diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-build.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-build.yml
index 1665af17b1234..8af12d257c024 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-build.yml
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.checkout }}
-          # only Pytorch has/uses notebooks
-          submodules: ${{ matrix.pkg-name == 'pytorch' }}
-          lfs: ${{ matrix.pkg-name == 'pytorch' }}
+          submodules: "recursive"
+          lfs: true
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"