diff -up ./submodules/CMakeLists.txt.offline ./submodules/CMakeLists.txt
--- ./submodules/CMakeLists.txt.offline	2026-03-17 23:26:53.000000000 +0100
+++ ./submodules/CMakeLists.txt	2026-03-18 11:03:53.917863570 +0100
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ endif()
 
 set(MODULES_INSTALL_PREFIX "${MODULES_DIR}/install")
 
-find_program(_GIT_EXE git REQUIRED)
+find_program(_GIT_EXE git)
 
 
 function(find_and_replace file_name find_what replace_with)
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ 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)
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ else()
 
   checkout_submodule_branch(
     ${MODULE_GOOGLE_TEST} "https://github.com/google/googletest.git" "main"
-    "${MODULES_DIR}/googletest/build-release")
+    "${MODULES_DIR}/googletest")
 
   if("${SAN_BUILD_LOWER}" STREQUAL "no")