diff --git a/cmake/rocksdb_CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/rocksdb_CMakeLists.txt.in
index 0a8719e499f2808cbd3671639bb206d8b229e003..88958011acb0d4afb9593573d8b0567ed35244c9 100644
--- a/cmake/rocksdb_CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/cmake/rocksdb_CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 # rocksdb
 IF (NOT ${TD_LINUX})
 ExternalProject_Add(rocksdb
-        GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb.git
-        GIT_TAG v8.1.1
-        SOURCE_DIR "${TD_CONTRIB_DIR}/rocksdb"
-        CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
-        BUILD_COMMAND ""
-        INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-        TEST_COMMAND ""
-        )
-
+	URL https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/archive/refs/tags/v8.1.1.tar.gz
+  	URL_HASH MD5=3b4c97ee45df9c8a5517308d31ab008b
+  	DOWNLOAD_NO_PROGRESS 1
+	DOWNLOAD_DIR "${TD_CONTRIB_DIR}/deps-download" 
+	SOURCE_DIR "${TD_CONTRIB_DIR}/rocksdb" 
+    	CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+    	BUILD_COMMAND ""
+    	INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+    	TEST_COMMAND ""
+    )
 ENDIF(NOT ${TD_LINUX})