diff --git a/bin/checkout_latest_docs.sh b/bin/checkout_latest_docs.sh
index 1e67c222..01e54ed2 100644
--- a/bin/checkout_latest_docs.sh
+++ b/bin/checkout_latest_docs.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ for v in "${DOCS_VERSIONS[@]}"; do
         (cd resources/docs/$v && git pull)
     else
         echo "Cloning $v..."
-        git clone --single-branch --branch "$v" https://github.com/laravel/docs "resources/docs/$v"
+        git clone --depth 1 --single-branch --branch "$v" https://github.com/laravel/docs "resources/docs/$v"
     fi;
 done