diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index fd072af0d..eac4916df 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ build:
       - pixi install -e docs
     build:
       html:
+        - pixi run -e docs python ci/scripts/download-all-tutorial-datasets.py
         - pixi run -e docs sphinx-build -T -b html docs $READTHEDOCS_OUTPUT/html
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
diff --git a/ci/scripts/download-all-tutorial-datasets.py b/ci/scripts/download-all-tutorial-datasets.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3676012bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/scripts/download-all-tutorial-datasets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import parcels.tutorial
+
+for name in parcels.tutorial.list_datasets():
+    parcels.tutorial.open_dataset(name)