diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI-unix.yml b/.github/workflows/CI-unix.yml
index 4defc6050..ba62bd6f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI-unix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI-unix.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: 'true'
+      - name: Checkout submodules
+        run: git submodule update --init --recursive
       - name: configure
         run: |
           ./autogen.sh
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ jobs:
     container: reactnativecommunity/react-native-android:2020-5-20
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Checkout submodules
+        run: git submodule update --init --recursive
       - name: Envinfo
         run: npx envinfo
       - name: Configure android arm64
@@ -51,6 +55,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-11
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Checkout submodules
+        run: git submodule update --init --recursive
       - name: Envinfo
         run: npx envinfo
       - name: Setup
@@ -86,6 +92,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-11
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Checkout submodules
+        run: git submodule update --init --recursive
       - name: Configure
         run: |
           mkdir build-ios
@@ -123,6 +131,8 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Checkout submodules
+        run: git submodule update --init --recursive
       - name: Install QEMU
         # this ensure install latest qemu on ubuntu, apt get version is old
         env: