preserving the golden gitmodule
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 03e01be..7fc7971 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [submodule "verilog/rtl/syntacore/scr1/dependencies/riscv-tests"]
 	path = verilog/rtl/syntacore/scr1/dependencies/riscv-tests
 	url = https://github.com/riscv/riscv-tests
+	branch = e30978a71921159aec38eeefd848fca4ed39a826
 [submodule "verilog/rtl/syntacore/scr1/dependencies/riscv-compliance"]
 	path = verilog/rtl/syntacore/scr1/dependencies/riscv-compliance
 	url = https://github.com/riscv/riscv-compliance
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
 [submodule "verilog/rtl/syntacore/scr1/dependencies/coremark"]
 	path = verilog/rtl/syntacore/scr1/dependencies/coremark
 	url = https://github.com/eembc/coremark
+	branch = 7f420b6bdbff436810ef75381059944e2b0d79e8
 [submodule "caravel1"]
 	path = caravel
 	url = https://github.com/efabless/caravel-lite.git