diff --git a/test/download_utils.py b/test/download_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de7de82c71b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/download_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (c) The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or https://opensource.org/license/mit/.
+
+import time
+import urllib.request
+
+
+def download_from_url(url, archive):
+    last_print_time = time.time()
+
+    def progress_hook(progress_bytes, total_size):
+        nonlocal last_print_time
+        now = time.time()
+        percent = min(100, (progress_bytes * 100) / total_size)
+        bar_length = 40
+        filled_length = int(bar_length * percent / 100)
+        bar = '#' * filled_length + '-' * (bar_length - filled_length)
+        if now - last_print_time >= 1 or percent >= 100:
+            print(f'\rDownloading: [{bar}] {percent:.1f}%', flush=True, end="")
+            last_print_time = now
+
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as response:
+        if response.status != 200:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"HTTP request failed with status code: {response.status}")
+
+        sock_info = response.fp.raw._sock.getpeername()
+        print(f"Connected to {sock_info[0]}")
+
+        total_size = int(response.getheader("Content-Length"))
+        progress_bytes = 0
+
+        with open(archive, 'wb') as file:
+            while True:
+                chunk = response.read(8192)
+                if not chunk:
+                    break
+                file.write(chunk)
+                progress_bytes += len(chunk)
+                progress_hook(progress_bytes, total_size)
+
+        if progress_bytes < total_size:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Download incomplete: expected {total_size} bytes, got {progress_bytes} bytes")
+
+    print('\n', flush=True, end="") # Flush to avoid error output on the same line.
diff --git a/test/get_previous_releases.py b/test/get_previous_releases.py
index cab4c6e8721..bd83c7873d9 100755
--- a/test/get_previous_releases.py
+++ b/test/get_previous_releases.py
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
-import urllib.request
 import zipfile
 
+sys.path.append(str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent))
+from download_utils import download_from_url
+
 TAR = os.getenv('TAR', 'tar')
 
 SHA256_SUMS = {
@@ -102,45 +104,6 @@ def pushd(new_dir) -> None:
         os.chdir(previous_dir)
 
 
-def download_from_url(url, archive):
-    last_print_time = time.time()
-
-    def progress_hook(progress_bytes, total_size):
-        nonlocal last_print_time
-        now = time.time()
-        percent = min(100, (progress_bytes * 100) / total_size)
-        bar_length = 40
-        filled_length = int(bar_length * percent / 100)
-        bar = '#' * filled_length + '-' * (bar_length - filled_length)
-        if now - last_print_time >= 1 or percent >= 100:
-            print(f'\rDownloading: [{bar}] {percent:.1f}%', flush=True, end="")
-            last_print_time = now
-
-    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as response:
-        if response.status != 200:
-            raise RuntimeError(f"HTTP request failed with status code: {response.status}")
-
-        sock_info = response.fp.raw._sock.getpeername()
-        print(f"Connected to {sock_info[0]}")
-
-        total_size = int(response.getheader("Content-Length"))
-        progress_bytes = 0
-
-        with open(archive, 'wb') as file:
-            while True:
-                chunk = response.read(8192)
-                if not chunk:
-                    break
-                file.write(chunk)
-                progress_bytes += len(chunk)
-                progress_hook(progress_bytes, total_size)
-
-        if progress_bytes < total_size:
-            raise RuntimeError(f"Download incomplete: expected {total_size} bytes, got {progress_bytes} bytes")
-
-    print('\n', flush=True, end="") # Flush to avoid error output on the same line.
-
-
 def download_binary(tag, args) -> int:
     if Path(tag).is_dir():
         if not args.remove_dir: