diff --git a/v03_pipeline/bin/dataproc_vep_init.bash b/v03_pipeline/bin/dataproc_vep_init.bash
index 2be6c7b7e..fe880f260 100755
--- a/v03_pipeline/bin/dataproc_vep_init.bash
+++ b/v03_pipeline/bin/dataproc_vep_init.bash
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ EOF
 gcc -Wall -Werror -O2 /vep.c -o /vep
 chmod u+s /vep
 
-gcloud storage cp gs://seqr-luigi/releases/$ENVIRONMENT/latest/bin/download_vep_data.bash /download_vep_data.bash
-chmod +x /download_vep_data.bash
-./download_vep_data.bash $REFERENCE_GENOME
+gcloud storage cp gs://seqr-luigi/releases/$ENVIRONMENT/latest/bin/download_vep_reference_data.bash /download_vep_reference_data.bash
+chmod +x /download_vep_reference_data.bash
+./download_vep_reference_data.bash $REFERENCE_GENOME
 
 gcloud storage cp gs://seqr-luigi/releases/$ENVIRONMENT/latest/bin/vep /vep.bash
 chmod +x /vep.bash
diff --git a/v03_pipeline/bin/download_vep_data.bash b/v03_pipeline/bin/download_vep_reference_data.bash
similarity index 85%
rename from v03_pipeline/bin/download_vep_data.bash
rename to v03_pipeline/bin/download_vep_reference_data.bash
index 36cc26b60..1535bb526 100755
--- a/v03_pipeline/bin/download_vep_data.bash
+++ b/v03_pipeline/bin/download_vep_reference_data.bash
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -eux
 
 REFERENCE_GENOME=$1
-VEP_DATA=/seqr/vep_data
+VEP_REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR=${VEP_REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR:-/seqr/vep-reference-data}
 
 case $REFERENCE_GENOME in
   GRCh38)
@@ -43,20 +43,20 @@ case $REFERENCE_GENOME in
     exit 1
 esac
 
-if [ -f $VEP_DATA/$REFERENCE_GENOME/_SUCCESS ]; then
+if [ -f $VEP_REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR/$REFERENCE_GENOME/_SUCCESS ]; then
    echo "Skipping download because already successful"
    exit 0;
 fi
 
-mkdir -p $VEP_DATA/$REFERENCE_GENOME;
+mkdir -p $VEP_REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR/$REFERENCE_GENOME;
 for vep_reference_data_file in ${VEP_REFERENCE_DATA_FILES[@]}; do
     if  [[ $vep_reference_data_file == *.tar.gz ]]; then
         echo "Downloading and extracting" $vep_reference_data_file;
-        gsutil cat $vep_reference_data_file | tar -xzf - -C $VEP_DATA/$REFERENCE_GENOME/ &
+        gsutil cat $vep_reference_data_file | tar -xzf - -C $VEP_REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR/$REFERENCE_GENOME/ &
     else 
         echo "Downloading" $vep_reference_data_file;
-        gsutil cat $vep_reference_data_file $VEP_DATA/$REFERENCE_GENOME/ &
+        gsutil cat $vep_reference_data_file $VEP_REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR/$REFERENCE_GENOME/ &
     fi
 done;
 wait
-touch $VEP_DATA/$REFERENCE_GENOME/_SUCCESS
+touch $VEP_REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR/$REFERENCE_GENOME/_SUCCESS
diff --git a/v03_pipeline/bin/vep b/v03_pipeline/bin/vep
index b3558545e..33996bf27 100755
--- a/v03_pipeline/bin/vep
+++ b/v03_pipeline/bin/vep
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -eux
 
 REFERENCE_GENOME=$1
-VEP_DATA=/seqr/vep_data
+VEP_REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR=${VEP_REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR:-/seqr/vep-reference-data}
 VEP_DOCKER_IMAGE="gcr.io/seqr-project/vep-docker-image"
 
 case $REFERENCE_GENOME in
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ case $REFERENCE_GENOME in
 esac
 
 shift # Remove the REFERENCE_GENOME arg.
-docker run --platform linux/amd64 -i -v $VEP_DATA/$REFERENCE_GENOME:/opt/vep/.vep/:ro $VEP_DOCKER_IMAGE:$REFERENCE_GENOME \
+docker run --platform linux/amd64 -i -v $VEP_REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR/$REFERENCE_GENOME:/opt/vep/.vep/:ro $VEP_DOCKER_IMAGE:$REFERENCE_GENOME \
   /opt/vep/src/ensembl-vep/vep $@
diff --git a/v03_pipeline/lib/model/environment.py b/v03_pipeline/lib/model/environment.py
index 0af69d91b..7b5a9792d 100644
--- a/v03_pipeline/lib/model/environment.py
+++ b/v03_pipeline/lib/model/environment.py
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
     'REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR',
     '/seqr/seqr-reference-data',
 )
+VEP_REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR = os.environ.get(
+    'VEP_REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR',
+    '/seqr/vep-reference-data',
+)
 
 # Allele registry secrets :/
 ALLELE_REGISTRY_SECRET_NAME = os.environ.get('ALLELE_REGISTRY_SECRET_NAME', None)
@@ -50,3 +54,4 @@ class Env:
     PROJECT_ID: str | None = PROJECT_ID
     REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR: str = REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR
     SHOULD_REGISTER_ALLELES: bool = SHOULD_REGISTER_ALLELES
+    VEP_REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR: str = VEP_REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR
diff --git a/v03_pipeline/lib/vep.py b/v03_pipeline/lib/vep.py
index 6f84d4646..bc9befd32 100644
--- a/v03_pipeline/lib/vep.py
+++ b/v03_pipeline/lib/vep.py
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 import hail as hl
 
-from v03_pipeline.lib.model import DatasetType, ReferenceGenome
+from v03_pipeline.lib.model import DatasetType, Env, ReferenceGenome
 
 VEP_CONFIG_URI = Template(
-    'file:///seqr/vep_data/$reference_genome/vep-$reference_genome.json',
+    'file://$vep_reference_datasets_dir/$reference_genome/vep-$reference_genome.json',
 )
 
 
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ def run_vep(
         return ht
     return hl.vep(
         ht,
-        config=VEP_CONFIG_URI.substitute(reference_genome=reference_genome.value),
+        config=VEP_CONFIG_URI.substitute(
+            vep_reference_datasets_dir=Env.VEP_REFERENCE_DATASETS_DIR,
+            reference_genome=reference_genome.value,
+        ),
         name='vep',
         block_size=1000,
         tolerate_parse_error=True,