diff --git a/.github/workflows/directory-migrate.yml b/.github/workflows/directory-migrate.yml
index 9998cc6e7..f8aa7979b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/directory-migrate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/directory-migrate.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-depth: 50 # guess max depth for data migration branch to avoid fetching all while still allowing sync w/upstream
       
       - name: Lint
         run: ./lint.sh