diff --git a/cmake/FindGoogleTest.cmake b/cmake/FindGoogleTest.cmake
index 69d16247a..35f3868bb 100644
--- a/cmake/FindGoogleTest.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindGoogleTest.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
 	googletest
 	GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
 	GIT_TAG release-1.12.1
+	GIT_SHALLOW 1
 )
 
 # For Windows: Prevent overriding the parent project's compiler/linker settings
diff --git a/cmake/FindJSON.cmake b/cmake/FindJSON.cmake
index 291ebcd35..8a3245759 100644
--- a/cmake/FindJSON.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindJSON.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
 	json
 	GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 	GIT_TAG v3.11.3
+	GIT_SHALLOW 1
 )
 
 FetchContent_GetProperties(json)