diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 8c45af6..980a6c9 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@ History
 =======
 
 
+v0.21.1 (2024-10-10)
+
+* Add convenience funtion alter_db_table_column to add/drop databricks table columns.
+* No longer require installing haversine.
+* Update fakeredis==2.25.1.
+* Update mlflow==2.16.2.
+* Update pandas==2.2.3.
+* Update polars==1.9.0.
+* Update pylint==3.3.1.
+* Update pysmb==1.2.10.
+* Update redis==5.1.1.
+
+
 v0.21.0 (2024-09-17)
 
 * Update cython==3.0.11.
diff --git a/aioradio/aws/dynamodb.py b/aioradio/aws/dynamodb.py
index 31f0f15..e17952f 100644
--- a/aioradio/aws/dynamodb.py
+++ b/aioradio/aws/dynamodb.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Generic async AWS functions for DynamoDB."""
 
 # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+# pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments
 
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
diff --git a/aioradio/aws/sqs.py b/aioradio/aws/sqs.py
index 92dc4d4..61072d0 100644
--- a/aioradio/aws/sqs.py
+++ b/aioradio/aws/sqs.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # pylint: disable=dangerous-default-value
 # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+# pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments
 
 import logging
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
diff --git a/aioradio/ds_utils.py b/aioradio/ds_utils.py
index 2dc0f12..227fae8 100644
--- a/aioradio/ds_utils.py
+++ b/aioradio/ds_utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=protected-access
 # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
 # pylint: disable=too-many-boolean-expressions
+# pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments
 # pylint: disable=unnecessary-comprehension
 # pylint: disable=unused-argument
 # pylint: disable=unused-import
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@
 import polars as pl
 import pyarrow as pa
 import pyarrow.dataset as ds
-from haversine import haversine, Unit
 from mlflow.entities.model_registry.model_version_status import ModelVersionStatus
 from mlflow.tracking.client import MlflowClient
 from pyspark.sql import SparkSession
@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@
 ############################### Databricks functions ################################
 
 
+def alter_db_table_column(table: str, column: str, cmd: str, dtype: str=''):
+    """Convenience function to either add or drop a single column in a
+    databricks table."""
+
+    cmd = cmd.upper()
+    if cmd == 'ADD':
+        spark.sql(f'ALTER TABLE {table} ADD COLUMN ({column} {dtype})')
+    elif cmd == 'DROP':
+        spark.sql(f'ALTER TABLE {table} DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS ({column})')
+
+
 def db_catalog(env):
     """Return the DataBricks catalog based on the passed in environment."""
 
@@ -237,7 +248,7 @@ def promote_model_to_production(model_name, tags):
         logger.info(f"Model status: {ModelVersionStatus.to_string(status)}")
         if status == ModelVersionStatus.READY:
             break
-        time.sleep(1)
+        sleep(1)
 
     registered_model = client.get_registered_model(model_name)
     logger.info(f"registered_model: {registered_model}")
@@ -479,12 +490,6 @@ def apply_bearing(dataframe, latitude, longitude):
     return dataframe.apply(lambda x: bearing(x.LATITUDE, latitude, x.LONGITUDE, longitude), axis=1)
 
 
-def apply_haversine(dataframe, latitude, longitude):
-    """Apply haversine function on split dataframe."""
-
-    return dataframe.apply(lambda x: haversine((x.LATITUDE, x.LONGITUDE), (latitude, longitude), unit=Unit.MILES), axis=1)
-
-
 def logit(x, a, b, c, d):
     """Logit function."""
 
