diff --git a/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
index 184fed78eb..2efbe88c33 100644
--- a/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -306,10 +306,10 @@ if(BUILD_Boost)
   list(APPEND CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT "  ")
   FetchContent_Declare(
     Boost
-    URL
-    https://github.com/boostorg/boost/releases/download/boost-1.87.0/boost-1.87.0-cmake.tar.gz
-    USES_TERMINAL_DOWNLOAD TRUE
-    DOWNLOAD_NO_EXTRACT FALSE
+    GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git"
+    GIT_TAG "boost-1.87.0"
+    GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
+    GIT_SUBMODULES_RECURSE TRUE
     PATCH_COMMAND git apply --ignore-whitespace "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../patches/boost-1.87.0.patch"
   )
   set(BOOST_INCLUDE_LIBRARIES multiprecision serialization)