diff --git a/libs/gpu-dawn/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/libs/gpu-dawn/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 443ddca0..8606e8d7 100644
--- a/libs/gpu-dawn/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/libs/gpu-dawn/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
       - name: Setup Zig
         run: |
           sudo apt install xz-utils
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
       - name: Setup Zig
         run: |
           sudo apt install xz-utils
@@ -55,6 +59,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
       - name: Setup Zig
         run: |
           sudo apt install xz-utils
@@ -76,6 +82,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
       - name: Setup Zig
         run: |
           sudo apt install xz-utils
@@ -97,6 +105,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
       - name: Setup Zig
         run: |
           sudo apt install xz-utils
@@ -118,6 +128,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
       - name: Setup Zig
         run: |
           sudo apt install xz-utils
@@ -139,6 +151,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
       - name: Setup Zig
         run: |
           sudo apt install xz-utils
@@ -160,6 +174,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
       - name: Setup Zig
         run: |
           sudo apt install xz-utils
@@ -181,6 +197,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
       - name: Setup Zig
         run: |
           $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
@@ -207,6 +225,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
       - name: Setup Zig
         run: |
           $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
@@ -233,6 +253,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
       - name: Setup Zig
         run: |
           brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies libx11 # https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/11066
@@ -255,6 +277,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
       - name: Setup Zig
         run: |
           brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies libx11 # https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/11066
diff --git a/libs/gpu-dawn/.github/workflows/m1_ci.yml b/libs/gpu-dawn/.github/workflows/m1_ci.yml
index 2e7f5b95..31497ad6 100644
--- a/libs/gpu-dawn/.github/workflows/m1_ci.yml
+++ b/libs/gpu-dawn/.github/workflows/m1_ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ jobs:
           rm -rf $GITHUB_WORKSPACE && mkdir $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
       - name: Clone mach-glfw
         run: rm libs/mach-glfw && git clone https://github.com/hexops/mach-glfw libs/mach-glfw
       - name: install (debug)