diff --git a/doc/lazy.nvim.txt b/doc/lazy.nvim.txt
index 5441ca56..1bb4ccd8 100644
--- a/doc/lazy.nvim.txt
+++ b/doc/lazy.nvim.txt
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ SPEC VERSIONING                   *lazy.nvim-🔌-plugin-spec-spec-versioning*
 
   submodules   boolean?             When false, git submodules will not be
                                     fetched. Defaults to true
+
+  older_than   number?              When non-zero, only checkout plugin to
+                                    a commit older than the number of days.
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Refer to the Versioning <./versioning.md> section for more information.
 
@@ -627,6 +630,10 @@ will be added to the plugin’s spec.
         -- default `cond` you can use to globally disable a lot of plugins
         -- when running inside vscode for example
         cond = nil, ---@type boolean|fun(self:LazyPlugin):boolean|nil
+        -- Only pull commits which are older that this in number of days
+        -- (default 0 always pulls latest while still respecting version etc)
+        -- can overridden per plugin as well.
+        older_than = 0,
       },
       -- leave nil when passing the spec as the first argument to setup()
       spec = nil, ---@type LazySpec
diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/config.lua b/lua/lazy/core/config.lua
index b35a389b..44626947 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/config.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/config.lua
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ M.defaults = {
     -- default `cond` you can use to globally disable a lot of plugins
     -- when running inside vscode for example
     cond = nil, ---@type boolean|fun(self:LazyPlugin):boolean|nil
+    -- Only pull commits which are older that this in number of days
+    -- (default 0 always pulls latest while still respecting version etc)
+    -- can overridden per plugin as well.
+    older_than = 0,
   },
   -- leave nil when passing the spec as the first argument to setup()
   spec = nil, ---@type LazySpec
diff --git a/lua/lazy/manage/git.lua b/lua/lazy/manage/git.lua
index ef68cc72..d689d7a7 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/manage/git.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/manage/git.lua
@@ -113,9 +113,20 @@ function M.get_commit(repo, branch, origin)
   end
 end
 
+-- Return the last commit for the given branch which is older than `older_than` days
+---@param repo string
+---@param branch string
+---@param older_than number
+---@return string?
+function M.get_commit_older_than(repo, branch, older_than)
+  local lines = Process.exec({ "git", "rev-list", branch, "-1", string.format([[--before="%d days ago"]], older_than) }, { cwd = repo })
+  return lines[1]
+end
+
 ---@param plugin LazyPlugin
+---@param to_update bool
 ---@return GitInfo?
-function M.get_target(plugin)
+function M.get_target(plugin, to_update)
   if plugin._.is_local then
     local info = M.info(plugin.dir)
     local branch = assert(info and info.branch or M.get_branch(plugin))
@@ -150,7 +161,15 @@ function M.get_target(plugin)
       }
     end
   end
-  return { branch = branch, commit = M.get_commit(plugin.dir, branch, true) }
+
+  local older_than = Config.options.defaults.older_than or plugin.older_than
+  local commit
+  if older_than and to_update then
+    commit = M.get_commit_older_than(plugin.dir, branch, older_than)
+  else
+    commit = M.get_commit(plugin.dir, branch, true)
+  end
+  return { branch = branch, commit = commit }
 end
 
 function M.ref(repo, ...)
diff --git a/lua/lazy/manage/task/git.lua b/lua/lazy/manage/task/git.lua
index ef848f9c..20af91e8 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/manage/task/git.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/manage/task/git.lua
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ M.checkout = {
   run = function(self, opts)
     throttle.wait()
     local info = assert(Git.info(self.plugin.dir))
-    local target = assert(Git.get_target(self.plugin))
+    local target = assert(Git.get_target(self.plugin, true))
 
     -- if the plugin is pinned and we did not just clone it,
     -- then don't update
diff --git a/lua/lazy/types.lua b/lua/lazy/types.lua
index 7700229e..263c05a2 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/types.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/types.lua
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 ---@field version? string|boolean
 ---@field pin? boolean
 ---@field submodules? boolean Defaults to true
+---@field older_than? number
 
 ---@class LazyPluginBase
 ---@field [1] string?