diff --git a/cl/spectest/Makefile b/cl/spectest/Makefile
index 5b6856347e7..fb19e7c18d2 100644
--- a/cl/spectest/Makefile
+++ b/cl/spectest/Makefile
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 
 
 tests:
-	GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false git clone https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-spec-tests
-	cd consensus-spec-tests && git checkout 080c96fbbf3be58e75947debfeb9ba3b2b7c9748 && git lfs pull --exclude=tests/general,tests/minimal && cd ..
-	mv consensus-spec-tests/tests .
-	rm -rf consensus-spec-tests
-	rm -rf tests/minimal
+	wget https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-spec-tests/releases/download/v1.4.0-beta.5/mainnet.tar.gz
+	tar xf mainnet.tar.gz
+	rm mainnet.tar.gz
 	# not needed for now
 	rm -rf tests/mainnet/eip6110
 clean: