diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 84bb89bf4d6..1637b14f3fd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
     "eslint-plugin-next": "^0.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.0.1",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
-    "git-jiggy": "1.1.1",
     "husky": "^8.0.1",
     "jest": "^29.7.0",
     "jest-cli": "^29.7.0",
diff --git a/src/directory/generateDirectory.mjs b/src/directory/generateDirectory.mjs
index a7ea8e10350..cbff744b078 100644
--- a/src/directory/generateDirectory.mjs
+++ b/src/directory/generateDirectory.mjs
@@ -2,15 +2,80 @@ import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import { cwd } from 'node:process';
 import path from 'path';
+import { execFile } from 'child_process';
+import { promisify } from 'util';
 import JSON5 from 'json5';
 import { directory } from './directory.mjs';
 import { writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
-import { getLastModifiedDate } from 'git-jiggy';
 import { API_CATEGORIES, API_SUB_CATEGORIES } from '../data/api-categories.mjs';
 
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
+
 // Set up the root path so that we can get the correct path from the current working directory
 const rootPath = path.resolve(cwd(), 'src/pages');
 
+let gitDatesCache;
+
+/**
+ * Initializes and caches Git last-modified dates for files under `rootPath`.
+ * Executes:
+ *   git log --follow --name-only --pretty=format:%ct -- .
+ * The output is a sequence of lines like:
+ *   1625030400
+ *   src/pages/index.js
+ *   src/pages/about.js
+ *
+ * Parses lines of Unix timestamps and file paths, mapping each file to the ISO date
+ * of its most recent commit. Caches the result to avoid repeated Git invocations.
+ */
+async function initializeGitCache() {
+  if (gitDatesCache) return gitDatesCache;
+
+  try {
+    const { stdout } = await execFileAsync(
+      'git',
+      ['log', '--follow', '--name-only', '--pretty=format:%ct', '--', '.'],
+      { cwd: rootPath, maxBuffer: 50 * 1024 * 1024, timeout: 30000 }
+    );
+
+    const cache = new Map();
+    let currentDate;
+
+    for (const line of stdout.trim().split('\n')) {
+      if (/^\d+$/.test(line)) {
+        currentDate = new Date(Number(line) * 1000).toISOString();
+      } else if (line && !cache.has(line)) {
+        cache.set(line, currentDate);
+      }
+    }
+
+    gitDatesCache = cache;
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.warn(`Git operation failed: ${err.message}`);
+    gitDatesCache = new Map();
+  }
+
+  return gitDatesCache;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Retrieves the last modified date for a given file by looking it up
+ * in the cached Git dates map. Initializes the cache on first invocation.
+ *
+ * @param {string} filePath - Absolute path to the target file.
+ * @returns {Promise<string>} ISO 8601 date string of the last Git commit touching that file.
+ * @throws {Error} If no Git date is found for the given file.
+ */
+async function getLastModifiedDate(filePath) {
+  const cache = await initializeGitCache();
+
+  if (!cache.has(filePath)) {
+    throw new Error(`Git date not found for: ${filePath}`);
+  }
+
+  return cache.get(filePath);
+}
+
 /**
  * Helper function to use RegEx to grab the "meta" object
  * @param {string} filePath
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 42b1fed38f2..616c047ad45 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
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-  languageName: node
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   resolution: "@sinonjs/commons@npm:3.0.1"
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     fs-extra: "npm:^9.0.1"
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     husky: "npm:^8.0.1"
     jest: "npm:^29.7.0"
     jest-cli: "npm:^29.7.0"
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-    get-stream: "npm:^4.0.0"
-    is-stream: "npm:^1.1.0"
-    npm-run-path: "npm:^2.0.0"
-    p-finally: "npm:^1.0.0"
-    signal-exit: "npm:^3.0.0"
-    strip-eof: "npm:^1.0.0"
-  checksum: 10c0/cc71707c9aa4a2552346893ee63198bf70a04b5a1bc4f8a0ef40f1d03c319eae80932c59191f037990d7d102193e83a38ec72115fff814ec2fb3099f3661a590
-  languageName: node
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-  resolution: "get-stream@npm:4.1.0"
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-  checksum: 10c0/294d876f667694a5ca23f0ca2156de67da950433b6fb53024833733975d32582896dbc7f257842d331809979efccf04d5e0b6b75ad4d45744c45f193fd497539
-  languageName: node
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@@ -8400,16 +8368,6 @@ __metadata:
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-    execa: "npm:1.0.0"
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-  dependencies:
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-  checksum: 10c0/95549a477886f48346568c97b08c4fda9cdbf7ce8a4fbc2213f36896d0d19249e32d68d7451bdcbca8041b5fba04a6b2c4a618beaf19849505c05b700740f1de
-  languageName: node
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-  languageName: node
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-"signal-exit@npm:^3.0.0, signal-exit@npm:^3.0.2, signal-exit@npm:^3.0.3, signal-exit@npm:^3.0.7":
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