diff --git a/esmvaltool/recipes/examples/recipe_easy_ipcc.yml b/esmvaltool/recipes/examples/recipe_easy_ipcc.yml
index 40040e2835..af5d711fa8 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/recipes/examples/recipe_easy_ipcc.yml
+++ b/esmvaltool/recipes/examples/recipe_easy_ipcc.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ diagnostics:
         script: examples/make_plot.py
 
 datasets:
-  - {dataset: ACCESS-CM2, ensemble: 'r(1:5)i1p1f1', grid: gn}
+  - {dataset: ACCESS-CM2, ensemble: 'r(1:10)i1p1f1', grid: gn}
   - {dataset: ACCESS-ESM1-5, ensemble: 'r(1:40)i1p1f1', grid: gn}
   - {dataset: AWI-CM-1-1-MR, ensemble: r1i1p1f1, grid: gn}
   - {dataset: BCC-CSM2-MR, ensemble: r1i1p1f1, grid: gn}
@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ datasets:
   - {dataset: MIROC6, ensemble: 'r(1:50)i1p1f1', grid: gn}
   - {dataset: MPI-ESM1-2-HR, ensemble: 'r1i1p1f1', grid: gn}
   # - {dataset: MPI-ESM1-2-HR, ensemble: 'r(1:2)i1p1f1', grid: gn}  # second ensemble member causes warnings about large graphs in `concatenate` preprocessor step
-  - {dataset: MPI-ESM1-2-LR, ensemble: 'r(1:30)i1p1f1', grid: gn}
+  - {dataset: MPI-ESM1-2-LR, ensemble: 'r(1:50)i1p1f1', grid: gn}
   - {dataset: MRI-ESM2-0, ensemble: 'r(1:5)i1p1f1', grid: gn}
   # - {dataset: NESM3, ensemble: 'r(1:2)i1p1f1', grid: gn}  # cannot be used due to https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/issues/2101
   # - {dataset: NorESM2-LM, ensemble: r1i1p1f1, grid: gn}  # duplicated areacello file with wrong name
   - {dataset: NorESM2-MM, ensemble: r1i1p1f1, grid: gn}
-  - {dataset: TaiESM1, ensemble: r1i1p1f1, grid: gn}
+  # - {dataset: TaiESM1, ensemble: r1i1p1f1, grid: gn}  # download failure of ssp585
   - {dataset: UKESM1-0-LL, ensemble: 'r(1:4)i1p1f2', grid: gn}
   - {dataset: UKESM1-0-LL, ensemble: r8i1p1f2, grid: gn}