diff --git a/requirements-formats.txt b/requirements-formats.txt
index 34692330..67698c5c 100644
--- a/requirements-formats.txt
+++ b/requirements-formats.txt
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ fastavro==0.24.2 ; python_version < '3.0'
 gspread>=3.4.0 ; python_version >= '3.4'
 
 # version 3.9.2 fails with python3.12 on macos-latest: PyTables/PyTables#1093
-tables ; python_version != '3.12'
+tables ; python_version <= '3.10'