diff --git a/actions/node-ci/action.yml b/actions/node-ci/action.yml
index 7cbd790..49c8af8 100644
--- a/actions/node-ci/action.yml
+++ b/actions/node-ci/action.yml
@@ -39,13 +39,7 @@ runs:
         path: ${{ inputs.checkout-path }}
         # Use github.ref when checkout-ref input is empty
         ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref != '' && inputs.checkout-ref || github.ref }}
-
-    - name: Checkout submodules
-      if: inputs.checkout-submodules == 'true'
-      shell: bash
-      run: git submodule update --init --recursive
-      working-directory: ${{ inputs.checkout-path }}
-
+        submodules: ${{ inputs.checkout-submodules }}
     - name: Setup Node.js
       uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with: