diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 53b6ed9..d162275 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ image: "node:lts-slim"
 
 variables:
   HUGO_VERSION: "0.73.0"
+  GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
 
 cache:
   key: ${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ cache:
     - .cache
 
 before_script:
-  - wget https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v${HUGO_VERSION}/hugo_extended_${HUGO_VERSION}_Linux-64bit.deb -O /tmp/hugo.deb
+  - curl -Lo /tmp/hugo.deb https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v${HUGO_VERSION}/hugo_extended_${HUGO_VERSION}_Linux-64bit.deb
   - dpkg -i /tmp/hugo.deb
   - npm ci --cache .npm --prefer-offline --production