diff --git a/monai/apps/datasets.py b/monai/apps/datasets.py
index fcc9095e3f..922289a2c4 100644
--- a/monai/apps/datasets.py
+++ b/monai/apps/datasets.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class MedNISTDataset(Randomizable, CacheDataset):
 
     """
 
-    resource = "https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1QsnnkvZyJPcbRoV_ArW8SnE1OTuoVbKE"
+    resource = "https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAI-extra-test-data/releases/download/0.8.1/MedNIST.tar.gz"
     md5 = "0bc7306e7427e00ad1c5526a6677552d"
     compressed_file_name = "MedNIST.tar.gz"
     dataset_folder_name = "MedNIST"