diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
index 6039c3f..dcc2669 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ jobs:
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          git clone https://github.com/apache/lucene --depth 1
           cd lucene
           ./gradlew assemble -x test -x errorprone publishToMavenLocal -x signJarsPublication
           mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=org.lucene -DartifactId=lucene-core -Dversion=9.0.0-SNAPSHOT -DgeneratePom=true -Dpackaging=jar -DrepositoryId=mchv-snapshot-distribution -Durl=https://mvn.mchv.eu/repository/mchv-snapshot -Dfile=lucene/core/build/libs/lucene-core-9.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar -Djavadoc=lucene/core/build/libs/lucene-core-9.0.0-SNAPSHOT-javadoc.jar -Dsources=lucene/core/build/libs/lucene-core-9.0.0-SNAPSHOT-sources.jar
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c6f922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "lucene"]
+	path = lucene
+	url = https://github.com/apache/lucene
diff --git a/lucene b/lucene
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..f38c401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lucene
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f38c401283c43b17fa5c63b4da0a9ffc13660bc4