diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 071a97baa5..50ec008298 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -348,4 +348,4 @@ exclude github.com/goccy/go-json v0.4.11
 
 exclude github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0
 
-replace github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/v8 => github.com/TheFox0x7/gitleaks/v8 v8.0.0-20250416161107-ce27b3ebd696
+replace github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/v8 => github.com/TheFox0x7/gitleaks/v8 v8.24.4-patch-gitea
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ce787509a4..4e91ab9520 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ github.com/RoaringBitmap/roaring v1.9.4 h1:yhEIoH4YezLYT04s1nHehNO64EKFTop/wBhxv
 github.com/RoaringBitmap/roaring v1.9.4/go.mod h1:6AXUsoIEzDTFFQCe1RbGA6uFONMhvejWj5rqITANK90=
 github.com/SaveTheRbtz/zstd-seekable-format-go/pkg v0.7.3 h1:BP0HiyNT3AQEYi+if3wkRcIdQFHtsw6xX3Kx0glckgA=
 github.com/SaveTheRbtz/zstd-seekable-format-go/pkg v0.7.3/go.mod h1:hMNtySovKkn2gdDuLqnqveP+mfhUSaBdoBcr2I7Zt0E=
-github.com/TheFox0x7/gitleaks/v8 v8.0.0-20250416161107-ce27b3ebd696 h1:HLdcIxXpEGZ1IrqAiQ+ExvAiUBSVPn1xCcmAmR0zaeI=
-github.com/TheFox0x7/gitleaks/v8 v8.0.0-20250416161107-ce27b3ebd696/go.mod h1:D3AhHRLVp0DigFQNxAgHcQks8EbF7wCZanT/UbGd0Jo=
+github.com/TheFox0x7/gitleaks/v8 v8.24.4-patch-gitea h1:VMXSHOeB5t4e3Hqet9GSTx5oULskEp7dV2i0/cgEhd4=
+github.com/TheFox0x7/gitleaks/v8 v8.24.4-patch-gitea/go.mod h1:D3AhHRLVp0DigFQNxAgHcQks8EbF7wCZanT/UbGd0Jo=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.11.0 h1:2Q9r3ki8+JYXvGsDyBXwH3LcJ+WK5D0gc5E8vS6K3D0=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.11.0/go.mod h1:Bze95FyfUr7x34QZrjL+XP+0qgp/zg8yS+TtBj1WA3k=
 github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:vf4zrexSH54oEjJ7EdB65tGNHmH3pGZmVkgTP5RHvAs=
diff --git a/routers/private/hook_pre_receive.go b/routers/private/hook_pre_receive.go
index efc89e53e1..47cc00810a 100644
--- a/routers/private/hook_pre_receive.go
+++ b/routers/private/hook_pre_receive.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/web"
 	gitea_context "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/context"
 	pull_service "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/pull"
+
 	"github.com/gitleaks/go-gitdiff/gitdiff"
 	"github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/v8/cmd/scm"
 	gitleaks "github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/v8/detect"
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ func HookPreReceive(ctx *gitea_context.PrivateContext) {
 		newCommitID := opts.NewCommitIDs[i]
 		refFullName := opts.RefFullNames[i]
 
-		preReceiveSecrets(ourCtx, oldCommitID, newCommitID, refFullName)
+		preReceiveSecrets(ourCtx, oldCommitID, newCommitID)
 		switch {
 		case refFullName.IsBranch():
 			preReceiveBranch(ourCtx, oldCommitID, newCommitID, refFullName)
@@ -542,7 +543,7 @@ func (ctx *preReceiveContext) loadPusherAndPermission() bool {
 }
 
 // checks commits for secrets
-func preReceiveSecrets(ctx *preReceiveContext, oldCommitID, newCommitID string, refFullName git.RefName) {
+func preReceiveSecrets(ctx *preReceiveContext, oldCommitID, newCommitID string) {
 	detector, err := gitleaks.NewDetectorDefaultConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Status(http.StatusTeapot)
@@ -551,22 +552,20 @@ func preReceiveSecrets(ctx *preReceiveContext, oldCommitID, newCommitID string,
 
 	repo := ctx.Repo.Repository
 	out, _, err := git.NewCommand("diff", "-U0").AddDynamicArguments(oldCommitID, newCommitID).RunStdBytes(ctx, &git.RunOpts{Dir: repo.RepoPath(), Env: ctx.env})
-	// r, w, err := os.Pipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Status(http.StatusTeapot)
 		return
 	}
-	log.Info("done with diff")
-	giteaCmd, err := newPreRecieveDiff(bytes.NewReader(out))
-	log.Info("crerated cmd!")
+	giteaCmd, err := newPreReceiveDiff(bytes.NewReader(out))
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("look! a wild error! %v", err)
 		ctx.Status(http.StatusTeapot)
 		return
 	}
-	log.Info("running the detector!")
 	findings, err := detector.DetectGit(giteaCmd, gitleaks.NewRemoteInfo(scm.GitHubPlatform, repo.Website))
-	log.Info("done!")
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Status(http.StatusTeapot)
+		return
+	}
 	if len(findings) != 0 {
 		msg := strings.Builder{}
 		msg.WriteString("This repository has secret detection enabled! Following secrets were detected:\n\n")
@@ -578,18 +577,14 @@ func preReceiveSecrets(ctx *preReceiveContext, oldCommitID, newCommitID string,
 		}
 
 		ctx.JSON(http.StatusForbidden, private.Response{UserMsg: msg.String()})
-
 	}
-	return
-
 }
 
 type giteacmd struct {
 	diffCh <-chan *gitdiff.File
-	errCh  <-chan error
 }
 
-func newPreRecieveDiff(r io.Reader) (*giteacmd, error) {
+func newPreReceiveDiff(r io.Reader) (*giteacmd, error) {
 	diffCh, err := gitdiff.Parse(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -597,7 +592,6 @@ func newPreRecieveDiff(r io.Reader) (*giteacmd, error) {
 	return &giteacmd{
 		diffCh: diffCh,
 	}, nil
-
 }
 
 // DiffFilesCh implements sources.Git.