diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index a976ff6cceb2..b3c21ad5112c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0  # fetch all history so we can operate on branches correctly
+          fetch-depth: 16
 
       - name: Get last successful build commit
         id: get-commit