diff --git a/backends/trtllm/cmake/trtllm.cmake b/backends/trtllm/cmake/trtllm.cmake
index 45464459..3e9712c0 100644
--- a/backends/trtllm/cmake/trtllm.cmake
+++ b/backends/trtllm/cmake/trtllm.cmake
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fetchcontent_declare(
         trtllm
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/nvidia/TensorRT-LLM.git
         GIT_TAG v0.16.0
-        GIT_SHALLOW OFF
+        GIT_SHALLOW ON
         DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP
 )
 fetchcontent_makeavailable(trtllm)