diff --git a/src/installation/fetchToolboxAsset.m b/src/installation/fetchToolboxAsset.m
index 1942a794..a2a9abe8 100644
--- a/src/installation/fetchToolboxAsset.m
+++ b/src/installation/fetchToolboxAsset.m
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 % them, so callers supply the release tag and asset name rather than
 % this function hardcoding either.
 %
+% A download is checked against the SHA-256 checksum that the
+% toolbox-assets manifest (release manifest-v3) lists for it. A file whose
+% checksum differs is deleted and an error is raised. An asset that the
+% manifest does not list, or a manifest that cannot be read, gives a
+% warning and the file is kept unchecked.
+%
 % Parameters
 % ----------
 % destDir : char
@@ -30,15 +36,97 @@
 if isfile(localPath)
     return;
 end
+url=['https://github.com/CompMetEng/toolbox-assets/releases/download/' releaseTag '/' assetName];
+partPath=[localPath '.part'];
 fprintf(['Downloading ' assetName '... ']);
 try
-    websave(localPath,['https://github.com/CompMetEng/toolbox-assets/releases/download/' releaseTag '/' assetName]);
+    websave(partPath,url);
 catch ME
+    if isfile(partPath)
+        delete(partPath);
+    end
     if strcmp(ME.identifier,'MATLAB:webservices:HTTP404StatusCodeError')
-        error('Failed to download %s, the server returned a 404 error, try again later. If the problem persists please report it on the RAVEN GitHub Issues page: https://github.com/SysBioChalmers/RAVEN/issues',assetName)
+        error('Failed to download %s, the server returned a 404 error, try again later. If the problem persists please report it on the RAVEN GitHub Issues page: https://github.com/CompMetEng/RAVEN/issues',assetName)
     else
         rethrow(ME);
     end
 end
+expected=manifestChecksum(url);
+if isempty(expected)
+    warning('RAVEN:fetchToolboxAsset:unverified',['The toolbox-assets manifest gives no ' ...
+        'checksum for %s; the download is not verified.'],assetName);
+else
+    actual=sha256File(partPath);
+    if ~strcmpi(actual,expected)
+        delete(partPath);
+        error('RAVEN:fetchToolboxAsset:checksum',['The download of %s is not the published ' ...
+            'file (SHA-256 %s, expected %s) and was deleted. Try again; if it persists, ' ...
+            'report it on the RAVEN GitHub Issues page: https://github.com/CompMetEng/RAVEN/issues'], ...
+            assetName,actual,expected)
+    end
+end
+movefile(partPath,localPath);
 fprintf('COMPLETE\n');
 end
+
+function sha=manifestChecksum(url)
+% The sha256 the toolbox-assets manifest lists for an asset URL, or '' when
+% it lists none or cannot be read. The manifest is read once per session.
+persistent manifest
+sha='';
+if isempty(manifest)
+    try
+        manifest=webread('https://github.com/CompMetEng/toolbox-assets/releases/download/manifest-v3/manifest.json', ...
+            weboptions('ContentType','json','Timeout',30));
+    catch ME
+        warning('RAVEN:fetchToolboxAsset:manifest','Cannot read the toolbox-assets manifest: %s',ME.message);
+        return
+    end
+end
+sha=findUrl(manifest,url);
+end
+
+function sha=findUrl(node,url)
+% Depth-first search for a struct with this url and a sha256 field. The
+% manifest's file names are not valid MATLAB field names, so the search
+% goes by value.
+sha='';
+if isstruct(node)
+    for k=1:numel(node)
+        if isfield(node(k),'url') && isfield(node(k),'sha256') && strcmp(node(k).url,url)
+            sha=node(k).sha256;
+            return
+        end
+        f=fieldnames(node(k));
+        for i=1:numel(f)
+            sha=findUrl(node(k).(f{i}),url);
+            if ~isempty(sha)
+                return
+            end
+        end
+    end
+elseif iscell(node)
+    for i=1:numel(node)
+        sha=findUrl(node{i},url);
+        if ~isempty(sha)
+            return
+        end
+    end
+end
+end
+
+function sha=sha256File(path)
+% SHA-256 of a file as lower-case hex, read in chunks.
+md=java.security.MessageDigest.getInstance('SHA-256');
+fid=fopen(path,'r');
+cleanup=onCleanup(@() fclose(fid));
+while true
+    chunk=fread(fid,2^24,'*uint8');
+    if isempty(chunk)
+        break
+    end
+    md.update(typecast(chunk,'int8'));
+end
+digest=typecast(md.digest(),'uint8');
+sha=lower(reshape(dec2hex(digest,2)',1,[]));
+end
diff --git a/tests/function_tests/tInstallation.m b/tests/function_tests/tInstallation.m
index 611fb5ee..d8b8d7b8 100644
--- a/tests/function_tests/tInstallation.m
+++ b/tests/function_tests/tInstallation.m
@@ -49,6 +49,20 @@ function checkFunctionUniquenessRuns(testCase)
             testCase.verifyTrue(islogical(status) || isnumeric(status));
         end
 
+        function fetchToolboxAssetChecksDownloads(testCase)
+            % A small published asset is downloaded and matches the
+            % checksum of the toolbox-assets manifest; a second call reuses
+            % the file.
+            d = tempname;
+            cleanup = onCleanup(@() rmdir(d, 's'));
+            p = fetchToolboxAsset(d, 'transporters-2026-07-01', 'tcdb_substrates.tsv');
+            testCase.verifyTrue(isfile(p));
+            testCase.verifyFalse(isfile([p '.part']));
+            info = dir(p);
+            testCase.verifyEqual(info.bytes, 219635);
+            testCase.verifyEqual(fetchToolboxAsset(d, 'transporters-2026-07-01', 'tcdb_substrates.tsv'), p);
+        end
+
         function addRavenToUserPathExists(testCase)
             testCase.verifyEqual(exist('addRavenToUserPath','file'), 2);
         end