diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows_release_nightly_pytorch.yml b/.github/workflows/windows_release_nightly_pytorch.yml
index ba388cd4..0b29b4d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows_release_nightly_pytorch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows_release_nightly_pytorch.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
             sed -i '1i../ComfyUI' ./python3${{ inputs.python_minor }}._pth
             cd ..
 
-            git clone https://github.com/comfyanonymous/taesd
+            git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/comfyanonymous/taesd
             cp taesd/*.pth ./ComfyUI_copy/models/vae_approx/
 
             mkdir ComfyUI_windows_portable_nightly_pytorch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows_release_package.yml b/.github/workflows/windows_release_package.yml
index 5aed73e5..84d99b8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows_release_package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows_release_package.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
             sed -i '1i../ComfyUI' ./python3${{ inputs.python_minor }}._pth
             cd ..
 
-            git clone https://github.com/comfyanonymous/taesd
+            git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/comfyanonymous/taesd
             cp taesd/*.pth ./ComfyUI_copy/models/vae_approx/
 
             mkdir ComfyUI_windows_portable