diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
index b44f0af32..2eab2a3c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ jobs:
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: ⬇️ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: 🆚 Get the version
         id: get_version
diff --git a/packages/otlp-importer/package.json b/packages/otlp-importer/package.json
index a5d13fc27..ee0875e4e 100644
--- a/packages/otlp-importer/package.json
+++ b/packages/otlp-importer/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "generate": "npm run protos",
     "protos": "npm run submodule && npm run protos:generate",
     "protos:generate": "./scripts/generate-protos.sh",
-    "submodule": "git submodule sync --recursive && git submodule update --init --recursive",
+    "submodule": "command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1 && git submodule sync --recursive && git submodule update --init --recursive || echo 'git not installed'",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "test": "jest"
   },