diff --git a/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
index 4fd80eb..adb3377 100644
--- a/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}
           ref: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: Update submodules to main
+        run: |
+          if [ -f .gitmodules ]; then
+            git submodule foreach 'git checkout main && git pull origin main' 2>/dev/null || true
+          fi
 
       - name: Setup mokocli tools
         env: