diff --git a/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-continuous_integration.yml b/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-continuous_integration.yml
index 5e759f4d8e..e0338ff620 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-continuous_integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-continuous_integration.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ jobs:
       CORE_EXT_RUNNER: mi3xx
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        sparse-checkout: projects/rocprofiler-sdk
+        set-safe-directory: true
 
     - name: Install requirements
       timeout-minutes: 10
@@ -205,7 +209,11 @@ jobs:
       OS_TYPE: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        sparse-checkout: projects/rocprofiler-sdk
+        set-safe-directory: true
 
     - name: Install requirements
       timeout-minutes: 10
@@ -282,7 +290,11 @@ jobs:
       GCC_COMPILER_VERSION: 13
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        sparse-checkout: projects/rocprofiler-sdk
+        set-safe-directory: true
 
     - name: Install requirements
       timeout-minutes: 10
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-docs.yml
index c934f39071..5508941209 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-docs.yml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: projects/rocprofiler-sdk/
         run:
           export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/rocm:${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH};
-          git submodule update --init --recursive;
+          git submodule update --init -- .;
           cmake -B build
             -DROCPROFILER_DEP_ROCMCORE=ON
             -DROCPROFILER_BUILD_DOCS=ON