diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/nuget-windows-ai.yml b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/nuget-windows-ai.yml
index e36d4bf37f..c6ab331640 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/nuget-windows-ai.yml
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/nuget-windows-ai.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ extends:
       name: onnxruntime-Win-CPU-2022
       os: windows
     sdl:
+      git:
+        submodules: false
       tsa:
         enabled: true
       codeSignValidation: