diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c7d9a5f45e..8a2a54397f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ install-dev:
 	uv sync --all-extras
 	uv run pre-commit install
 	uv run playwright install
-	uv run python -m browserforge update
 
 build:
 	uv build --verbose
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1859e24a58..c8beb470ad 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ keywords = [
     "scraping",
 ]
 dependencies = [
+    "apify_fingerprint_datapoints>=0.0.2",
     "browserforge>=1.2.3",
     "cachetools>=5.5.0",
     "colorama>=0.4.0",
diff --git a/src/crawlee/_browserforge_workaround.py b/src/crawlee/_browserforge_workaround.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d191e9f658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/crawlee/_browserforge_workaround.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# ruff: noqa
+def patch_browserforge() -> None:
+    """Patches `browserforge` to use data from `apify_fingerprint_datapoints`.
+
+    This avoids import time or runtime file downloads."""
+
+    # Temporary fix until https://github.com/daijro/browserforge/pull/29 is merged
+    from pathlib import Path
+    from typing import Dict
+    import apify_fingerprint_datapoints  # type:ignore[import-untyped]
+    from browserforge import download
+    from browserforge.download import DATA_FILES
+
+    # Needed to be done before the import of code that does import time download
+    download.DATA_DIRS: Dict[str, Path] = {  # type:ignore[misc]
+        'headers': apify_fingerprint_datapoints.get_header_network().parent,
+        'fingerprints': apify_fingerprint_datapoints.get_fingerprint_network().parent,
+    }
+    import browserforge.bayesian_network
+
+    class BayesianNetwork(browserforge.bayesian_network.BayesianNetwork):
+        def __init__(self, path: Path) -> None:
+            if path.name in DATA_FILES['headers']:
+                path = download.DATA_DIRS['headers'] / path.name
+            else:
+                path = download.DATA_DIRS['fingerprints'] / path.name
+            super().__init__(path)
+
+    browserforge.bayesian_network.BayesianNetwork = BayesianNetwork  # type:ignore[misc]
+    import browserforge.headers.generator
+
+    browserforge.headers.generator.DATA_DIR = download.DATA_DIRS['headers']
+    import browserforge.fingerprints.generator
+
+    browserforge.headers.generator.DATA_DIR = download.DATA_DIRS['fingerprints']
diff --git a/src/crawlee/browsers/__init__.py b/src/crawlee/browsers/__init__.py
index d6c32ca9e5..ab4d2fa5a9 100644
--- a/src/crawlee/browsers/__init__.py
+++ b/src/crawlee/browsers/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
 _install_import_hook(__name__)
 
+# Due to patch_browserforge
+# ruff: noqa
+from .._browserforge_workaround import patch_browserforge
+
+patch_browserforge()
+
 # The following imports are wrapped in try_import to handle optional dependencies,
 # ensuring the module can still function even if these dependencies are missing.
 with _try_import(__name__, 'BrowserPool'):
diff --git a/src/crawlee/fingerprint_suite/__init__.py b/src/crawlee/fingerprint_suite/__init__.py
index 4b604b1ff5..83251b7151 100644
--- a/src/crawlee/fingerprint_suite/__init__.py
+++ b/src/crawlee/fingerprint_suite/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Due to patch_browserforge
+# ruff: noqa
+from .._browserforge_workaround import patch_browserforge
+
+patch_browserforge()
+
 from ._browserforge_adapter import BrowserforgeFingerprintGenerator as DefaultFingerprintGenerator
 from ._fingerprint_generator import FingerprintGenerator
 from ._header_generator import HeaderGenerator
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index aa271d4342..6d0f3f4453 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/46/eb/e7f063ad1fec6b3178a3cd82d1a3c4de82cccf283fc42746168188e1cdd5/anyio-4.8.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b5011f270ab5eb0abf13385f851315585cc37ef330dd88e27ec3d34d651fd47a", size = 96041 },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "apify-fingerprint-datapoints"
+version = "0.0.2"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/94/d8/315b56dcca35a1b434e8a18bc1f4694c3ddc6fc8d7f8c19a3c983db15b9f/apify_fingerprint_datapoints-0.0.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:96e6f103774c7b64bb91c6a6a98315cdec340e154636b048824d3bd53401116f", size = 1145046 }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e5/29/0bc61fa8d357bd5f0f14c7250f19c984c3ed402575e8e2283ff58ba851a6/apify_fingerprint_datapoints-0.0.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:fc0a3707353d98064ac51541880290dc2dbbd2898affcf770d6762836812b9c1", size = 836233 },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arrow"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -581,6 +590,7 @@ name = "crawlee"
 version = "0.6.3"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
+    { name = "apify-fingerprint-datapoints" },
     { name = "browserforge" },
     { name = "cachetools" },
     { name = "colorama" },
@@ -666,6 +676,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
+    { name = "apify-fingerprint-datapoints", specifier = ">=0.0.2" },
     { name = "beautifulsoup4", extras = ["lxml"], marker = "extra == 'all'", specifier = ">=4.12.0" },
     { name = "beautifulsoup4", extras = ["lxml"], marker = "extra == 'beautifulsoup'", specifier = ">=4.12.0" },
     { name = "browserforge", specifier = ">=1.2.3" },
@@ -1113,7 +1124,7 @@ name = "importlib-metadata"
 version = "8.6.1"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
-    { name = "zipp" },
+    { name = "zipp", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
 ]
 sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/33/08/c1395a292bb23fd03bdf572a1357c5a733d3eecbab877641ceacab23db6e/importlib_metadata-8.6.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:310b41d755445d74569f993ccfc22838295d9fe005425094fad953d7f15c8580", size = 55767 }
 wheels = [