diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b79a5933..f79402bcc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,11 +99,7 @@ elseif (MLX_BUILD_METAL)
 endif()
 
 MESSAGE(STATUS "Downloading json")
-FetchContent_Declare(
-  json 
-  GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/nlohmann/json"
-  GIT_TAG "v3.11.3"
-)
+FetchContent_Declare(json URL https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/download/v3.11.3/json.tar.xz)
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(json)
 target_include_directories(
     mlx PUBLIC