diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/run-backend-api-tests.sh b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/run-backend-api-tests.sh
index c9b837bd389..a549c69871e 100755
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/run-backend-api-tests.sh
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/run-backend-api-tests.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ EOF
     pip install -r $CURR_DIR/requirements.txt
     deactivate
 
-    git clone https://github.com/ceph/teuthology.git
+    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ceph/teuthology.git
 
     cd $BUILD_DIR