diff --git a/get-changed-paths.sh b/get-changed-paths.sh
index eda9b0c7..200874d4 100755
--- a/get-changed-paths.sh
+++ b/get-changed-paths.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function get_diff() {
           git diff --diff-filter="$filter" --name-only --ignore-submodules=all "${sub_commit_pre:-4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904}" "${sub_commit_cur}" | awk -v r="$sub" '{ print "" r "/" $0}' 2>/dev/null
         )
       ) || {
-        echo "::error::Failed to get changed files for submodule ($sub) between: $base $sha. Please ensure that submodules are initialized and up to date. See: https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage" >&2
+        echo "::warning::Failed to get changed files for submodule ($sub) between: $base $sha. Please ensure that submodules are initialized and up to date. See: https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage" >&2
         return 0
       }
     fi
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ function get_renames() {
   while IFS='' read -r sub; do
     sub_commit_pre="$(git diff "$base" "$sha" -- "$sub" | { grep '^[-]Subproject commit' || true; } | awk '{print $3}')" && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
     if [[ $exit_status -ne 0 ]]; then
-      echo "::error::Failed to get previous commit for submodule ($sub) between: $base $sha. Please ensure that submodules are initialized and up to date. See: https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage" >&2
+      echo "::warning::Failed to get previous commit for submodule ($sub) between: $base $sha. Please ensure that submodules are initialized and up to date. See: https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage" >&2
       return 0
     fi
 
     sub_commit_cur="$(git diff "$base" "$sha" -- "$sub" | { grep '^[+]Subproject commit' || true; } | awk '{print $3}')" && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
     if [[ $exit_status -ne 0 ]]; then
-      echo "::error::Failed to get current commit for submodule ($sub) between: $base $sha. Please ensure that submodules are initialized and up to date. See: https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage" >&2
+      echo "::warning::Failed to get current commit for submodule ($sub) between: $base $sha. Please ensure that submodules are initialized and up to date. See: https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage" >&2
       return 0
     fi
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ function get_renames() {
           git log --name-status --ignore-submodules=all "${sub_commit_pre:-4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904}" "${sub_commit_cur}" | { grep -E "^R" || true; } | awk -F '\t' -v d="$INPUT_OLD_NEW_SEPARATOR" '{print $2d$3}' | awk -v r="$sub" '{ print "" r "/" $0}'
         )
       ) || {
-        echo "::error::Failed to get renamed files for submodule ($sub) between: $base $sha. Please ensure that submodules are initialized and up to date. See: https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage" >&2
+        echo "::warning::Failed to get renamed files for submodule ($sub) between: $base $sha. Please ensure that submodules are initialized and up to date. See: https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage" >&2
         return 0
       }
     fi