diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/google.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/google.py
index 7c8af1caea..df630bb484 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/google.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/google.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def to_metadata(browser, log, entry_, timeout, running_a_test=False):  # {{{
 class GoogleBooks(Source):
 
     name = 'Google'
-    version = (1, 1, 2)
+    version = (1, 1, 3)
     minimum_calibre_version = (2, 80, 0)
     description = _('Downloads metadata and covers from Google Books')
 
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ class GoogleBooks(Source):
                     purl = urlparse(q.url)
                 except Exception:
                     continue
-                if not purl.hostname.startswith('https://books.google'):
+                if not purl.hostname.startswith('books.google'):
                     continue
                 google_ids.append(m.group(1))
 
@@ -586,6 +586,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':  # tests {{{
     ]),
 
     ]
-    test_identify_plugin(GoogleBooks.name, tests[:])
+    test_identify_plugin(GoogleBooks.name, tests[-1:])
 
 # }}}
diff --git a/src/calibre/srv/auto_reload.py b/src/calibre/srv/auto_reload.py
index 3200be4597..ccae8228ff 100644
--- a/src/calibre/srv/auto_reload.py
+++ b/src/calibre/srv/auto_reload.py
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class Worker:
             s.settimeout(5)
             try:
                 if self.uses_ssl:
-                    s = ssl.wrap_socket(s)
+                    s = ssl.create_default_context().wrap_socket(s)
                 s.connect(('localhost', self.port))
                 return
             except OSError:
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/site_parsers/nytimes.py b/src/calibre/web/site_parsers/nytimes.py
index 2526bf2df6..870368f474 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/site_parsers/nytimes.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/site_parsers/nytimes.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from xml.sax.saxutils import escape, quoteattr
 
 from calibre.utils.iso8601 import parse_iso8601
 
-module_version = 15  # needed for live updates
+module_version = 16  # needed for live updates
 pprint
 
 
@@ -52,9 +52,15 @@ def parse_vid(v):
             yield f'<div class="cap">{v["promotionalSummary"]}</div>'
 
 
+def get_data_wrapper(html: str | None) -> str:
+    m = re.search(r'datawrapper.dwcdn.net/(.{5})', html or '')
+    if m is not None:
+        return m.group(1)
+    return ''
+
+
 def parse_emb(e):
-    if e.get('html') and 'datawrapper.dwcdn.net' in e.get('html', ''):
-        dw = re.search(r'datawrapper.dwcdn.net/(.{5})', e['html']).group(1)
+    if dw := get_data_wrapper(e.get('html')):
         yield f'<div><img src="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/{dw}/full.png"></div>'
     elif e.get('promotionalMedia'):
         if e.get('headline'):