diff --git a/darwin/client.py b/darwin/client.py
index 0a022b35b..68caaa891 100644
--- a/darwin/client.py
+++ b/darwin/client.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import requests
 from requests import Response
-from requests.packages.urllib3.response import HTTPResponse
 
 from darwin.config import Config
 from darwin.dataset import RemoteDataset
@@ -782,7 +781,7 @@ def instantitate_item(self, item_id: int) -> int:
 
         return id
 
-    def fetch_binary(self, url: str) -> HTTPResponse:
+    def fetch_binary(self, url: str) -> Response:
         """
         Fetches binary data from the given url via a stream.
 
@@ -793,11 +792,11 @@ def fetch_binary(self, url: str) -> HTTPResponse:
 
         Returns
         -------
-        HTTPResponse
-            The data to be saved.
+        Response
+            ``request``'s Response object.
         """
         response: Response = cast(Response, self._get_raw_from_full_url(url, stream=True))
-        return response.raw
+        return response
 
     @classmethod
     def local(cls, team_slug: Optional[str] = None) -> "Client":
diff --git a/darwin/dataset/release.py b/darwin/dataset/release.py
index b0e98dce2..d4e7750f8 100644
--- a/darwin/dataset/release.py
+++ b/darwin/dataset/release.py
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 import datetime
-import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
 from darwin.dataset.identifier import DatasetIdentifier
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from darwin.client import Client
+from requests import Response
 
 
 class Release:
@@ -194,12 +191,15 @@ def download_zip(self, path: Path) -> Path:
         if not self.url:
             raise ValueError("Release must have a valid url to download the zip.")
 
+        from darwin.client import Client
+
         config_path: Path = Path.home() / ".darwin" / "config.yaml"
         client: Client = Client.from_config(config_path=config_path, team_slug=self.team_slug)
 
-        with client.fetch_binary(self.url) as data:
-            with open(path, "wb") as download_file:
-                shutil.copyfileobj(data, download_file)
+        data: Response = client.fetch_binary(self.url)
+        with open(path, "wb") as download_file:
+            for chunk in data.iter_content(chunk_size=8192):
+                download_file.write(chunk)
 
         return path
 
diff --git a/darwin/version/__init__.py b/darwin/version/__init__.py
index 894cebca0..fe7c60e81 100644
--- a/darwin/version/__init__.py
+++ b/darwin/version/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.8"
+__version__ = "0.7.9"