diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_docs.yml
index f98bfe0..3618b8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_docs.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          submodules: recursive
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Pull docker image 🐳
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_images.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_images.yml
index de091dd..89bed95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_images.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 01eb47b..d7345bd 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir termynal
 
 # fetch the repository and change the workdir
 RUN git clone https://github.com/cms-ml/documentation.git /documentation
+RUN git config --global --add safe.directory /documentation
 WORKDIR /documentation
 
 # default command