diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-secret.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-secret.yaml
index 0f4af02e..09e5eb6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-secret.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-secret.yaml
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         if [ ! -d "data" ] || [ -z "$(ls -A data 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
           uv tool install huggingface-hub
+          huggingface-cli download The-OpenROAD-Project/ORAssistant_RAG_Dataset \
+            --repo-type dataset --local-dir ./data
         else
           echo "Dataset already cached on runner, skipping download"
         fi