diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 1b0cb24..f183279 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 group=io.flamingock
-version=1.2.0-beta
+version=1.2.0-beta.2
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/flamingock/cli/executor/util/http/HttpFileDownloader.java b/src/main/java/io/flamingock/cli/executor/util/http/HttpFileDownloader.java
index bcff9b3..44db993 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/flamingock/cli/executor/util/http/HttpFileDownloader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/flamingock/cli/executor/util/http/HttpFileDownloader.java
@@ -37,10 +37,8 @@ public class HttpFileDownloader {
     private final Duration requestTimeout;
 
     public HttpFileDownloader() {
-        this(DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT, (request, target, resolvedConnectTimeout) -> HttpClient.newBuilder()
-                .connectTimeout(resolvedConnectTimeout)
-                .build()
-                .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofFile(target)));
+        this(DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT, (request, target, resolvedConnectTimeout) ->
+                createHttpClient(resolvedConnectTimeout).send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofFile(target)));
     }
 
     HttpFileDownloader(Duration connectTimeout, Duration requestTimeout, DownloadExecutor downloadExecutor) {
@@ -69,15 +67,9 @@ public Path downloadTo(Path workspace, URI sourceUri, String targetFileName, Str
                 .header("User-Agent", userAgent)
                 .GET()
                 .build();
+        HttpResponse<Path> response;
         try {
-            HttpResponse<Path> response = downloadExecutor.download(request, targetFile, connectTimeout);
-            if (response.statusCode() < 200 || response.statusCode() >= 300) {
-                deletePartialFile(targetFile);
-                throw new IOException("Download failed while fetching " + downloadLabel
-                        + " with HTTP " + response.statusCode() + " from " + sourceUri
-                        + ". Check your network connection and retry.");
-            }
-            return targetFile;
+            response = downloadExecutor.download(request, targetFile, connectTimeout);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             deletePartialFile(targetFile);
             throw new IOException("Download failed while fetching " + downloadLabel
@@ -88,6 +80,21 @@ public Path downloadTo(Path workspace, URI sourceUri, String targetFileName, Str
             throw new IOException("Download interrupted while fetching " + downloadLabel
                     + ". Retry the command once the interruption is cleared.", e);
         }
+
+        if (response.statusCode() < 200 || response.statusCode() >= 300) {
+            deletePartialFile(targetFile);
+            throw new IOException("Download failed while fetching " + downloadLabel
+                    + " with HTTP " + response.statusCode() + " from " + sourceUri
+                    + ". Check your network connection and retry.");
+        }
+        return targetFile;
+    }
+
+    static HttpClient createHttpClient(Duration connectTimeout) {
+        return HttpClient.newBuilder()
+                .connectTimeout(connectTimeout)
+                .followRedirects(HttpClient.Redirect.NORMAL)
+                .build();
     }
 
     private void deletePartialFile(Path targetFile) throws IOException {
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/flamingock/cli/executor/util/http/HttpFileDownloaderTest.java b/src/test/java/io/flamingock/cli/executor/util/http/HttpFileDownloaderTest.java
index b8b87ca..059a877 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/flamingock/cli/executor/util/http/HttpFileDownloaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/flamingock/cli/executor/util/http/HttpFileDownloaderTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient;
 import java.net.http.HttpHeaders;
 import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
@@ -68,9 +69,18 @@ void downloadTo_deletesPartialArchiveWhenServerReturnsFailure() {
 
         assertTrue(exception.getMessage().contains(DOWNLOAD_LABEL));
         assertTrue(exception.getMessage().contains("HTTP 503"));
+        assertEquals(1, countOccurrences(exception.getMessage(), "Download failed while fetching"));
         assertFalse(Files.exists(workspace.resolve(TARGET_FILE_NAME)));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void createHttpClient_followsStandardRedirects() {
+        HttpClient client = HttpFileDownloader.createHttpClient(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
+
+        assertEquals(HttpClient.Redirect.NORMAL, client.followRedirects());
+        assertEquals(Duration.ofSeconds(10), client.connectTimeout().orElseThrow());
+    }
+
     @Test
     void downloadTo_setsReasonableTimeoutsAndUserAgent() throws Exception {
         RecordingDownloadExecutor executor = new RecordingDownloadExecutor(200);
@@ -137,6 +147,10 @@ public HttpResponse<Path> download(HttpRequest request, Path target, Duration co
         }
     }
 
+    private static int countOccurrences(String text, String token) {
+        return text.split(java.util.regex.Pattern.quote(token), -1).length - 1;
+    }
+
     private record HttpResponseStub(int statusCode, Path body, HttpRequest request) implements HttpResponse<Path> {
 
         @Override