diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5c27c4c..8ee6c68 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/sermojohn/gitmono
 go 1.17
 
 require (
-	github.com/gogs/git-module v1.8.0
+	github.com/gogs/git-module v1.8.1
 	github.com/google/go-cmdtest v0.4.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.6.0
 	github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.5.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9fc2c1d..8c3009b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/gogs/git-module v1.8.0 h1:IecGCQ0kCm0c7SFwUYcLXtfCbUb8V3Z6KJA0+WQMzms=
-github.com/gogs/git-module v1.8.0/go.mod h1:Y3rsSqtFZEbn7lp+3gWf42GKIY1eNTtLt7JrmOy0yAQ=
+github.com/gogs/git-module v1.8.1 h1:yC5BZ3unJOXC8N6/FgGQ8EtJXpOd217lgDcd2aPOxkc=
+github.com/gogs/git-module v1.8.1/go.mod h1:Y3rsSqtFZEbn7lp+3gWf42GKIY1eNTtLt7JrmOy0yAQ=
 github.com/google/go-cmdtest v0.4.0 h1:ToXh6W5spLp3npJV92tk6d5hIpUPYEzHLkD+rncbyhI=
 github.com/google/go-cmdtest v0.4.0/go.mod h1:apVn/GCasLZUVpAJ6oWAuyP7Ne7CEsQbTnc0plM3m+o=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1 h1:Xye71clBPdm5HgqGwUkwhbynsUJZhDbS20FvLhQ2izg=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/gogs/git-module/tree_entry.go b/vendor/github.com/gogs/git-module/tree_entry.go
index cac8764..8fdf251 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/gogs/git-module/tree_entry.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/gogs/git-module/tree_entry.go
@@ -243,10 +243,10 @@ func (es Entries) CommitsInfo(commit *Commit, opts ...CommitsInfoOptions) ([]*En
 
 				// Get extra information for submodules
 				if e.IsCommit() {
+					// Be tolerant to implicit submodules
 					info.Submodule, err = commit.Submodule(epath)
 					if err != nil {
-						setError(fmt.Errorf("get submodule %q: %v", epath, err))
-						return
+						info.Submodule = &Submodule{Name: epath}
 					}
 				}
 
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index aa770bc..050b74f 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 ## explicit
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew
-# github.com/gogs/git-module v1.8.0
+# github.com/gogs/git-module v1.8.1
 ## explicit; go 1.16
 github.com/gogs/git-module
 # github.com/google/go-cmdtest v0.4.0