diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c5bd48b..7a22776 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,15 +9,19 @@ workflow:
 stages:
   - build
 
+variables:
+  GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
+
 build-colcon-job:
   stage: build
   script:
   - apt-get update
+  - apt-get install -y python3-pip libgeos-dev
   - mkdir -p .src/robossembler-ros2
   - mv * .src/robossembler-ros2
   - mv .git .src/robossembler-ros2
   - mv .src src
-  - vcs import src < robossembler-ros2/repos/all-deps.repos
+  - vcs import src < src/robossembler-ros2/repos/all-deps.repos
   - pip install -r src/robossembler-ros2/repos/requirements.txt
   - rosdep install -y -r -q --from-paths src --ignore-src --rosdistro humble
   - colcon build --cmake-args -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release