diff --git a/scripts/ci/jobs/jupyter.yml b/scripts/ci/jobs/jupyter.yml
index da91e2e0c453ca077c0b7cd7a98f365ff1d56770..83c03ca06bbebe25fa9b565f0eda9be2c95c121c 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/jobs/jupyter.yml
+++ b/scripts/ci/jobs/jupyter.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,10 @@ build jupyter:
       if [[ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" == "master" ]] ; then
         export DOCKER_TAG_JUPYTER="$CI_REGISTRY/ogs/$CI_PROJECT_NAME/ogs-serial-jupyter:latest"
         export DOCKER_TAG_JUPYTER_PETSC="$CI_REGISTRY/ogs/$CI_PROJECT_NAME/ogs-petsc-jupyter:latest"
-        export DOCKER_TAG_JUPYTER_PETSC_PYVISTA="$CI_REGISTRY/ogs/$CI_PROJECT_NAME/ogs-petsc-jupyter-pyvista_gpu:latest"
         export ON_MASTER_ARGS="--upload -C"
       else
         export DOCKER_TAG_JUPYTER="ci-$CI_PROJECT_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH-serial-jupyter:latest"
         export DOCKER_TAG_JUPYTER_PETSC="ci-$CI_PROJECT_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH-petsc-jupyter:latest"
-        export DOCKER_TAG_JUPYTER_PETSC_PYVISTA="ci-$CI_PROJECT_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH-petsc-jupyter-pyvista_gpu:latest"
       fi
     ### Jupyter container ###
     # Build base image for 22.04
@@ -24,16 +22,15 @@ build jupyter:
       rm -rf docker-stacks
       git clone https://github.com/jupyter/docker-stacks.git
       cd docker-stacks/base-notebook
-      docker build --build-arg ROOT_CONTAINER=ubuntu:22.04 -t jupyter/base-notebook:22.04 .
+      docker build --build-arg ROOT_CONTAINER=ubuntu:22.04 --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION=3.10  -t jupyter/base-notebook:22.04_3.10 .
       cd ../..
     # Serial image
     - >
       poetry run ogscm compiler.py ogs.py ogs_jupyter.py -B -R --ogs ../..
       --build_args ' --progress=plain' --cvode --ccache --cpmcache --mfront --cpu-target $CPU_TARGET
       --cmake_args ' -DOGS_CPU_ARCHITECTURE=OFF -DOGS_BUILD_TESTING=OFF'
-      --runtime_base_image 'jupyter/base-notebook:22.04'
+      --runtime_base_image 'jupyter/base-notebook:22.04_3.10'
       --packages gmsh
-      --pip https://github.com/dominik-kern/msh2vtu/archive/15f4838affe7056f12c0ea12034e9b48ecb19846.zip
       --tag $DOCKER_TAG_JUPYTER
       $ON_MASTER_ARGS
     # PETSc image
@@ -41,34 +38,18 @@ build jupyter:
       poetry run ogscm compiler.py mpi.py ogs.py ogs_jupyter.py -B -R --ogs ../..
       --build_args ' --progress=plain' --cvode --ccache --cpmcache --mfront --cpu-target $CPU_TARGET
       --cmake_args ' -DOGS_CPU_ARCHITECTURE=OFF -DOGS_BUILD_TESTING=OFF'
-      --runtime_base_image 'jupyter/base-notebook:22.04'
+      --runtime_base_image 'jupyter/base-notebook:22.04_3.10'
       --packages gmsh
-      --pip https://github.com/dominik-kern/msh2vtu/archive/15f4838affe7056f12c0ea12034e9b48ecb19846.zip
       --mpi_no_entrypoint
-      --pyvista
       --tag $DOCKER_TAG_JUPYTER_PETSC
       $ON_MASTER_ARGS
-    # PETSc image for CI testing with PyVista hardware rendering for static image
-    # outputs for the web site. Does not get uploaded to the registry (machine
-    # specific).
-    - >
-      poetry run ogscm compiler.py mpi.py ogs.py ogs_jupyter.py -B -R --ogs ../..
-      --build_args ' --progress=plain' --cvode --ccache --cpmcache --mfront --cpu-target $CPU_TARGET
-      --cmake_args ' -DOGS_CPU_ARCHITECTURE=OFF -DOGS_BUILD_TESTING=OFF'
-      --runtime_base_image 'jupyter/base-notebook:22.04'
-      --packages gmsh
-      --pip https://github.com/dominik-kern/msh2vtu/archive/15f4838affe7056f12c0ea12034e9b48ecb19846.zip
-      --mpi_no_entrypoint
-      --pyvista-gpu
-      --tag $DOCKER_TAG_JUPYTER_PETSC_PYVISTA
+    # execute notebooks in (PETSc) container
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR
-    # execute notebooks in (PETSc, PyVista gpu) container
     - >
       docker run --rm -v $PWD:/home/jovyan/work --user `id -u $USER` --group-add users
-      --gpus all
       --env PYVISTA_JUPYTER_BACKEND=static
       --workdir /home/jovyan/work
-      $DOCKER_TAG_JUPYTER_PETSC_PYVISTA
+      $DOCKER_TAG_JUPYTER_PETSC
       bash -c "cd Tests/Data &&  find . -type f -iname '*.ipynb' | grep -vP '\.ipynb_checkpoints|\.ci-skip.ipynb$' | xargs python Notebooks/testrunner.py --out _out --hugo"
   artifacts:
     name: container
diff --git a/web/content/docs/userguide/basics/jupyter-notebooks/index.md b/web/content/docs/userguide/basics/jupyter-notebooks/index.md
index 21abd68a050eb1c7655333b2ef927eaaa887d1ae..f0b3e28c83d2329d0e4db0a62b465f9101ae0dca 100644
--- a/web/content/docs/userguide/basics/jupyter-notebooks/index.md
+++ b/web/content/docs/userguide/basics/jupyter-notebooks/index.md
@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ Please note that this is a temporary installation. If you stop the container the
 
 ### Rendering with PyVista
 
-When using [PyVista][pyvista] the container uses the (interactive local rendering) [pythreejs](https://docs.pyvista.org/user-guide/jupyter/pythreejs.html) rendering backend per default. Other backends are currently not supported.
+When using [PyVista][pyvista] the container uses the (interactive) rendering backend [ipyvtklink](https://github.com/Kitware/ipyvtklink) per default. Other backends are currently not supported.
+
+The backend can be set via:
+
+```py
+import pyvista as pv
+
+pv.set_jupyter_backend('ipyvtklink') # default
+pv.set_jupyter_backend('pythreejs')  # see https://docs.pyvista.org/user-guide/jupyter/pythreejs.html
+pv.set_jupyter_backend('static')     # static images
+```
 
 [pyvista]: https://docs.pyvista.org
diff --git a/web/data/versions.json b/web/data/versions.json
index 26bb1b5a6f865e6ddb58b9e81674d6741f53fbba..78d632251862b246ad057010d22ecdf93c85ad19 100644
--- a/web/data/versions.json
+++ b/web/data/versions.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
       "git+https://github.com/joergbuchwald/VTUinterface@master#egg=VTUinterface",
       "git+https://github.com/joergbuchwald/heatsource_thm@main#egg=heatsource-py",
       "git+https://github.com/bilke/nb2hugo@e27dc02df2be1ce19e4a6f52d197c2e2a6ca520c#egg=nb2hugo",
+      "git+https://github.com/dominik-kern/msh2vtu@15f4838affe7056f12c0ea12034e9b48ecb19846#egg=msh2vtu",
       "ipykernel==6.9.1",
       "jinja2==3.0.3",
       "nbconvert==6.4.0",