diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CDM-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CDM-check.yaml
index 19864c2..a91254e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CDM-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CDM-check.yaml
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ jobs:
           extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
           needs: check
 
-      - name: Increase download timeout
-        run: |
-          Rscript -e 'options(timeout = 300)'
-
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with:
           upload-snapshots: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index b342264..09d76f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ jobs:
           extra-packages: any::covr, any::xml2
           needs: coverage
 
-      - name: Increase download timeout
-        run: |
-          Rscript -e 'options(timeout = 300)'
-
       - name: Test coverage
         run: |
           cov <- covr::package_coverage(
diff --git a/R/pkg_utils.R b/R/pkg_utils.R
index d345fd4..bc5cc85 100644
--- a/R/pkg_utils.R
+++ b/R/pkg_utils.R
@@ -516,6 +516,8 @@ get_example_data <- function(download_url = '',
     if(!dir.exists(data_dir)){dir.create(data_dir)}
 
     # download data
+    options(timeout = 300)
+
     utils::download.file(url = download_url,
                          destfile = dest_file,
                          mode = 'wb')