diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index dfb25f374..b1dc9d8d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-      - name: Checkout submodule
-        # Manually update submodules with --checkout because they are configured with update=none and will be skipped otherwise
-        run: git submodule update --recursive --init --force --checkout
+        with:
+          submodules: checkout
       - name: Run generator
         run: cargo run -p generator
       - name: Diff autogen result