diff --git a/openeo_processes_dask/process_implementations/ml/curve_fitting.py b/openeo_processes_dask/process_implementations/ml/curve_fitting.py
index 98ef6db4..d31207e3 100644
--- a/openeo_processes_dask/process_implementations/ml/curve_fitting.py
+++ b/openeo_processes_dask/process_implementations/ml/curve_fitting.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ def fit_curve(
 
     # The dimension along which to fit the curves cannot be chunked!
     rechunked_data = data.chunk(chunking)
+    rechunked_data = rechunked_data.persist()
 
     def wrapper(f):
         def _wrap(*args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 426ffefa..3e4f6f92 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "openeo-processes-dask"
-version = "2023.10.3"
+version = "2023.10.7"
 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>"]