diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 079419ca4..82a905b4f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "bolt-contracts/lib/eigenlayer-contracts"]
 	path = bolt-contracts/lib/eigenlayer-contracts
 	url = https://github.com/layr-labs/eigenlayer-contracts
+[submodule "bolt-contracts/lib/core"]
+	path = bolt-contracts/lib/core
+	url = https://github.com/symbioticfi/core
diff --git a/bolt-contracts/lib/core b/bolt-contracts/lib/core
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..f38f1b16b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bolt-contracts/lib/core
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f38f1b16b8207dcff55d681a0d5ba28c66e785c8