diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
index cfbd6469a..d12f2e55c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
+          submodules: true
       - name: Set target rust version
         run: echo "TARGET_RUST_VERSION=$(if [ "${{matrix.rust}}" = "msrv" ]; then grep rust-version Cargo.toml | grep MSRV | cut -d'"' -f2; else echo "${{matrix.rust}}"; fi)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         if: matrix.os != 'windows-2022'
@@ -114,15 +115,15 @@ jobs:
             target: "i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
             gcc: "i686-linux-gnu-gcc"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
-        with:
-          packages: qemu-user qemu-user-static qemu-system-s390x gcc-s390x-linux-gnu gcc-i686-linux-gnu g++-s390x-linux-gnu
-          version: 1.0
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
+          submodules: true
+      - uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
+        with:
+          packages: qemu-user qemu-user-static qemu-system-s390x gcc-s390x-linux-gnu gcc-i686-linux-gnu g++-s390x-linux-gnu
+          version: 1.0
       - name: Copy QEMU Cargo Config
         run: |
           mkdir -p .cargo
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
+          submodules: true
       - name: Install rust toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@be73d7920c329f220ce78e0234b8f96b7ae60248
         with:
@@ -193,6 +195,7 @@ jobs:
   #       uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
   #       with:
   #         persist-credentials: false
+  #         submodules: true
   #     - name: Install nightly toolchain
   #       uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@be73d7920c329f220ce78e0234b8f96b7ae60248
   #       with:
@@ -228,6 +231,7 @@ jobs:
   #       uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
   #       with:
   #         persist-credentials: false
+  #         submodules: true
   #     - name: Install nightly toolchain
   #       uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@be73d7920c329f220ce78e0234b8f96b7ae60248
   #       with:
@@ -262,6 +266,7 @@ jobs:
   #       uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
   #       with:
   #         persist-credentials: false
+  #         submodules: true
   #     - name: Install rust toolchain
   #       uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@be73d7920c329f220ce78e0234b8f96b7ae60248
   #       with:
@@ -310,6 +315,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
+          submodules: true
       - name: Install wasmtime
         run: curl https://wasmtime.dev/install.sh -sSf | bash
       - name: Copy .cargo/config.toml
@@ -342,7 +348,11 @@ jobs:
     name: "Miri"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          submodules: true
       - name: Install Miri
         run: |
           rustup toolchain install nightly --component miri