diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 39e45fe3..fb96634f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ cov = [
     "cov-report",
 ]
 e2e = [
+    "git submodule init",
     "git submodule update --init",
     "cp spec/specification/assets/gherkin/*.feature tests/features/",
     "behave tests/features/",