diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 752b301..b7842d8 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 load_bazlets(
     commit = "b6120a9fa50945d38f0a4d55d5879e3ec465c5e5",
+    shallow_since = "1701477032 -0700",
 )
 
 load(
diff --git a/bazlets.bzl b/bazlets.bzl
index f089af4..457bfec 100644
--- a/bazlets.bzl
+++ b/bazlets.bzl
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 
 def load_bazlets(
         commit,
+        shallow_since = None,
         local_path = None):
     if not local_path:
         git_repository(
             name = NAME,
             remote = "https://gerrit.googlesource.com/bazlets",
             commit = commit,
+            shallow_since = shallow_since,
         )
     else:
         native.local_repository(