diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 3d1de3d..cce589e 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,14 @@ steps:
       when:
         event:
           - tag
+  - name: submodules
+    image: alpine/git
+    commands:
+      - git submodule update --init --recursive
   - name: build
     image: sist2app/sist2-build
+    depends_on:
+    - submodules
     commands:
       - ./scripts/build.sh
   - name: scp files
@@ -69,8 +75,14 @@ steps:
       when:
         event:
           - tag
+  - name: submodules
+    image: alpine/git
+    commands:
+      - git submodule update --init --recursive
   - name: build
     image: sist2app/sist2-build-arm64
+    depends_on:
+      - submodules
     commands:
       - ./scripts/build_arm64.sh
   - name: scp files
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 430ac31..32ff075 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 VCPKG_ROOT="/vcpkg"
 
-git submodule update --init --recursive
-
 (
   cd sist2-vue/
   npm install