diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 84799298f..2cdde32d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         version:
-          # - '1.3' # minimum supported version
+          - '1.3' # minimum supported version
           - '1' # current stable version
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/docs/make.jl b/docs/make.jl
index 3076dc4ff..f2435dd72 100644
--- a/docs/make.jl
+++ b/docs/make.jl
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ makedocs(;
         r"(Array{.+,\s?1}|Vector{.+})",
         # Older versions will show "Array{...,2}" instead of "Matrix{...}".
         r"(Array{.+,\s?2}|Matrix{.+})",
+        # Errors from macros sometimes result in `LoadError: LoadError:`
+        # rather than `LoadError:`, depending on Julia version.
+        r"ERROR: (LoadError:\s)+",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/src/submodel_macro.jl b/src/submodel_macro.jl
index 5ffed3c42..230802def 100644
--- a/src/submodel_macro.jl
+++ b/src/submodel_macro.jl
@@ -212,17 +212,23 @@ function submodel(prefix_expr, expr, ctx=esc(:__context__))
     if prefix_left !== :prefix
         error("$(prefix_left) is not a valid kwarg")
     end
+
+    # The user expects `@submodel ...` to return the
+    # return-value of the `...`, hence we need to capture
+    # the return-value and handle it correctly.
+    @gensym retval
+
     # `prefix=false` => don't prefix, i.e. do nothing to `ctx`.
     # `prefix=true` => automatically determine prefix.
     # `prefix=...` => use it.
     args_assign = getargs_assignment(expr)
     return if args_assign === nothing
         ctx = prefix_submodel_context(prefix, ctx)
-        # In this case we only want to get the `__varinfo__`.
         quote
-            $(esc(:__varinfo__)) = last(
-                $(DynamicPPL._evaluate!!)($(esc(expr)), $(esc(:__varinfo__)), $(ctx))
+            $retval, $(esc(:__varinfo__)) = $(DynamicPPL._evaluate!!)(
+                $(esc(expr)), $(esc(:__varinfo__)), $(ctx)
             )
+            $retval
         end
     else
         L, R = args_assign
@@ -235,9 +241,10 @@ function submodel(prefix_expr, expr, ctx=esc(:__context__))
             )
         end
         quote
-            $(esc(L)), $(esc(:__varinfo__)) = $(DynamicPPL._evaluate!!)(
+            $retval, $(esc(:__varinfo__)) = $(DynamicPPL._evaluate!!)(
                 $(esc(R)), $(esc(:__varinfo__)), $(ctx)
             )
+            $(esc(L)) = $retval
         end
     end
 end
diff --git a/test/compiler.jl b/test/compiler.jl
index 4c76cf1ab..0544bb5f6 100644
--- a/test/compiler.jl
+++ b/test/compiler.jl
@@ -570,5 +570,15 @@ end
 
         @model demo() = x ~ Normal()
         retval, svi = DynamicPPL.evaluate!!(demo(), SimpleVarInfo(), SamplingContext())
+
+        # Return-value when using `@submodel`
+        @model inner() = x ~ Normal()
+        # Without assignment.
+        @model outer() = @submodel inner()
+        @test outer()() isa Real
+
+        # With assignment.
+        @model outer() = @submodel x = inner()
+        @test outer()() isa Real
     end
 end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 3372b6371..dfc8d7acf 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ include("test_util.jl")
                 r"(Array{.+,\s?1}|Vector{.+})",
                 # Older versions will show "Array{...,2}" instead of "Matrix{...}".
                 r"(Array{.+,\s?2}|Matrix{.+})",
+                # Errors from macros sometimes result in `LoadError: LoadError:`
+                # rather than `LoadError:`, depending on Julia version.
+                r"ERROR: (LoadError:\s)+",
             ]
             doctest(DynamicPPL; manual=false, doctestfilters=doctestfilters)
         end
diff --git a/test/turing/Project.toml b/test/turing/Project.toml
index f8cb2bd63..9c7103841 100644
--- a/test/turing/Project.toml
+++ b/test/turing/Project.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
 Turing = "fce5fe82-541a-59a6-adf8-730c64b5f9a0"
 
 [compat]
-DynamicPPL = "0.16"
+DynamicPPL = "0.17"
 Turing = "0.18, 0.19"
 julia = "1.3"