diff --git a/openml/tasks/task.py b/openml/tasks/task.py
index 4ad4cec62..1e8671847 100644
--- a/openml/tasks/task.py
+++ b/openml/tasks/task.py
@@ -145,9 +145,12 @@ def _get_repr_body_fields(self) -> Sequence[tuple[str, str | int | list[str]]]:
         ]
         return [(key, fields[key]) for key in order if key in fields]
 
-    def get_dataset(self) -> datasets.OpenMLDataset:
-        """Download dataset associated with task."""
-        return datasets.get_dataset(self.dataset_id)
+    def get_dataset(self, **kwargs) -> datasets.OpenMLDataset:
+        """Download dataset associated with task.
+
+        Accepts the same keyword arguments as the `openml.datasets.get_dataset`.
+        """
+        return datasets.get_dataset(self.dataset_id, **kwargs)
 
     def get_train_test_split_indices(
         self,