diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/test-packages.yml
index 37df9004aa..2e53ea62b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-packages.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Expose globally-installed puppeteer to Node.js
         # puppeteer@23.6.0 is pre-installed on oss-vm via `npm install -g`.