diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 215eeab770..f19bad4211 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -3,3 +3,12 @@ linker = "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"
 
 [alias]
 sqlness = "run --bin sqlness-runner --"
+
+[unstable.git]
+shallow_index = true
+shallow_deps = true
+[unstable.gitoxide]
+fetch = true
+checkout = true
+list_files = true
+internal_use_git2 = false