diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 464f7a603..4917c2432 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def run(self):
     "pyyaml",
     "tiffslide",
     "matplotlib",
-    "gdown",
+    "gdown==4.6.3",
     "pytest",
     "coverage",
     "pytest-cov",
diff --git a/testing/test_full.py b/testing/test_full.py
index a323d47e0..772258320 100644
--- a/testing/test_full.py
+++ b/testing/test_full.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def test_generic_download_data():
         if not os.path.isfile(file):
             print("Downloading and extracting sample data")
             output = os.path.join(testingDir, "gandlf_unit_test_data.tgz")
-            gdown.download(urlToDownload, output, quiet=False)
+            gdown.download(urlToDownload, output, quiet=False, verify = True)
             with zipfile.ZipFile(output, "r") as zip_ref:
                 zip_ref.extractall(testingDir)
             os.remove(output)