diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1a7d422f..964f9ffd 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "proto/api"]
 	path = proto/api
-	url = ../api
+	url = https://github.com/temporalio/api
 	branch = versioning-2