diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/weekly-tests.yaml
index 72b1454a5e..6c211435c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weekly-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly-tests.yaml
@@ -89,11 +89,7 @@ jobs:
 
             - name: Checkout DRAMSys
               working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/ext/dramsys
-              run: |
-                  git clone https://github.com/tukl-msd/DRAMSys DRAMSys
-                  cd DRAMSys
-                  git checkout -b gem5 09f6dcbb91351e6ee7cadfc7bc8b29d97625db8f
-                  git submodule update --init --recursive
+              run: git clone https://github.com/tukl-msd/DRAMSys --branch v5.0 --depth 1 DRAMSys
 
       # gem5 is built separately because it depends on the DRAMSys library
             - name: Build gem5