diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 3d4d8d2..991556c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Skeem changelog
 in progress
 ===========
 - Added support for Python 3.12
+- Adjusted SQL DDL for sqlalchemy-cratedb 0.40.0
 
 
 2023-03-09 0.1.0
diff --git a/tests/format/test_netcdf.py b/tests/format/test_netcdf.py
index 3c06459..ce896fb 100644
--- a/tests/format/test_netcdf.py
+++ b/tests/format/test_netcdf.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 reference = unwrap(
     """
 CREATE TABLE "aircraft_track_lear" (
-    "time" TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
+    "time" TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE NOT NULL,
     "altitude" DOUBLE NOT NULL,
     "latitude" DOUBLE NOT NULL,
     "longitude" DOUBLE NOT NULL,
diff --git a/tests/util.py b/tests/util.py
index e02559c..87d389a 100644
--- a/tests/util.py
+++ b/tests/util.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def get_basic_sql_reference(
     CREATE TABLE "{clean_key_name(table_name)}" (
         "id" INT NOT NULL,
         "name" STRING NOT NULL,
-        "date" TIMESTAMP{" NOT NULL" if timestamp_not_null else ""},
+        "date" TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE{" NOT NULL" if timestamp_not_null else ""},
         "fruits" STRING NOT NULL,
         "price" DOUBLE NOT NULL,
         PRIMARY KEY ("{primary_key}")
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ def get_basic_sql_reference(
     CREATE TABLE {clean_key_name(table_name)} (
         id INT NOT NULL,
         name STRING,
-        date {"TIMESTAMP" if not timestamp_is_string else "STRING"}{" NOT NULL" if timestamp_not_null else ""},
+        date {"TIMESTAMP WITHOUT TIME ZONE" if not timestamp_is_string else "STRING"
+        }{" NOT NULL" if timestamp_not_null else ""},
         fruits STRING,
         price FLOAT,
         PRIMARY KEY ({primary_key})