diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 66bdac3..d15806d 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ steps:
   - name: submodules
     image: alpine/git
     commands:
-      - git submodule update --recursive
+      - git submodule update --init --recursive --remote
       - cat .gitmodules | grep 'path =' | while read -r path; do
       -    cd "$path"
       -    git pull origin master