diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-links.yml b/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
index ebf94483c8a9..f2ea27460ff6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Git submodules properly pinned?
+        run: |
+          npm run seq -- get:submodule pin:submodule
+          echo "If the diff check below fails, then update .gitmodules by pinning the named git"
+          echo "submodule(s); or undo the submodule update(s) if it happened by mistake."
+          npm run _diff:fail
+
       - name: Create NPM cache-hash input file
         run: |
           mkdir -p tmp
diff --git a/content-modules/opentelemetry-java-examples b/content-modules/opentelemetry-java-examples
index 0f736eca6a4b..dc1c59415f4d 160000
--- a/content-modules/opentelemetry-java-examples
+++ b/content-modules/opentelemetry-java-examples
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0f736eca6a4b6865fb62b00033a53369e69440f7
+Subproject commit dc1c59415f4de00b2f00fe99ea08875520d450d6