# silva reference files not available on qiime2 website

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/silva-reference-files-not-available-on-qiime2-website/31144
**Category:** User Support
**Created:** [August 15, 2024, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/silva-reference-files-not-available-on-qiime2-website/31144 "2024-08-15T06:23:28Z")
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### Author: ![Nicholas\_Bokulich](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/nicholas_bokulich/32/19937_2.png) [@Nicholas\_Bokulich](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Nicholas_Bokulich)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2024, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/silva-reference-files-not-available-on-qiime2-website/31144/2 "2024-08-15T06:26:00Z")

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Hi @Siyu_Song ,  
Another forum member discovered this recently — please see the discussion on this topic:

> [@Q2-compatible Silva reference sequences 404 not found](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/q2-compatible-silva-reference-sequences-404-not-found/30940/6):
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> Oh gosh, you're right! Sorry about that! man_facepalming It appears that the files are not included in the latest release... not sure why. You can download them from the prior release [here](https://docs.qiime2.org/2024.2/data-resources/#silva-16s-18s-rrna) Just be sure to click the "Show me content on this page". The files are identical, but you'll have to train the classifier for 2024.5 based on these input files. I'd recommend simply using RESCRIPt as outlined [here](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/using-silva-138-pre-trained-classifier/30857/5), if you'd like to minimize any of the curation that was performed. Depending on what you ar…

Thanks!

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