diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a7b61644ee2..0223f4f460a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 	path = contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/contrib/googlebench
 	url = https://github.com/google/benchmark.git
 [submodule "dependency/yyjson"]
-	path = dependency/yyjson
+	path = contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/contrib/yyjson
 	url = https://github.com/ibireme/yyjson.git
 
diff --git a/contrib/pax_storage/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/pax_storage/CMakeLists.txt
index 29c3a347dd8..3ead3e0a4eb 100644
--- a/contrib/pax_storage/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/pax_storage/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ if(USE_MANIFEST_API AND NOT USE_PAX_CATALOG)
 
     set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)
     set(CMAKE_INSTALL_SO_NO_EXE OFF)
-    add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../../dependency/yyjson ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/yyjson_build)
+    add_subdirectory(src/cpp/contrib/yyjson ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/yyjson_build)
 
     set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${SAVED_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
     set(CMAKE_INSTALL_SO_NO_EXE ${SAVED_CMAKE_INSTALL_SO_NO_EXE})
diff --git a/contrib/pax_storage/doc/README.md b/contrib/pax_storage/doc/README.md
index 39077955a0c..9e8e8fefb1a 100644
--- a/contrib/pax_storage/doc/README.md
+++ b/contrib/pax_storage/doc/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ git submodule update --init --recursive
 ```
 
 The following submodules will be downloaded for building and tesing PAX:
-- yyjson (`dependency/yyjson`)
+- yyjson (`contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/contrib/yyjson`)
 - cpp-stub (`contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/cotnrib`)
 - googlebench (`contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/cotnrib`)
 - googletest (`contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/cotnrib`)
diff --git a/contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/cmake/pax.cmake b/contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/cmake/pax.cmake
index 099a66f30d8..39e4944eb54 100644
--- a/contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/cmake/pax.cmake
+++ b/contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/cmake/pax.cmake
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ if (USE_MANIFEST_API)
     set(pax_catalog_src ${pax_catalog_src} catalog/pax_manifest_impl.cc)
   else()
     # use manifest implementation
-    set(pax_target_include ${pax_target_include} ${TOP_DIR}/dependency/yyjson/src)
+    set(pax_target_include ${pax_target_include} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/yyjson/src)
     set(pax_catalog_src ${pax_catalog_src} ${manifest_src})
   endif()
 else() # USE_MANIFEST_API
diff --git a/dependency/yyjson b/contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/contrib/yyjson
similarity index 100%
rename from dependency/yyjson
rename to contrib/pax_storage/src/cpp/contrib/yyjson