diff --git a/.github/workflows/source-vendor.yml b/.github/workflows/source-vendor.yml
index 023d24dc98c..c8e7fb3b1d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/source-vendor.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/source-vendor.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           echo ls -a libs/cxxopts
           ls -a libs/cxxopts
           git ls-files > files_to_include.txt
-          git submodule foreach --recursive 'git ls-files | sed "s|^|$path/|"' >> files_to_include.txt
+          git submodule foreach --quiet 'git ls-files | sed "s|^|$path/|"' >> files_to_include.txt
           echo trying to include the following files:
           cat files_to_include.txt
           echo tar: