diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml
index b812adf..8d0d3af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ jobs:
       CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: "x86_64 aarch64"
       # No support for pypy, musl, Win32 for 3.10+
       # Skip musl for 3.8 and 3.9 since no upstream wheels
-      CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: 'git submodule foreach git checkout  ${{ env.BUILD_COMMIT }}'
       CIBW_SKIP: "pp* *-win32 cp38-musllinux* cp39-musllinux* *musllinux_aarch64*"
       CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: pytest pytest-xdist
       CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: python -c "import statsmodels; statsmodels.test(['--skip-examples','--skip-slow','-n','2'], exit=True)"
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@ jobs:
           output-dir: wheelhouse
           package-dir: statsmodels
         env:
+          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: 'git submodule foreach git checkout  ${{ env.BUILD_COMMIT }}'
           CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS: "arm64"
 
       - name: Build wheels (MacOS x86_64)
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           output-dir: wheelhouse
           package-dir: statsmodels
         env:
+          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: 'git submodule foreach git checkout  ${{ env.BUILD_COMMIT }}'
           CIBW_ARCHS_OSX: "x86_64"
 
       - name: Build Pyodide wheel
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ jobs:
           output-dir: wheelhouse
           package-dir: statsmodels
         env:
+          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: 'git submodule foreach git checkout  ${{ env.BUILD_COMMIT }}'
           CIBW_PLATFORM: pyodide
 
       - name: Setup Upload Variables