diff --git a/ddtrace/ext/git.py b/ddtrace/ext/git.py
index 2db136a677c..0dc8da5192e 100644
--- a/ddtrace/ext/git.py
+++ b/ddtrace/ext/git.py
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ def _unshallow_repository_with_details(
         "--update-shallow",
         "--filter=blob:none",
         "--recurse-submodules=no",
+        "--no-tags",
     ]
     if repo is not None:
         cmd.append(repo)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ci_visibility-fix-unshallow-no-tags-bbe7e26aadcf250f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ci_visibility-fix-unshallow-no-tags-bbe7e26aadcf250f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7eac80ee926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ci_visibility-fix-unshallow-no-tags-bbe7e26aadcf250f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    CI Visibility: this fix resolves an issue where repo tags would be fetched while unshallowing to extract commit
+    metadata, causing performance issues for repos with a large number of tags.
diff --git a/tests/ci_visibility/test_ci_visibility.py b/tests/ci_visibility/test_ci_visibility.py
index 1b4c26b2943..dcce718e19d 100644
--- a/tests/ci_visibility/test_ci_visibility.py
+++ b/tests/ci_visibility/test_ci_visibility.py
@@ -1023,6 +1023,7 @@ def test_unshallow_repository_local_head():
                     "--update-shallow",
                     "--filter=blob:none",
                     "--recurse-submodules=no",
+                    "--no-tags",
                     "origin",
                     "myfakesha",
                     cwd="/path/to/repo",
@@ -1051,6 +1052,7 @@ def test_unshallow_repository_upstream():
                         "--update-shallow",
                         "--filter=blob:none",
                         "--recurse-submodules=no",
+                        "--no-tags",
                         "origin",
                         "myupstreamsha",
                         cwd="/path/to/repo",
@@ -1080,6 +1082,7 @@ def test_unshallow_repository_full():
                         "--update-shallow",
                         "--filter=blob:none",
                         "--recurse-submodules=no",
+                        "--no-tags",
                         "origin",
                         cwd="/path/to/repo",
                     )
diff --git a/tests/tracer/test_ci.py b/tests/tracer/test_ci.py
index 07f360a6804..2bd347f221f 100644
--- a/tests/tracer/test_ci.py
+++ b/tests/tracer/test_ci.py
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ def test_unshallow_repository_bare(git_repo):
             "--update-shallow",
             "--filter=blob:none",
             "--recurse-submodules=no",
+            "--no-tags",
             cwd=git_repo,
         )
 
@@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ def test_unshallow_repository_bare_repo(git_repo):
             "--update-shallow",
             "--filter=blob:none",
             "--recurse-submodules=no",
+            "--no-tags",
             "myremote",
             cwd=git_repo,
         )
@@ -400,6 +402,7 @@ def test_unshallow_repository_bare_repo_refspec(git_repo):
             "--update-shallow",
             "--filter=blob:none",
             "--recurse-submodules=no",
+            "--no-tags",
             "myremote",
             "mycommitshaaaaaaaaaaaa123",
             cwd=git_repo,