diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkg-pr-new-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pkg-pr-new-publish.yml
index 0283567a30..134650eec4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkg-pr-new-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkg-pr-new-publish.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
       - name: Build o1js and mina-signer
         run: |
-          git submodule update --init --recursive
+          GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git submodule update --init --recursive
           npm ci
           npm run prepublishOnly
           cd src/mina-signer