diff -up ./submodules/CMakeLists.txt.old ./submodules/CMakeLists.txt
--- ./submodules/CMakeLists.txt.old	2025-09-05 12:28:45.588076443 +0200
+++ ./submodules/CMakeLists.txt	2025-09-05 12:28:57.141504699 +0200
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ set(MODULE_GOOGLE_TEST "googletest")
 
 set(MODULES_INSTALL_PREFIX "${MODULES_DIR}/install")
 
-find_program(_GIT_EXE git REQUIRED)
+find_program(_GIT_EXE git)
 
 # On some distros (mainly RedHat based) the cmake files might be installed under
 # lib64/ and not under lib/, this function helps locating the cmake path for the
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ if(WITH_SUBMODULES_SYSTEM)
 else()
   # Pull submodules with a given branch / tag and build them
   checkout_submodule_branch(${MODULE_GRPC} "https://github.com/grpc/grpc"
-                            "v1.70.1" "${MODULES_DIR}/grpc/build-release")
+                            "v1.70.1" "${MODULES_DIR}/grpc")
 
   string(FIND "${DISTRO_NAME}" "alpine" POSITION)
   if(POSITION GREATER -1)
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ else()
 
   checkout_submodule_branch(
     ${MODULE_GOOGLE_TEST} "https://github.com/google/googletest.git" "main"
-    "${MODULES_DIR}/googletest/build-release")
+    "${MODULES_DIR}/googletest")
 
   set(MODULES_COMMON_CMAKE_ARGS
       "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${MODULES_INSTALL_PREFIX} -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=20"