diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 04d6467..7be15c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+## [2.3.2] - 2025-04-24
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed `checkout` command to use `--recurse-submodules` if component has submodules
+
 ## [2.3.1] - 2025-04-16
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5c58072..fb7c7ec 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "mepo"
-version = "2.3.1"
+version = "2.3.2"
 description = "A tool for managing (m)ultiple r(epo)s"
 authors = [{name="GMAO SI Team", email="siteam@gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov"}]
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/src/mepo/command/checkout-if-exists.py b/src/mepo/command/checkout-if-exists.py
index bb59628..6a20db7 100644
--- a/src/mepo/command/checkout-if-exists.py
+++ b/src/mepo/command/checkout-if-exists.py
@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@ def run(args):
                             colors.RESET + comp.name + colors.RESET,
                         )
                     )
-                git.checkout(ref_name, args.detach)
+                git.checkout(
+                    ref_name, detach=args.detach, recurse=comp.recurse_submodules
+                )
diff --git a/src/mepo/command/checkout.py b/src/mepo/command/checkout.py
index ae76773..b954753 100644
--- a/src/mepo/command/checkout.py
+++ b/src/mepo/command/checkout.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def run(args):
                         colors.RESET + comp.name + colors.RESET,
                     )
                 )
-        git.checkout(branch, args.detach)
+        git.checkout(branch, detach=args.detach, recurse=comp.recurse_submodules)
 
 
 def _get_comps_to_checkout(specified_comps, allcomps):
diff --git a/src/mepo/command/clone.py b/src/mepo/command/clone.py
index 599692e..fecab8d 100644
--- a/src/mepo/command/clone.py
+++ b/src/mepo/command/clone.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def clone_fixture(url, branch=None, directory=None, partial=None):
         last_url_node = p.path.rsplit("/")[-1]
         directory = pathlib.Path(last_url_node).stem
     git = GitRepository(url, directory)
-    git.clone(branch, partial)
+    git.clone(branch, partial=partial)
     return directory
 
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def clone_components(allcomps, partial):
         version = comp.version.name
         version = version.replace("origin/", "")
         git = GitRepository(comp.remote, comp.local)
-        git.clone(version, recurse_submodules, partial)
+        git.clone(version, recurse=recurse_submodules, partial=partial)
         if comp.sparse:
             git.sparsify(comp.sparse)
         print_clone_info(comp.name, comp.version, max_namelen)
@@ -123,4 +123,4 @@ def checkout_all_repos(allcomps, branch):
         branch_y = colors.YELLOW + branch + colors.RESET
         print(f"Checking out {branch_y} in {comp.name}")
         git = GitRepository(comp.remote, comp.local)
-        git.checkout(branch)
+        git.checkout(branch, recurse=comp.recurse_submodules)
diff --git a/src/mepo/command/develop.py b/src/mepo/command/develop.py
index e679955..58d3828 100644
--- a/src/mepo/command/develop.py
+++ b/src/mepo/command/develop.py
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ def run(args):
                     colors.RESET + comp.name + colors.RESET,
                 )
             )
-        git.checkout(comp.develop)
+        git.checkout(comp.develop, recurse=comp.recurse_submodules)
         _ = git.pull()
diff --git a/src/mepo/command/restore-state.py b/src/mepo/command/restore-state.py
index 3d9fe86..e520648 100644
--- a/src/mepo/command/restore-state.py
+++ b/src/mepo/command/restore-state.py
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ def restore_state(allcomps, result):
                     colors.RED + current_version + colors.RESET,
                 )
             )
-            git.checkout(comp.version.name)
+            git.checkout(comp.version.name, recurse=comp.recurse_submodules)
diff --git a/src/mepo/git.py b/src/mepo/git.py
index deb223d..7a035e0 100644
--- a/src/mepo/git.py
+++ b/src/mepo/git.py
@@ -60,10 +60,12 @@ def clone(self, version=None, recurse=None, partial=None):
         shellcmd.run(shlex.split(cmd))
 
         if version is not None:
-            self.checkout(version)
+            self.checkout(version, recurse=recurse)
 
-    def checkout(self, version, detach=False):
+    def checkout(self, version, detach=False, recurse=None):
         cmd = self.__git + " checkout "
+        if recurse is not None:
+            cmd += " --recurse-submodules "
         cmd += "--quiet {}".format(version)
         shellcmd.run(shlex.split(cmd))
         if detach:
diff --git a/tests/test_mepo_commands.py b/tests/test_mepo_commands.py
index 51716d3..f9b9379 100644
--- a/tests/test_mepo_commands.py
+++ b/tests/test_mepo_commands.py
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ def test_reset(self):
             self.__class__.__mepo_clone()
 
     def test_mepo_version(self):
-        self.assertEqual(get_mepo_version(), "2.3.1")
+        self.assertEqual(get_mepo_version(), "2.3.2")
 
     def tearDown(self):
         pass