diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index f62bf65..097b435 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
+        submodules: recursive
     - name: Checkout workflows repo
       uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-tags.yml b/.github/workflows/release-tags.yml
index 686c9ff..bb5520d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-tags.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-tags.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 32
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Determine JDK versions
         id: list-jdk-versions