diff --git a/openeo_processes_dask/process_implementations/ml/curve_fitting.py b/openeo_processes_dask/process_implementations/ml/curve_fitting.py
index aad967be..959fa066 100644
--- a/openeo_processes_dask/process_implementations/ml/curve_fitting.py
+++ b/openeo_processes_dask/process_implementations/ml/curve_fitting.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ def predict_curve(
 ):
     labels_were_datetime = False
     dims_before = list(parameters.dims)
+    initial_labels = labels
 
     try:
         # Try parsing as datetime first
@@ -108,7 +109,6 @@ def predict_curve(
 
     if np.issubdtype(labels.dtype, np.datetime64):
         labels_were_datetime = True
-        initial_labels = labels
         timestep = [
             (
                 (np.datetime64(x) - np.datetime64("1970-01-01", "s"))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a2ccff80..426ffefa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "openeo-processes-dask"
-version = "2023.10.2"
+version = "2023.10.3"
 description = "Python implementations of many OpenEO processes, dask-friendly by default."
 authors = ["Lukas Weidenholzer <lukas.weidenholzer@eodc.eu>", "Sean Hoyal <sean.hoyal@eodc.eu>", "Valentina Hutter <valentina.hutter@eodc.eu>"]
 maintainers = ["EODC Staff <support@eodc.eu>"]
diff --git a/tests/test_ml.py b/tests/test_ml.py
index 4248b212..db72461c 100644
--- a/tests/test_ml.py
+++ b/tests/test_ml.py
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ def fitFunction(x, parameters):
     assert len(result.coords["param"]) == len(parameters)
 
     labels = dimension_labels(origin_cube, origin_cube.openeo.temporal_dims[0])
-    labels = [float(l) for l in labels]
     predictions = predict_curve(
         result,
         _process,