = "~=0.22"
 python-creole = "~=1.4"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 0e65f09..1d6e648 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "cba8dcf9265082d03369579b5074f1c8aad586390f48a7be930c28191a45fd8f"
+            "sha256": "9091c7efdc6b627a9c00d43165c5abc1c09eeeba19b04fe7ead422f1a63c9923"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -798,8 +798,8 @@
             "version": "==2.16.3"
         },
         "pygpgme": {
-            "git": "https://github.com/JohnVictoryz/pygpgme.git",
-            "ref": "e697db06e4abc59e890bec2fd164dce3e24c6959"
+            "git": "https://github.com/timonegk/pygpgme.git",
+            "ref": "de2e739e56ca33bfde1c7c3ba0f62863863a5160"
         },
         "pygraphviz": {
             "hashes": [