diff --git a/features/src/rapids-build-utils/devcontainer-feature.json b/features/src/rapids-build-utils/devcontainer-feature.json
index fe3190f2..b6792894 100644
--- a/features/src/rapids-build-utils/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/features/src/rapids-build-utils/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "NVIDIA RAPIDS devcontainer build utilities",
   "id": "rapids-build-utils",
-  "version": "24.10.9",
+  "version": "24.10.10",
   "description": "A feature to install the RAPIDS devcontainer build utilities",
   "containerEnv": {
     "BASH_ENV": "/etc/bash.bash_env"
diff --git a/features/src/rapids-build-utils/opt/rapids-build-utils/bin/tmpl/repo.clone.tmpl.sh b/features/src/rapids-build-utils/opt/rapids-build-utils/bin/tmpl/repo.clone.tmpl.sh
index 0ba647d4..d3dd0f45 100755
--- a/features/src/rapids-build-utils/opt/rapids-build-utils/bin/tmpl/repo.clone.tmpl.sh
+++ b/features/src/rapids-build-utils/opt/rapids-build-utils/bin/tmpl/repo.clone.tmpl.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ clone_${NAME}() {
         --branch "${branch}"                    \
         --ssh-url "${ssh_url}"                  \
         --https-url "${https_url}"              \
-        --recurse-submodules                    \
         -j ${n_jobs:-$(nproc --all --ignore=1)} \
         -c checkout.defaultRemote=upstream      \
         "${OPTS[@]}"                            \
diff --git a/features/src/utils/devcontainer-feature.json b/features/src/utils/devcontainer-feature.json
index 9bcbfffc..e46c6150 100644
--- a/features/src/utils/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/features/src/utils/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "devcontainer-utils",
   "id": "utils",
-  "version": "24.10.4",
+  "version": "24.10.5",
   "description": "A feature to install RAPIDS devcontainer utility scripts",
   "containerEnv": {
     "BASH_ENV": "/etc/bash.bash_env"
diff --git a/features/src/utils/opt/devcontainer/bin/git/repo/clone.sh b/features/src/utils/opt/devcontainer/bin/git/repo/clone.sh
index ea045224..43ca2aee 100755
--- a/features/src/utils/opt/devcontainer/bin/git/repo/clone.sh
+++ b/features/src/utils/opt/devcontainer/bin/git/repo/clone.sh
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ clone_git_repo() {
     fi
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    git -C "${directory}" submodule update --recursive "${qj[@]}";
+    git -C "${directory}" submodule update --init --recursive "${qj[@]}";
 }
 
 clone_git_repo "$@" <&0;