diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0206e333c..47149c1f7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+### 4.8.18
+- bug fix: use constants to choose bucket for user downloads, use latest bucket for releases
+
 ### 4.8.17
 - Chore: July 2022 WDPA Release
   - July statistics CSVs added: `country_statistics`, `global_statistics`, `pame_country`, `pame_data`
diff --git a/lib/modules/wdpa/release.rb b/lib/modules/wdpa/release.rb
index ce953593e..19244c7ae 100644
--- a/lib/modules/wdpa/release.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/wdpa/release.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def initialize
   end
 
   def download
-    Wdpa::S3.download_current_wdpa_to zip_path
+    Wdpa::S3.download_latest_wdpa_to zip_path
     system("unzip -j '#{zip_path}' '\*.gdb/\*' -d '#{gdb_path}'")
 
     import_tables.each do |original_table, std_table|
diff --git a/lib/modules/wdpa/s3.rb b/lib/modules/wdpa/s3.rb
index 02ceede7b..e41b5126c 100644
--- a/lib/modules/wdpa/s3.rb
+++ b/lib/modules/wdpa/s3.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ def initialize
     })
   end
 
-  def self.download_current_wdpa_to filename
-    self.new.tap{ |s3| s3.download_current_wdpa_to filename }
+  def self.download_latest_wdpa_to filename
+    self.new.tap{ |s3| s3.download_latest_wdpa_to filename }
   end
 
   def self.new_wdpa? since
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ def self.current_wdpa_identifier
     new.current_wdpa_identifier
   end
 
-  def download_current_wdpa_to filename
-    current_wdpa.get(response_target: filename, response_content_encoding: 'ASCII_8BIT')
+  def download_latest_wdpa_to filename
+    latest_wdpa.get(response_target: filename, response_content_encoding: 'ASCII_8BIT')
   end
 
   def new_wdpa? since
-    current_wdpa.last_modified > since
+    latest_wdpa.last_modified > since
   end
 
   def current_wdpa_identifier
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def current_wdpa_identifier
 
   private
 
-  def current_wdpa
+  def latest_wdpa
     latest = available_wdpa_databases.max_by do |object|
       filename = object.key # e.g. "WDPA_WDOECM_Sep2020_Public.gdb.zip"
 
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ def current_wdpa
     latest.object
   end
 
+  def current_wdpa
+    wdpa_from_constants = available_wdpa_databases.find do |object|
+      object.key.include?("#{WDPA_UPDATE_MONTH.first(3)}#{WDPA_UPDATE_YEAR}")
+    end
+    wdpa_from_constants ? wdpa_from_constants.object : latest_wdpa
+  rescue
+    latest_wdpa
+  end
+
   def available_wdpa_databases
     bucket_name = Rails.application.secrets.aws_bucket
     @s3.bucket(bucket_name).objects
diff --git a/test/unit/wdpa/release_test.rb b/test/unit/wdpa/release_test.rb
index 6959fdc0b..08daf701b 100644
--- a/test/unit/wdpa/release_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/wdpa/release_test.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class TestWdpaRelease < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     gdb_path = "gdb_path"
     Wdpa::Release.any_instance.expects(:gdb_path).returns(gdb_path).at_least_once
 
-    Wdpa::S3.expects(:download_current_wdpa_to).with(zip_path)
+    Wdpa::S3.expects(:download_latest_wdpa_to).with(zip_path)
 
     Wdpa::Release.any_instance.
       expects(:system).
diff --git a/test/unit/wdpa/s3_test.rb b/test/unit/wdpa/s3_test.rb
index 4e7b8c7f7..252a34c57 100644
--- a/test/unit/wdpa/s3_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/wdpa/s3_test.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def setup
     Wdpa::S3.new()
   end
 
-  test '.download_current_wdpa_to handles encoding correctly' do
+  test '.download_latest_wdpa_to handles encoding correctly' do
     filename = File.join(Rails.root, 'tmp', 'hey_this_is_a_filename.zip')
     file_contents = "\x9B".force_encoding(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT)
 
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ def setup
     @bucket_mock.stubs(:objects).returns([latest_file_mock])
     Aws::S3::Resource.stubs(:new).returns(@s3_mock)
 
-    Wdpa::S3.download_current_wdpa_to filename
+    Wdpa::S3.download_latest_wdpa_to filename
   end
 
-  test '.download_current_wdpa_to retrieves the latest WDPA from S3, and saves it to the
+  test '.download_latest_wdpa_to retrieves the latest WDPA from S3, and saves it to the
    given filename' do
     filename = 'hey_this_is_a_filename.zip'
     latest_file_mock = mock()
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def setup
 
     Aws::S3::Resource.stubs(:new).returns(@s3_mock)
 
-    Wdpa::S3.download_current_wdpa_to filename
+    Wdpa::S3.download_latest_wdpa_to filename
   end
 
   test '.new_wdpa? compares the current wdpa last modified time with the given