diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index da6fb5984..7d447c600 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ jobs:
           sudo npm install --global @bazel/bazelisk
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: make npm-install
-      - name: Get api client test data from knora-api (makefile variant)
-        run: make get-test-data-from-release
+      # - name: Copy api client test data from folder
+      #   run: make copy-test-data-from-folder
       - name: Prepare test data
         run: make prepare-test-data
       - name: Run unit tests
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 85f768b67..ff0d0f5ac 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 THIS_FILE := $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))
 CURRENT_DIR := $(shell dirname $(realpath $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 
+TEST_DATA_SRC_DIR := $(CURRENT_DIR)/test/
+TEST_DATA_FILE := client-test-data.zip
+
 include vars.mk
 
 # Function to get github release asset id and to download client-test-data.zip from knora-api release
@@ -42,6 +45,12 @@ get-test-data-from-release: ## get the test-data from assets in github release c
 	@rm -rf client-test-data.zip
 	@$(call download-test-data,$(API_REPO),$(API_VERSION))
 
+.PHONY: copy-test-data-from-folder
+copy-test-data-from-folder:
+	rm -f $(CURRENT_DIR)/$(TEST_DATA_FILE)
+	@echo "Copying $(TEST_DATA_FILE) from $(TEST_DATA_SRC_DIR) to $(CURRENT_DIR)"
+	cp $(TEST_DATA_SRC_DIR)$(TEST_DATA_FILE) $(CURRENT_DIR)/$(TEST_DATA_FILE)
+
 .PHONY: generate-test-data
 generate-test-data: ## generate test data from Knora-API
 	@rm -rf $(CURRENT_DIR)/.tmp/typescript
diff --git a/client-test-data.zip b/client-test-data.zip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99748e20a
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