diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index a4bb6f8..b582e40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@ jobs:
               uses: actions/checkout@v3
               with:
                   submodules: "recursive"
-            - name: "Initialize and Update Submodules"
-              run: |
-                  echo "Pulling latest submodules changes"
-                  git config --global user.name 'Git bot'
-                  git config --global user.email 'bot@noreply.github.com'
-                  git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
-                  git submodule foreach 'git config pull.rebase false; git pull --allow-unrelated-histories origin main'
             - name: "cat package.json (before bump)"
               run: cat ./package.json
             - name: "Automated Version Bump"
@@ -54,7 +47,6 @@ jobs:
                   path: |
                       ./package.json
                       ./package-lock.json
-                      ./templates/starter/**
 
     publish-gpr:
         needs: bump-version