diff --git a/src/schnetpack/datasets/qm9.py b/src/schnetpack/datasets/qm9.py
index 89c75ac5..0c353712 100644
--- a/src/schnetpack/datasets/qm9.py
+++ b/src/schnetpack/datasets/qm9.py
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ class QM9(AtomsDataModule):
 
     References:
 
-        .. [#qm9_1] https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/3195404
-
+        .. [#qm9_1] https://springernature.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/3195404
     """
 
     # properties
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ def prepare_data(self):
 
     def _download_uncharacterized(self, tmpdir):
         logging.info("Downloading list of uncharacterized molecules...")
-        at_url = "https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/3195404"
+        at_url = "https://springernature.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/3195404"
         tmp_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "uncharacterized.txt")
         request.urlretrieve(at_url, tmp_path)
         logging.info("Done.")
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ def _download_uncharacterized(self, tmpdir):
 
     def _download_atomrefs(self, tmpdir):
         logging.info("Downloading GDB-9 atom references...")
-        at_url = "https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/3195395"
+        at_url = "https://springernature.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/3195395"
         tmp_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "atomrefs.txt")
         request.urlretrieve(at_url, tmp_path)
         logging.info("Done.")
@@ -214,9 +213,20 @@ def _download_data(
         logging.info("Downloading GDB-9 data...")
         tar_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "gdb9.tar.gz")
         raw_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "gdb9_xyz")
-        url = "https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/3195389"
+        url = "https://springernature.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/3195389"
+
+        req = request.Request(
+            url,
+            headers={
+                "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36"
+            },
+        )
+
+        with request.urlopen(req, timeout=600) as response:
+            logging.info(f"Response status: {response.status}")
+            with open(tar_path, "wb") as out_file:
+                shutil.copyfileobj(response, out_file)
 
-        request.urlretrieve(url, tar_path)
         logging.info("Done.")
 
         logging.info("Extracting files...")