diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b966ce62f8..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "dat"]
-	path = dat
-	url = https://github.com/delta-incubator/dat.git
diff --git a/dat b/dat
deleted file mode 160000
index e7798ddd9c..0000000000
--- a/dat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit e7798ddd9cf4138d22e102361f08a9dcf92fb539
diff --git a/python/.gitignore b/python/.gitignore
index 96132d7999..e1e978f0a6 100644
--- a/python/.gitignore
+++ b/python/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ __pycache__/
 docs/build
 
 *.so
+
+# dat data
+dat-data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/Makefile b/python/Makefile
index db72b4f20f..59d89051a6 100644
--- a/python/Makefile
+++ b/python/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 VENV := venv
 MATURIN_VERSION := $(shell grep 'requires =' pyproject.toml | cut -d= -f2- | tr -d '[ "]')
 PACKAGE_VERSION := $(shell grep version Cargo.toml | head -n 1 | awk '{print $$3}' | tr -d '"' )
+DAT_VERSION := 0.0.1
 
 .PHONY: setup-venv
 setup-venv: ## Setup the virtualenv
@@ -14,6 +15,16 @@ setup: ## Setup the requirements
 	$(info --- Setup dependencies ---)
 	pip install "$(MATURIN_VERSION)"
 
+.PHONY: setup-dat
+setup-dat: ## Download DAT test files
+	mkdir -p dat-data
+	rm -rf dat-data/v$(DAT_VERSION)
+	curl -L --silent --output dat-data/deltalake-dat-v$(DAT_VERSION).tar.gz \
+		https://github.com/delta-incubator/dat/releases/download/v$(DAT_VERSION)/deltalake-dat-v$(DAT_VERSION).tar.gz 
+	-tar -xzf dat-data/deltalake-dat-v$(DAT_VERSION).tar.gz
+	mv out dat-data/v$(DAT_VERSION)
+	rm dat-data/deltalake-dat-v$(DAT_VERSION).tar.gz
+
 .PHONY: build
 build: setup ## Build Python binding of delta-rs
 	$(info --- Build Python binding ---)
diff --git a/python/tests/data_acceptance/test_reader.py b/python/tests/data_acceptance/test_reader.py
index b980480cab..8ab1e8bf50 100644
--- a/python/tests/data_acceptance/test_reader.py
+++ b/python/tests/data_acceptance/test_reader.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-from typing import NamedTuple, Dict, Any
-from pathlib import Path
 import json
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Dict, NamedTuple, Optional
 
 import pyarrow as pa
 import pyarrow.parquet as pq
@@ -8,42 +8,62 @@
 
 from deltalake import DeltaTable
 
+
 class ReadCase(NamedTuple):
     root: Path
-    metadata: Dict[str, Any]
+    version: Optional[int]
+    case_info: Dict[str, Any]
+    version_metadata: Dict[str, Any]
+
 
 cases = []
 
-project_root = Path("../dat")
-for path in (project_root / "out" / "tables" / "generated").iterdir():
+dat_version = "0.0.1"
+reader_case_path = Path("dat-data") / f"v{dat_version}" / "reader_tests" / "generated"
+
+if not reader_case_path.exists():
+    pytest.skip(
+        "DAT test data not present. Run make setup-dat to download them.",
+        allow_module_level=True,
+    )
+
+for path in reader_case_path.iterdir():
     if path.is_dir():
-        with open(path / "table-metadata.json") as f:
+        with open(path / "test_case_info.json") as f:
             metadata = json.load(f)
-        cases.append(ReadCase(path, metadata))
 
-# TODO: external-tables should be added to cases as well
+        for version_path in (path / "expected").iterdir():
+            if path.name.startswith("v"):
+                version = int(path.name[1:])
+            else:
+                version = None
+            with open(version_path / "table_version_metadata.json") as f:
+                version_metadata = json.load(f)
+
+        cases.append(ReadCase(path, version, metadata, version_metadata))
+
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("case", cases)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "case", cases, ids=lambda case: f"{case.case_info['name']} (version={case.version})"
+)
 def test_dat(case: ReadCase):
-    root, metadata = case
+    root, version, case_info, version_metadata = case
 
     # Get Delta Table path
     delta_root = root / "delta"
 
     # Load table
-    dt = DeltaTable(str(delta_root))
+    dt = DeltaTable(str(delta_root), version=version)
 
     # Compare protocol versions
-    # TODO: this is incorrect in dat
-    # assert dt.protocol().min_reader_version == metadata["reader_protocol_version"]
-    assert dt.protocol().min_writer_version == metadata["writer_protocol_version"]
-
-    # Perhaps?
-    # assert dt.version == metadata["current_version"]
+    assert dt.protocol().min_reader_version == version_metadata["min_reader_version"]
+    assert dt.protocol().min_writer_version == version_metadata["min_writer_version"]
 
     # If supported protocol version, try to read, load parquet, and compare
     if dt.protocol().min_reader_version <= 1:
-        parquet_root = root / "parquet"
+        version_path = "latest" if version is None else f"v{version}"
+        # TODO: fix the directory name here
+        parquet_root = root / "expected" / version_path / "table_content.parquet"
         expected = pq.read_table(parquet_root)
         actual = dt.to_pyarrow_table()
         assert_tables_equal(expected, actual)
@@ -51,7 +71,7 @@ def test_dat(case: ReadCase):
         # We should raise an error when attempting to read too advanced protocol
         with pytest.raises(Exception):
             dt.to_pyarrow_table()
-    
+
 
 def assert_tables_equal(first: pa.Table, second: pa.Table) -> None:
     assert first.schema == second.schema