diff --git a/pycargoebuild/cargo.py b/pycargoebuild/cargo.py
index 0c904c4..65a5006 100644
--- a/pycargoebuild/cargo.py
+++ b/pycargoebuild/cargo.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def get_crates(f: typing.BinaryIO) -> typing.Generator[Crate, None, None]:
                     raise RuntimeError(
                         "Git crate with no fragment identifier (i.e. commit "
                         f"identifier): {p['source']!r}")
-                repo = parsed_url.path.lstrip("/")
+                repo = parsed_url.path.strip("/")
                 if repo.endswith(".git"):
                     repo = repo[:-4]
                 if repo.count("/") != 1:
diff --git a/test/test_cargo.py b/test/test_cargo.py
index 0bff67a..88a58b6 100644
--- a/test/test_cargo.py
+++ b/test/test_cargo.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     [[package]]
     name = "regex-syntax"
     version = "0.6.28"
-    source = """git+https://github.com/01mf02/regex?rev=90eebbd\\
+    source = """git+https://github.com/01mf02/regex.git/?rev=90eebbd\\
                 #90eebbdb9396ca10510130327073a3d596674d04"""
 '''