diff --git a/lib/tests/download_data.py b/lib/tests/download_data.py
index b1623b6..957a5c2 100755
--- a/lib/tests/download_data.py
+++ b/lib/tests/download_data.py
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ def main():
 
     chdir(pjoin(LIBDIR, 'tests'))
     if not isfile(test_data):
+        # we have been providing the same test data for the last couple of releases
+        # so no need to spend time uploading test data with each release for the forseeable future
+        # rather download from v2.0
+        __version__=2.0
         check_call(['wget', f'https://github.com/pnlbwh/Harmonization-Python/releases/download/v{__version__}/{test_data}'])
     check_call(' '.join(['tar', '-xzvf', f'{test_data}']), shell=True)
 
diff --git a/lib/tests/pipeline_test.sh b/lib/tests/pipeline_test.sh
index 8449182..d165783 100755
--- a/lib/tests/pipeline_test.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/pipeline_test.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ __version__=`echo $v | xargs`
 test_data=connectom_prisma # change this value if test data name is changed
 if [ ! -f ${test_data}.zip ]
 then
+    # we have been providing the same test data for the last couple of releases
+    # so no need to spend time uploading test data with each release for the forseeable future
+    # rather download from v2.0
+    __version__=2.0
     wget https://github.com/pnlbwh/dMRIharmonization/releases/download/v${__version__}/${test_data}.zip
 fi