diff --git a/reco_utils/dataset/download_utils.py b/reco_utils/dataset/download_utils.py
index 21cd0dd909..3f0f08ffef 100644
--- a/reco_utils/dataset/download_utils.py
+++ b/reco_utils/dataset/download_utils.py
@@ -2,41 +2,24 @@
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 import os
-from urllib.request import urlretrieve
 import logging
+import requests
+import math
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
-
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class TqdmUpTo(tqdm):
-    """Wrapper class for the progress bar tqdm to get `update_to(n)` functionality"""
-
-    def update_to(self, b=1, bsize=1, tsize=None):
-        """A progress bar showing how much is left to finish the operation
-        
-        Args:
-            b (int): Number of blocks transferred so far.
-            bsize (int): Size of each block (in tqdm units).
-            tsize (int): Total size (in tqdm units). 
-        """
-        if tsize is not None:
-            self.total = tsize
-        self.update(b * bsize - self.n)  # will also set self.n = b * bsize
-
-
 def maybe_download(url, filename=None, work_directory=".", expected_bytes=None):
     """Download a file if it is not already downloaded.
-    
+
     Args:
         filename (str): File name.
         work_directory (str): Working directory.
         url (str): URL of the file to download.
         expected_bytes (int): Expected file size in bytes.
-
     Returns:
         str: File path of the file downloaded.
     """
@@ -44,8 +27,20 @@ def maybe_download(url, filename=None, work_directory=".", expected_bytes=None):
         filename = url.split("/")[-1]
     filepath = os.path.join(work_directory, filename)
     if not os.path.exists(filepath):
-        with TqdmUpTo(unit="B", unit_scale=True) as t:
-            filepath, _ = urlretrieve(url, filepath, reporthook=t.update_to)
+
+        r = requests.get(url, stream=True)
+        total_size = int(r.headers.get("content-length", 0))
+        block_size = 1024
+        num_iterables = math.ceil(total_size / block_size)
+
+        with open(filepath, "wb") as file:
+            for data in tqdm(
+                r.iter_content(block_size),
+                total=num_iterables,
+                unit="KB",
+                unit_scale=True,
+            ):
+                file.write(data)
     else:
         log.debug("File {} already downloaded".format(filepath))
     if expected_bytes is not None:
@@ -82,5 +77,3 @@ def download_path(path=None):
     else:
         path = os.path.realpath(path)
         yield path
-
-    
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