diff --git a/.github/scripts/Linux/download_build_ffmpeg.sh b/.github/scripts/Linux/download_build_ffmpeg.sh
index beaf47771..aafcc5cde 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/Linux/download_build_ffmpeg.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/Linux/download_build_ffmpeg.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ install_libvpx() {
 install_svt() {
         ( git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-HEVC && cd SVT-HEVC/Build/linux && ./build.sh release && cd Release && make -j $(nproc) && sudo make install || exit 1 )
         ( git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-AV1 && cd SVT-AV1 && cd Build && cmake .. -G"Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && make -j $(nproc) && sudo make install || exit 1 )
-        git apply SVT-HEVC/ffmpeg_plugin/master-*.patch
+        git apply -3 SVT-HEVC/ffmpeg_plugin/master-*.patch
 }
 
 # The NVENC API implies respective driver version (see libavcodec/nvenc.c), consider capping the version for backward compatibility
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ install_nv_codec_headers() {
 }
 
 rm -rf /var/tmp/ffmpeg
-git clone --depth 1 https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git /var/tmp/ffmpeg
+git clone --depth 1000 https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git /var/tmp/ffmpeg # depth 1000 useful for 3-way merges
 cd /var/tmp/ffmpeg
 ( git clone --depth 1 -b nasm-2.13.xx https://github.com/sezero/nasm.git && cd nasm && ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make nasm.1 && make ndisasm.1 && make -j $(nproc) && sudo make install || exit 1 )
 ( git clone --depth 1 http://git.videolan.org/git/x264.git && cd x264 && ./configure --disable-static --enable-shared && make -j $(nproc) && sudo make install || exit 1 )