diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest-coverage.yml
index 7afc2c2..7eba155 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest-coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest-coverage.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ jobs:
         steps:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v4
               with:
-                  submodules: recursive
+                  submodules: "recursive"
+                  token: ${{ secrets.SUBMODULE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
             - name: Set up Python
               uses: actions/setup-python@v4