diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 354dc73d8e9..d4f44ccf060 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ jobs:
     permissions: write-all
     steps:
     - name: Install deps
-      run: sudo apt-get install bison flex libreadline-dev tcl-dev libffi-dev
+      run: sudo apt-get install bison flex libreadline-dev tcl-dev libffi-dev \
+                                libdw-dev libdwarf-dev libelf-dev elfutils \
+                                libnsl-dev
 
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1a080163c4e..8e882d0ad7a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 [submodule "cxxopts"]
 	path = libs/cxxopts
 	url = https://github.com/jarro2783/cxxopts
-[submodule "libs/backward-cpp"]
+[submodule "backward-cpp"]
 	path = libs/backward-cpp
 	url = git@github.com:bombela/backward-cpp.git