diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82d3494..38261da 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ jobs:
 - name: Checkout submodules
   shell: bash
   run: |
+    git config --global url."https://github.com/".insteadOf "git@github.com:"
     auth_header="$(git config --local --get http.https://github.com/.extraheader)"
     git submodule sync --recursive
     git -c "http.extraheader=$auth_header" -c protocol.version=2 submodule update --init --force --recursive --depth=1