diff --git a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/rustc_tests.rs b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/rustc_tests.rs
index b3b6da1f698..7062b60cbfc 100644
--- a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/rustc_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/rustc_tests.rs
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ impl flags::RustcTests {
     pub fn run(self) -> Result<()> {
         let mut tester = Tester::new()?;
         let walk_dir = WalkDir::new(self.rustc_repo.join("tests/ui"));
+        eprintln!("Running tests for tests/ui");
         for i in walk_dir {
             let i = i?;
             let p = i.into_path();
diff --git a/xtask/src/metrics.rs b/xtask/src/metrics.rs
index 2efafa10a82..285abb9efcb 100644
--- a/xtask/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/metrics.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ fn measure_build(&mut self, sh: &Shell) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     fn measure_rustc_tests(&mut self, sh: &Shell) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         eprintln!("\nMeasuring rustc tests");
 
-        cmd!(sh, "git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/rust-lang/rust").run()?;
+        cmd!(
+            sh,
+            "git clone --depth=1 --branch 1.76.0 https://github.com/rust-lang/rust.git --single-branch"
+        )
+        .run()?;
 
         let output = cmd!(sh, "./target/release/rust-analyzer rustc-tests ./rust").read()?;
         for (metric, value, unit) in parse_metrics(&output) {