diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4a1f0772c33bb4c1b9ba14a5329a9dcfbf8b96fb..862fd6e495c9b89d7d8083ecd372b5c822af45d0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "core/general-client/"]
-	path = core/general-client/
+[submodule "core/general-client/pybind11"]
+	path = core/general-client/pybind11
 	url = https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
diff --git a/core/general-client/pybind11 b/core/general-client/pybind11
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4f72ef846fe8453596230ac285eeaa0ce3278bb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/general-client/pybind11
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 4f72ef846fe8453596230ac285eeaa0ce3278bb4