diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 532332b2990..dcf50ce2d68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os:     [ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-24.04]
         mode:   [newlib, linux, musl, uclibc]
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 4449aa00d58..2a3eecb9ad4 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ endif
 $(srcdir)/%/.git:
 	cd $(srcdir) && \
 	flock `git rev-parse --git-dir`/config git submodule init $(dir $@) && \
-	flock `git rev-parse --git-dir`/config git submodule update --progress $(dir $@)
+	flock `git rev-parse --git-dir`/config git -c "http.version=HTTP/1.1" submodule update --progress --depth 1 $(dir $@)
 
 stamps/install-host-gcc: $(GCC_SRCDIR) $(GCC_SRC_GIT)
 	if test -f $</contrib/download_prerequisites && test "@NEED_GCC_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES@" = "true"; then cd $< && ./contrib/download_prerequisites; fi