diff --git a/desktop/docker/linux/Dockerfile b/desktop/docker/linux/Dockerfile
index 11b0e6f7ac..2bb40793eb 100644
--- a/desktop/docker/linux/Dockerfile
+++ b/desktop/docker/linux/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 FROM ubuntu:16.04 AS qt_build
 
 ARG QT_VERSION
+ARG REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_COMMIT_SHA
+ARG QT_CI_COMMIT_SHA
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install \
       git libx11-xcb1 libxss1 libasound2 libfontconfig1 libdbus-1-3 && \
@@ -14,8 +16,13 @@ ENV QT_CI_PACKAGES qt.qt5.5112.gcc_64,qt.qt5.5112.qtwebengine.gcc_64
 # We run this as part of a separate container to reduce number of stages.
 # We also remove some of the static-linked binaries since they are so big.
 # Crucial ones: qmake,rcc,moc,uic,qdbuscpp2xml,qdbusxml2cpp,lrelease,lupdate,lconvert
+# NOTE: Unfortunately GitHub doesn't support cloning a specific SHA1, so we need to
+# resort to git fetch (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3489173/how-to-clone-git-repository-with-specific-revision-changeset)
 ADD qt-opensource-linux-x64-${QT_VERSION}.run /tmp/
-RUN git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/benlau/qtci.git /tmp/qtci && \
+RUN mkdir -p /tmp/qtci && cd /tmp/qtci && \
+      git init && git remote add origin https://github.com/benlau/qtci.git && \
+      git fetch --depth=1 origin ${QT_CI_COMMIT_SHA} && \
+      git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD && \
     /tmp/qtci/bin/extract-qt-installer --disable-progress-report \
         /tmp/qt-opensource-linux-x64-${QT_VERSION}.run /opt/qt-all && \
     find /opt/qt-all/${QT_VERSION}/gcc_64/bin -type f -regextype posix-egrep -regex \
@@ -65,8 +72,10 @@ RUN cd /tmp && wget -q https://cmake.org/files/v3.12/cmake-3.12.2-Linux-x86_64.t
 RUN curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/technomancy/leiningen/stable/bin/lein -o /usr/bin/lein && \
     chmod +x /usr/bin/lein && /usr/bin/lein version
 
-RUN cd /tmp && \
-    git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/status-im/react-native-desktop.git && \
+RUN mkdir -p /tmp/react-native-desktop && cd /tmp/react-native-desktop && \
+      git init && git remote add origin https://github.com/status-im/react-native-desktop.git && \
+      git fetch --depth=1 origin ${REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_COMMIT_SHA} && \
+      git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD && \
     cp -r /tmp/react-native-desktop/react-native-cli /opt && \
     cd /opt/react-native-cli && \
     npm update && npm install -g && \
diff --git a/desktop/docker/linux/Makefile b/desktop/docker/linux/Makefile
index 3ab29d3bd7..701d82267c 100644
--- a/desktop/docker/linux/Makefile
+++ b/desktop/docker/linux/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ QT_VER_MJR = 5.11
 QT_ARCHIVE = qt-opensource-linux-x64-$(QT_VERSION).run
 QT_MD5SUM  = 974fda61267cfb6e45984ee5f0a285f8
 QT_URL = https://download.qt.io/archive/qt
+QT_CI_COMMIT_SHA = 55ffd9f225708b3aa1443851cfa8dead2c1f9959
+REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_COMMIT_SHA = 2a76c435a27f0bf6c089f74222212b3a58e10385
 
 # WARNING: Remember to change the tag when updating the image
 IMAGE_TAG = 1.1.1
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ IMAGE_NAME = statusteam/linux-desktop-ubuntu:$(IMAGE_TAG)
 build: $(QT_ARCHIVE)
 	docker build \
 		--build-arg="QT_VERSION=$(QT_VERSION)" \
+		--build-arg="QT_CI_COMMIT_SHA=$(QT_CI_COMMIT_SHA)" \
+		--build-arg="REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_COMMIT_SHA=$(REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_COMMIT_SHA)" \
 		--label="commit=$(GIT_COMMIT)" \
 		-t $(IMAGE_NAME) .
 
diff --git a/desktop/docker/windows/Dockerfile b/desktop/docker/windows/Dockerfile
index 864b1b6410..85d357fe79 100644
--- a/desktop/docker/windows/Dockerfile
+++ b/desktop/docker/windows/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 FROM ubuntu:16.04
 
+ARG REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_COMMIT_SHA
+
 ENV LANG en_US.UTF-8
 ENV LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8
 ENV LANGUAGE en_US.UTF-8
@@ -37,8 +39,10 @@ RUN cd /tmp && wget -q https://cmake.org/files/v3.12/cmake-3.12.2-Linux-x86_64.t
 RUN curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/technomancy/leiningen/stable/bin/lein -o /usr/bin/lein && \
     chmod +x /usr/bin/lein && /usr/bin/lein version
 
-RUN cd /tmp && \
-    git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/status-im/react-native-desktop.git && \
+RUN mkdir -p /tmp/react-native-desktop && cd /tmp/react-native-desktop && \
+      git init && git remote add origin https://github.com/status-im/react-native-desktop.git && \
+      git fetch --depth=1 origin ${REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_COMMIT_SHA} && \
+      git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD && \
     cp -r /tmp/react-native-desktop/react-native-cli /opt && \
     cd /opt/react-native-cli && \
     npm update && npm install -g && \
diff --git a/desktop/docker/windows/Makefile b/desktop/docker/windows/Makefile
index 965847935a..633a866d53 100644
--- a/desktop/docker/windows/Makefile
+++ b/desktop/docker/windows/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ GIT_COMMIT = $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 IMAGE_TAG = 1.1.1
 IMAGE_NAME = statusteam/windows-desktop-ubuntu:$(IMAGE_TAG)
 
+REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_COMMIT_SHA = 2a76c435a27f0bf6c089f74222212b3a58e10385
+
 build:
 	docker build \
+		--build-arg="REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_COMMIT_SHA=$(REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_COMMIT_SHA)" \
 		--label="commit=$(GIT_COMMIT)" \
 		-t $(IMAGE_NAME) .
 
diff --git a/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/desktop/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
index bd0a32ea97..58c6299f9a 100755
--- a/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ endif()
 
 ExternalProject_Add(SnoreNotify_ep
   GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/status-im/snorenotify.git
+  GIT_TAG 9d54904e4896ab6c3c3a52f97381e5948b455970
+  GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
   CMAKE_ARGS ${SnoreNotify_CMAKE_ARGS}
   BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${SnoreNotify_STATIC_LIB} ${SnoreNotify_LIBS} ${SnoreNotifyBackend_STATIC_LIB}
                    ${SnoreNotifyBackendSettings_STATIC_LIB} ${SnoreNotifySettings_STATIC_LIB}