diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index a52fd2b6b..7a86ee102 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-13 1000
         sudo update-alternatives --set gcc /usr/bin/gcc-13
         pip install meson ninja
+        git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --depth 1
         meson setup \
           --buildtype=plain \
           --prefix=/usr \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily_build.yml b/.github/workflows/daily_build.yml
index f7d898be5..8d18c5ab6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily_build.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ jobs:
           sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-13 1000 
           sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-13 1000
           sudo update-alternatives --set gcc /usr/bin/gcc-13
+      - name: Install submodules
+        run: git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --depth 1
       - name: install build systems
         run: sudo apt install meson ninja-build
       - run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_benchmarks.yml
index bbad09866..d918a0596 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_benchmarks.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
       run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gcc g++ pkg-config libopenblas-dev libiniparser-dev libjsoncpp-dev libcurl3-dev tensorflow2-lite-dev nnstreamer-dev libglib2.0-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgtest-dev ml-api-common-dev flatbuffers-compiler ml-inference-api-dev libunwind-dev libbenchmark-dev
     - name: install additional packages for features
       run: sudo apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-numpy python3
+    - name: Install submodules
+      run: git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --depth 1
     - name: install build systems
       run: sudo apt install meson ninja-build
     - run: meson setup build/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_clean_meson_build.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_clean_meson_build.yml
index ace8691db..9bfc7a6e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_clean_meson_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_clean_meson_build.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ jobs:
         sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-13 1000 
         sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-13 1000
         sudo update-alternatives --set gcc /usr/bin/gcc-13
+    - name: Install submodules
+      run: git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --depth 1
     - name: install build systems
       run: sudo apt install meson ninja-build
     - run: |