diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
index 6d68176a3..dc2054106 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch all history and tags
 
+    - name: cleanup submodules
+      run: |
+          git submodule foreach --recursive git clean -ffdx
+          git submodule foreach --recursive git reset --hard
+
     - name: Set reusable strings
       id: strings
       shell: bash