diff --git a/.github/workflows/dataframe-dask.yml b/.github/workflows/dataframe-dask.yml
index 8b42d543..06eabcd1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dataframe-dask.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dataframe-dask.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ 'ubuntu-latest' ]
-        python-version: [ '3.11', '3.12' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.11', '3.12' ]
         cratedb-version: [ 'nightly' ]
 
     services:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dataframe-pandas.yml b/.github/workflows/dataframe-pandas.yml
index 704fbb05..e4870802 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dataframe-pandas.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dataframe-pandas.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ 'ubuntu-latest' ]
-        python-version: [ '3.11', '3.12' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.11', '3.12' ]
         cratedb-version: [ 'nightly' ]
 
     services:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ml-automl.yml b/.github/workflows/ml-automl.yml
index 9f13bf01..cbe2f65e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ml-automl.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ml-automl.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ 'ubuntu-latest' ]
-        python-version: [ '3.11' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.11' ]
         cratedb-version: [ 'nightly' ]
 
     services:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ml-langchain.yml b/.github/workflows/ml-langchain.yml
index 052c5471..c67a8f4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ml-langchain.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ml-langchain.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ 'ubuntu-latest' ]
-        python-version: [ '3.11' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.11' ]
         cratedb-version: [ 'nightly' ]
 
     services:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ml-mlflow.yml b/.github/workflows/ml-mlflow.yml
index 6a2aa1e5..2ecd5aec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ml-mlflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ml-mlflow.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ 'ubuntu-latest' ]
-        python-version: [ '3.11' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.11' ]
         cratedb-version: [ 'nightly' ]
 
     services:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/timeseries.yml b/.github/workflows/timeseries.yml
index dce9a6ab..49c91b9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/timeseries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/timeseries.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ 'ubuntu-latest' ]
-        python-version: [ '3.11' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.11' ]
         cratedb-version: [ 'nightly' ]
 
     services:
diff --git a/topic/timeseries/conftest.py b/topic/timeseries/conftest.py
index fac0c41f..16daacd6 100644
--- a/topic/timeseries/conftest.py
+++ b/topic/timeseries/conftest.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def reset_database_tables():
 
     reset_tables = [
         "cities",
+        "machine_data",
         "weather_data",
         "weather_stations",
     ]
diff --git a/topic/timeseries/exploratory_data_analysis.ipynb b/topic/timeseries/exploratory_data_analysis.ipynb
index 2b9615ad..1887cc91 100644
--- a/topic/timeseries/exploratory_data_analysis.ipynb
+++ b/topic/timeseries/exploratory_data_analysis.ipynb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "#!pip install -r requirements.txt\n",
     "\n",
     "# Note: If you are running in an environment like Google Colab, please use the absolute path of the requirements:\n",
-    "#!pip install -r https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crate/cratedb-examples/main/topic/timeseries/requirements.txt"
+    "#!pip install -r https://github.com/crate/cratedb-examples/raw/main/topic/timeseries/requirements.txt"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/topic/timeseries/time-series-decomposition.ipynb b/topic/timeseries/time-series-decomposition.ipynb
index 71a051e6..e3893d09 100644
--- a/topic/timeseries/time-series-decomposition.ipynb
+++ b/topic/timeseries/time-series-decomposition.ipynb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "#!pip install -r requirements.txt\n",
     "\n",
     "# Note: If you are running in an environment like Google Colab, please use the absolute path of the requirements:\n",
-    "#!pip install -r https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crate/cratedb-examples/main/topic/timeseries/requirements.txt"
+    "#!pip install -r https://github.com/crate/cratedb-examples/raw/main/topic/timeseries/requirements.txt"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/topic/timeseries/timeseries-anomaly-detection.ipynb b/topic/timeseries/timeseries-anomaly-detection.ipynb
index 2a6ab906..85a70de1 100644
--- a/topic/timeseries/timeseries-anomaly-detection.ipynb
+++ b/topic/timeseries/timeseries-anomaly-detection.ipynb
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "!pip install -r requirements.txt\n",
+    "%pip install -r requirements.txt\n",
     "\n",
     "# Note: If you are running in an environment like Google Colab, please use the absolute path of the requirements:\n",
-    "#!pip install -r https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crate/cratedb-examples/main/topic/timeseries/requirements.txt"
+    "#%pip install -r https://github.com/crate/cratedb-examples/raw/main/topic/timeseries/requirements.txt"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     "In this step, we will create the table and populate it with the dataset from [nab-machine-failure.csv]. If you are using CrateDB Cloud, you can use the [URL import] available in the console, otherwise, use the `COPY FROM` statement used below. You can run it in the console in the Admin UI or you can use [Crash], in this case, we are using SQLAlchemy.\n",
     "\n",
     "[URL import]: https://cratedb.com/docs/cloud/en/latest/reference/overview.html#import-from-url\n",
-    "[nab-machine-failure.csv]: https://github.com/crate/cratedb-datasets/raw/main/timeseries/nab-machine-failure.csv\",\n",
+    "[nab-machine-failure.csv]: https://github.com/crate/cratedb-datasets/raw/main/timeseries/nab-machine-failure.csv\n",
     "[Crash]: https://cratedb.com/docs/crate/crash/en/latest/getting-started.html"
    ]
   },
@@ -98,25 +98,22 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "# Use this connection string template for CrateDB Cloud Clusters\n",
+    "# crate://<USER>:<PASSWORD>@<HOST>\n",
     "CONNECTION_STRING = os.environ.get(\n",
     "     \"CRATEDB_CONNECTION_STRING\",\n",
-    "     \"crate://<USER>:<PASSWORD>@<HOST>\",\n",
-    ")\n",
-    "\n",
-    "# Use this connection string template for CrateDB running locally\n",
-    "#CONNECTION_STRING = os.environ.get(\n",
-    "#     \"CRATEDB_CONNECTION_STRING\",\n",
-    "#     \"crate://localhost:4200\",\n",
-    "# )\n",
+    "     \"crate://localhost:4200\",\n",
+    " )\n",
     "\n",
     "engine = sa.create_engine(CONNECTION_STRING, echo=os.environ.get('DEBUG'))\n",
     "\n",
-    "query_create_table = 'CREATE TABLE machine_data (\"timestamp\" TIMESTAMP, \"value\" DOUBLE PRECISION)' \n",
-    "query_copy_from = \"COPY machine_data FROM 'https://github.com/crate/cratedb-datasets/raw/main/timeseries/nab-machine-failure.csv';\"\n",
+    "sql_ddl = 'CREATE TABLE machine_data (\"timestamp\" TIMESTAMP, \"value\" DOUBLE PRECISION)'\n",
+    "sql_load = \"COPY machine_data FROM 'https://github.com/crate/cratedb-datasets/raw/main/timeseries/nab-machine-failure.csv';\"\n",
+    "sql_refresh = \"REFRESH TABLE machine_data;\"\n",
+    "\n",
     "with engine.connect() as conn:\n",
-    "    conn.execute(sa.text(query_create_table))\n",
-    "    conn.execute(sa.text(query_copy_from))\n"
+    "    conn.execute(sa.text(sql_ddl))\n",
+    "    conn.execute(sa.text(sql_load))\n",
+    "    conn.execute(sa.text(sql_refresh))"
    ]
   },
   {