diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d3e5823..9a8e271 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout (with submodules)
+      - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: Checkout assets
+        run: git -c submodule."assets".update=checkout submodule update --init assets
 
       - name: Install pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4