diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index e6af041..5661a85 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ jobs:
         
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
-          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck, any::Seurat, any::SeuratData
+          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck, SeuratData=?ignore
+
+      - name: Install SeuratData
+        if: always()
+        run: Rscript -e "install.packages('remotes', repos = 'http://cran.us.r-project.org'); remotes:::install_github('satijalab/seurat-data')"
+        shell: bash
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
index bee31fd..0b441be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
@@ -22,9 +22,14 @@ jobs:
           
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
-          extra-packages: any::pkgdown, any::Seurat, local::.
+          extra-packages: any::pkgdown, local::., SeuratData=?ignore
           needs: website
 
+      - name: Install SeuratData
+        if: always()
+        run: Rscript -e "install.packages('remotes', repos = 'http://cran.us.r-project.org'); remotes:::install_github('satijalab/seurat-data')"
+        shell: bash
+
       - name: Build site
         run: pkgdown::build_site_github_pages(new_process = FALSE, install = FALSE)
         shell: Rscript {0}