diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index efef46bd..1b26b691 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -131,16 +131,16 @@ jobs:
           export MONGOD=`pwd`/${{matrix.mongo}}/bin/mongod
 
           # set up minio
-          wget -q https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/archive/minio.RELEASE.${{matrix.minio}} -O minio
-          chmod a+x minio
-          export MINIOD=`pwd`/minio
+          export MINIO=$HOMEDIR/test_dependencies/minio/${{matrix.minio}}/minio
+          gunzip $MINIO.gz 
+          chmod a+x $MINIO
 
           # set up test config
           cd $HOMEDIR
           cp -n test.cfg.example test.cfg
           sed -i "s#^test.temp.dir =.*#test.temp.dir=temp_test_dir#" test.cfg
           sed -i "s#^test.mongo.exe.*#test.mongo.exe=$MONGOD#" test.cfg
-          sed -i "s#^test.minio.exe.*#test.minio.exe=$MINIOD#" test.cfg
+          sed -i "s#^test.minio.exe.*#test.minio.exe=$MINIO#" test.cfg
           sed -i "s#^test.mongo.useWiredTiger.*#test.mongo.useWiredTiger=${{matrix.wired_tiger}}#" test.cfg
           sed -i "s#^test.jars.dir.*#test.jars.dir=$JARSDIR#" test.cfg
           sed -i "s#^test.blobstore.exe.*#test.blobstore.exe=$BLOBEXE#" test.cfg
diff --git a/test_dependencies/minio/2019-05-23T00-29-34Z/README.md b/test_dependencies/minio/2019-05-23T00-29-34Z/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a45f44d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_dependencies/minio/2019-05-23T00-29-34Z/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+For unknown reasons downloading this version of minio from their site is unreliable and often
+fails. As such it's checked in here. 
+
+When upgrading to a new version, check the reliability of the download and prefer using their
+site to obtain the binary.
+
+The original setup lines in the GHA test file were:
+
+```
+wget -q https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/archive/minio.RELEASE.${{matrix.minio}} -O minio
+chmod a+x minio
+export MINIOD=`pwd`/minio
+```
diff --git a/test_dependencies/minio/2019-05-23T00-29-34Z/minio.gz b/test_dependencies/minio/2019-05-23T00-29-34Z/minio.gz
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f4b1e133
Binary files /dev/null and b/test_dependencies/minio/2019-05-23T00-29-34Z/minio.gz differ