diff --git a/aioradio/file_ingestion.py b/aioradio/file_ingestion.py
index 639539a..fdceaa1 100644
--- a/aioradio/file_ingestion.py
+++ b/aioradio/file_ingestion.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=too-many-lines
 # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
 # pylint: disable=too-many-nested-blocks
+# pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments
 # pylint: disable=too-many-public-methods
 
 import asyncio
diff --git a/aioradio/psycopg2.py b/aioradio/psycopg2.py
index 1705a52..1fe7c76 100644
--- a/aioradio/psycopg2.py
+++ b/aioradio/psycopg2.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # pylint: disable=c-extension-no-member
 # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+# pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments
 
 import psycopg2
 
diff --git a/aioradio/pyodbc.py b/aioradio/pyodbc.py
index 6392ad9..e5b42fc 100644
--- a/aioradio/pyodbc.py
+++ b/aioradio/pyodbc.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # pylint: disable=c-extension-no-member
 # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+# pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments
 # pylint: disable=unsubscriptable-object
 
 import os
diff --git a/aioradio/redis.py b/aioradio/redis.py
index 66f17b5..c866e99 100644
--- a/aioradio/redis.py
+++ b/aioradio/redis.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=no-member
 # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
 # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
+# pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments
 # pylint: disable=unsubscriptable-object
 
 import hashlib
diff --git a/aioradio/requirements.txt b/aioradio/requirements.txt
index 83e96ab..a9adaf7 100644
--- a/aioradio/requirements.txt
+++ b/aioradio/requirements.txt
@@ -6,36 +6,36 @@ botocore==1.34.131
 cython==3.0.11
 databricks-connect==14.3.1
 ddtrace==2.6.5
-fakeredis==2.24.1
+fakeredis==2.25.1
 faust-cchardet==2.1.19
 flask==3.0.3
 flask-cors==4.0.1
 grpcio==1.62.2
 grpcio-status==1.62.2
-haversine==2.8.1
 httpx==0.27.2
+importlib-metadata==8.4.0
 mandrill==1.0.60
-mlflow==2.14.3
+mlflow==2.16.2
 moto==4.2.14
 numpy==1.26.4
 openpyxl==3.0.10
 orjson==3.9.15
-pandas==2.2.2
+pandas==2.2.3
 pkginfo==1.10.0
-polars==1.7.1
+polars==1.9.0
 pre-commit==3.8.0
 protobuf==4.25.4
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.9
 pyarrow==15.0.2
-pylint==3.2.7
+pylint==3.3.1
 pyodbc==5.1.0 --no-binary=pyodbc
-pysmb==1.2.9.1
+pysmb==1.2.10
 pyspark==3.4.3
 pytest==8.1.2
 pytest-asyncio==0.21.1
 pytest-cov==5.0.0
 python-json-logger==2.0.7
-redis==5.0.8
+redis==5.1.1
 twine==5.1.1
 typing_extensions==4.11.0
 werkzeug==3.0.4
diff --git a/aioradio/tests/file_ingestion_test.py b/aioradio/tests/file_ingestion_test.py
index c905989..bb7d81a 100644
--- a/aioradio/tests/file_ingestion_test.py
+++ b/aioradio/tests/file_ingestion_test.py
@@ -202,11 +202,10 @@ async def func():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_async_db_wrapper(user):
+async def test_async_db_wrapper():
     """Test async_db_wrapper with database connections."""
 
-    if user != 'tim.reichard':
-        pytest.skip('Skip test_async_db_wrapper since user is not Tim Reichard')
+    pytest.skip('Skip test_async_db_wrapper since we no longer have access to aws secrets locally.')
 
     db_info=[{
         'db': 'pyodbc',
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6c79249..2534f53 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     long_description = fileobj.read()
 
 setup(name='aioradio',
-    version='0.21.0',
+    version='0.21.1',
     description='Generic asynchronous i/o python utilities for AWS services (SQS, S3, DynamoDB, Secrets Manager), Redis, MSSQL (pyodbc), JIRA and more',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
         'fakeredis>=2.20.0',
         'grpcio==1.62.2',
         'grpcio-status==1.62.2',
-        'haversine>=2.8.0',
         'httpx>=0.23.0',
         'mandrill>=1.0.60',
         'mlflow>=2.10.2',