diff --git a/.github/workflows/event_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/event_pr.yml
index d1051af3a..a8eacd514 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/event_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/event_pr.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
+          token: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_SUBMODULE_ACCESS_TOKEN || github.token }}
       - name: Run sccache-cache
         uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.4
       - run: rustup update stable && rustup default stable