diff --git a/.github/workflows/download_data.yml b/.github/workflows/download_data.yml
index 17b5c4a..cd7fa71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download_data.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download_data.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
-          python-version: 3.11
+          python-version: 3.13
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/bin/download_scopesim_data.sh b/bin/download_scopesim_data.sh
index bad59a9..0df2f1b 100755
--- a/bin/download_scopesim_data.sh
+++ b/bin/download_scopesim_data.sh
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ poetry install --with=test,docs
 poetry update --with=test,docs
 popd
 
+git clone https://github.com/AstarVienna/irdb.git
+pushd irdb
+# irdb doesn't use poetry yet
+pip install -r requirements.github_actions.txt
+popd
+
+git clone https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim_Templates.git
+pushd ScopeSim_Templates
+poetry install --with=test,docs
+poetry update --with=test,docs
+popd
+
 git clone https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim.git
 pushd ScopeSim
 poetry install --with=test,dev,docs
@@ -93,18 +105,6 @@ poetry install --with=test,docs
 poetry update --with=test,docs
 popd
 
-git clone https://github.com/AstarVienna/ScopeSim_Templates.git
-pushd ScopeSim_Templates
-poetry install --with=test,dev,docs
-poetry update --with=test,dev,docs
-popd
-
-git clone https://github.com/AstarVienna/irdb.git
-pushd irdb
-# irdb doesn't use poetry yet
-pip install -r requirements.github_actions.txt
-popd
-
 # poetry update will upgrade only to the latest versions that are released.
 # The packages will therefore downgrade each other.
 # But ScopeSim_Data should use the latest version of all our projects