diff --git a/src/boltz/main.py b/src/boltz/main.py
index 4a3750fec..aef771d85 100644
--- a/src/boltz/main.py
+++ b/src/boltz/main.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from typing import Literal, Optional
 
 import click
+import requests
 import torch
 from pytorch_lightning import Trainer, seed_everything
 from pytorch_lightning.strategies import DDPStrategy
@@ -194,6 +195,27 @@ def download_boltz1(cache: Path) -> None:
                 continue
 
 
+def download_file_with_progress(url: str, dest_path: str) -> None:
+    """Download a file from url to dest_path with proper redirect handling.
+
+    Uses requests instead of urllib to properly handle HuggingFace redirects.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    url : str
+        The URL to download from.
+    dest_path : str
+        The destination file path.
+    """
+    response = requests.get(url, stream=True, allow_redirects=True, timeout=300)
+    response.raise_for_status()
+
+    with open(dest_path, 'wb') as f:
+        for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=8192):
+            if chunk:
+                f.write(chunk)
+
+
 @rank_zero_only
 def download_boltz2(cache: Path) -> None:
     """Download all the required data.
@@ -213,7 +235,7 @@ def download_boltz2(cache: Path) -> None:
             "This may take a bit of time. You may change the cache directory "
             "with the --cache flag."
         )
-        urllib.request.urlretrieve(MOL_URL, str(tar_mols))  # noqa: S310
+        download_file_with_progress(MOL_URL, str(tar_mols))
     if not mols.exists():
         click.echo(
             f"Extracting the CCD data to {mols}. "
@@ -232,7 +254,7 @@ def download_boltz2(cache: Path) -> None:
         )
         for i, url in enumerate(BOLTZ2_URL_WITH_FALLBACK):
             try:
-                urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, str(model))  # noqa: S310
+                download_file_with_progress(url, str(model))
                 break
             except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
                 if i == len(BOLTZ2_URL_WITH_FALLBACK) - 1:
@@ -249,7 +271,7 @@ def download_boltz2(cache: Path) -> None:
         )
         for i, url in enumerate(BOLTZ2_AFFINITY_URL_WITH_FALLBACK):
             try:
-                urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, str(affinity_model))  # noqa: S310
+                download_file_with_progress(url, str(affinity_model))
                 break
             except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
                 if i == len(BOLTZ2_AFFINITY_URL_WITH_FALLBACK) - 1: