diff --git a/.github/workflows/android-app.yml b/.github/workflows/android-app.yml
index 5eedfb158a0b..d3c260e16df9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android-app.yml
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: true
 
+      - name: Checkout wireguard-go-rs recursively
+        run: |
+          git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
+          git submodule update --recursive --depth=1 wireguard-go-rs
+
       - name: Calculate native lib cache hash
         id: native-lib-cache-hash
         shell: bash