diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0fca529f..84138086 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ jobs:
     needs: [job_armv7, job_armv8]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: 'recursive'
       - name: Download all build artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with: