diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 17306d51ae8..fd6190bbe3c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "thirdparty/OpenDataDetector"]
 	path = thirdparty/OpenDataDetector
-	url = ../../acts-project/OpenDataDetector.git
+	url = https://gitlab.cern.ch/acts/OpenDataDetector.git