diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 92cb6f19..570b1145 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -212,9 +212,21 @@ task integTestRemote(type: RestIntegTestTask) {
     }
 }
 
+
+ext.getPluginResource = { download_to_folder, download_from_src ->
+    project.mkdir download_to_folder
+    ant.get(src: download_from_src,
+            dest: download_to_folder,
+            httpusecaches: false)
+    return fileTree(download_to_folder).getSingleFile()
+}
+
 String baseName = "asynSearchCluster"
+String bwcVersion = "1.13.0.1"
 String bwcFilePath = "src/test/resources/org/opensearch/search/asynchronous/bwc/"
-
+String bwcRemoteFile = "https://d3g5vo6xdbdb9a.cloudfront.net/downloads/elasticsearch-plugins/opendistro-asynchronous-search/opendistro-asynchronous-search-1.13.0.1.zip"
+String bwcOpenDistroPlugin = "opendistro-asynchronous-search-1.13.0.1.zip"
+getPluginResource(bwcFilePath + bwcVersion, bwcRemoteFile)
 // Creates two test clusters of previous version and loads opensearch plugin of bwcVersion
 2.times { i ->
     testClusters {
@@ -228,6 +240,14 @@ String bwcFilePath = "src/test/resources/org/opensearch/search/asynchronous/bwc/
                     return new RegularFile() {
                         @Override
                         File getAsFile() {
+//                            File dir = new File(bwcFilePath + bwcVersion)
+//                            if (!dir.exists()) {
+//                                dir.mkdirs()
+//                            }
+//                            File f = new File(bwcFilePath + bwcVersion + "/" + bwcOpenDistroPlugin)
+//                            if (!f.exists()) {
+//                                new URL(bwcRemoteFile).withInputStream{ ins -> f.withOutputStream{ it << ins }}
+//                            }
                             return fileTree(bwcFilePath + opendistro_plugin_version).getSingleFile()
                         }
                     }
@@ -249,6 +269,14 @@ List<Provider<RegularFile>> plugins = [
                 return new RegularFile() {
                     @Override
                     File getAsFile() {
+                        File dir = new File(bwcFilePath + bwcVersion)
+                        if (!dir.exists()) {
+                            dir.mkdirs()
+                        }
+                        File f = new File(bwcFilePath + bwcVersion + "/" + bwcOpenDistroPlugin)
+                        if (!f.exists()) {
+                            new URL(bwcRemoteFile).withInputStream{ ins -> f.withOutputStream{ it << ins }}
+                        }
                         return fileTree(bwcFilePath + project.version).getSingleFile()
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/opensearch/search/asynchronous/bwc/1.13.0.1/opendistro-asynchronous-search-1.13.0.1.zip b/src/test/resources/org/opensearch/search/asynchronous/bwc/1.13.0.1/opendistro-asynchronous-search-1.13.0.1.zip
deleted file mode 100644
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