diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 94fe836..16a38f7 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [submodule "stablehlo"]
-	path = third_party/stablehlo
+	path = externals/stablehlo
 	url = https://github.com/openxla/stablehlo.git
 [submodule "torch-mlir"]
-	path = third_party/torch-mlir
+	path = externals/torch-mlir
 	url = https://github.com/llvm/torch-mlir.git
 [submodule "third_party/llvm-project"]
-	path = third_party/llvm-project
+	path = externals/llvm-project
 	url = https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git
diff --git a/third_party/llvm-project b/externals/llvm-project
similarity index 100%
rename from third_party/llvm-project
rename to externals/llvm-project
diff --git a/third_party/stablehlo b/externals/stablehlo
similarity index 100%
rename from third_party/stablehlo
rename to externals/stablehlo
diff --git a/third_party/torch-mlir b/externals/torch-mlir
similarity index 100%
rename from third_party/torch-mlir
rename to externals/torch-mlir