diff --git a/climada/hazard/test/test_trop_cyclone.py b/climada/hazard/test/test_trop_cyclone.py
index 8b2e8e1cb8..defcc4da61 100644
--- a/climada/hazard/test/test_trop_cyclone.py
+++ b/climada/hazard/test/test_trop_cyclone.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import xarray as xr
 
 from climada.util import ureg
-from climada.util.api_client import Client
+from climada.test import get_test_file
 from climada.hazard.tc_tracks import TCTracks
 from climada.hazard.trop_cyclone import (
     TropCyclone, get_close_centroids, _vtrans, _B_holland_1980, _bs_holland_2008,
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@
 TEST_TRACK = DATA_DIR.joinpath("trac_brb_test.csv")
 TEST_TRACK_SHORT = DATA_DIR.joinpath("trac_short_test.csv")
 
-CENTR_TEST_BRB = Centroids.from_hdf5(
-    Client().get_dataset_file(name='centr_test_brb', status='test_dataset'))
+CENTR_TEST_BRB = Centroids.from_hdf5(get_test_file(name='centr_test_brb', format='hdf5'))
 
 
 class TestReader(unittest.TestCase):