diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 12a945b..a870cf6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,28 @@ stages:
   - data
   - build
   - deploy
+
+dvc pull:
+  image: python:3.8
+  stage: data
+  script:
+    # install dvc
+    - pip install dvc
+    - pip install dvc-azure
+    # configure dvc
+    - echo "pulling data with remote $DVC_REMOTE_NAME, from storage $DVC_AZURE_BLOB_STORE_NAME and connection $DVC_AZURE_BLOB_STORE_CONNECTION_STRING"
+    - dvc remote add -d -f ${DVC_REMOTE_NAME} azure://${DVC_AZURE_BLOB_STORE_NAME}/
+    - dvc remote modify ${DVC_REMOTE_NAME} connection_string "${DVC_AZURE_BLOB_STORE_CONNECTION_STRING} --verbose"
+    # get data
+    - dvc pull
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^release/
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG == null
+      when: manual
+  artifacts:
+    name: ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}-dvc-files
+    paths:
+      - data/*
+    expire_in: 1 day