diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index ded2c28..653d586 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ steps:
   - name: submodules
     image: alpine/git
     commands:
-      - git submodule update --recursive --remote
+      - git pull --recurse-submodules
 
   - name: deploy
     image: drillster/drone-rsync