diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 079d13dc..ec880fe0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 [submodule "tests/data"]
 	path = tests/data
 	url = ../capa-testfiles.git
+	branch = dynamic-feature-extractor