diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8137755..7cce47d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,14 +39,10 @@ You can add the following Lua code to your `init.lua` to bootstrap **lazy.nvim**
 ```lua
 local lazypath = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy/lazy.nvim"
 if not vim.loop.fs_stat(lazypath) then
-  vim.fn.system({
-    "git",
-    "clone",
-    "--filter=blob:none",
-    "--branch=stable", -- remove this if you want to bootstrap to HEAD
-    "https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git",
-    lazypath,
-  })
+  if not vim.loop.fs_stat(lazypath) then
+    vim.fn.system({ "git", "clone", "--filter=blob:none", "https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git", lazypath })
+    vim.fn.system({ "git", "-C", lazypath, "checkout", "tags/stable" }) -- last stable release
+  end
 end
 vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazypath)
 ```
diff --git a/lua/lazy/init.lua b/lua/lazy/init.lua
index ce21dfc..62783cc 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/init.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/init.lua
@@ -68,14 +68,10 @@ end
 function M.bootstrap()
   local lazypath = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy/lazy.nvim"
   if not vim.loop.fs_stat(lazypath) then
-    vim.fn.system({
-      "git",
-      "clone",
-      "--filter=blob:none",
-      "--branch=stable", -- remove this if you want to bootstrap to HEAD
-      "https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git",
-      lazypath,
-    })
+    if not vim.loop.fs_stat(lazypath) then
+      vim.fn.system({ "git", "clone", "--filter=blob:none", "https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git", lazypath })
+      vim.fn.system({ "git", "-C", lazypath, "checkout", "tags/stable" }) -- last stable release
+    end
   end
   vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazypath)
 end