diff --git a/.github/workflows/bridge.yml b/.github/workflows/bridge.yml
index 83e0512dc..5445e25b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bridge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bridge.yml
@@ -91,8 +91,32 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download refdata_compare notebook
         run: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tardis-sn/tardis-refdata/master/notebooks/ref_data_compare_from_paths.ipynb
         
-      - name: Download reference data
-        run: bash .ci-helpers/download_reference_data.sh
+      - name: Clone tardis-sn/tardis-refdata
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          repository: tardis-sn/tardis-refdata
+          path: tardis-refdata
+
+      - name: Create LFS file list
+        run: git lfs ls-files -l | cut -d' ' -f1 | sort > .lfs-assets-id
+        working-directory: tardis-refdata
+
+      - name: Restore LFS cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        id: lfs-cache
+        with:
+          path: tardis-refdata/.git/lfs
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-lfs-${{ hashFiles('tardis-refdata/.lfs-assets-id') }}-v${{ env.CACHE_NUMBER }}
+
+      - name: Git LFS Pull
+        run: git lfs pull
+        working-directory: tardis-refdata
+        if: steps.lfs-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+
+      - name: Git LFS Checkout
+        run: git lfs checkout
+        working-directory: tardis-refdata
+        if: steps.lfs-cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
 
       - name: Setup TARDIS environment
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2