diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index ce4a4e0..adbbc00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         platform: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
 
     name: Python  ${{ matrix.python-version }} on ${{ matrix.platform }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: '3.x'
+        python-version: '3.10'
 
     - name: Check that tag version matches code version
       run: |
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ jobs:
         pip install setuptools wheel twine
     - name: Build and publish
       env:
-        TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
-        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+        TWINE_USERNAME: "__token__"
+        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+        #TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
+        #TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
       run: |
         python setup.py sdist
         twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/docs/source/changelog.rst b/docs/source/changelog.rst
index 8805f63..3b15919 100644
--- a/docs/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/source/changelog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ Version 2.0
 -----------
 * Updated version compatible with HDA v2
 
+Version 1.14
+-------------
+* The `download_dir` is created automatically
+
 Version 1.13
 -------------
 * Minor documentation fixes
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index f86c8e7..5500730 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 copyright = "2023, ECMWF"
 author = "ECMWF"
 
-release = "1.13"
-version = "1.13"
+release = "1.14"
+version = "1.14"
 
 # -- General configuration
 
diff --git a/hda/api.py b/hda/api.py
index 7fee65b..30f194a 100644
--- a/hda/api.py
+++ b/hda/api.py
@@ -719,8 +719,10 @@ def stream(self, download_id, size, download_dir):
         """
         full = self.full_url(*[f"dataaccess/download/{download_id}"])
 
-        if download_dir is None or not os.path.exists(download_dir):
+        if download_dir is None:
             download_dir = "."
+        else:
+            os.makedirs(download_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
         logger.info(
             "Downloading %s (%s)",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 384c13c..c37b501 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def read(fname):
     return io.open(file_path, encoding="utf-8").read()
 
 
-version = "1.13"
+version = "1.19"
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="hda",