diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_collab_image.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_collab_image.yml
index a257f2543301372a318437347b8240f2680a0a26..4c6285945447bd1332024eb78a278def8c5c80a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_collab_image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_collab_image.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           clean: false
+          submodules: 'recursive'
 
       - name: Check that tag version matches package version
         run: |