diff --git a/.github/workflows/retrace.yml b/.github/workflows/retrace.yml
index c6b24e41..b2c660c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/retrace.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/retrace.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          submodules: true
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Get CMake
         uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest