diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-plugin.yml b/.github/workflows/check-plugin.yml
index a32c0f651..4a3cf8827 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-plugin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-plugin.yml
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd ${{ inputs.plugin }}
           pip install -r test_requirements.txt
-      - name: Install pytables (only for kedro-datasets on windows)
-        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && inputs.plugin == 'kedro-datasets'
-        run: pip install tables
       - name: pip freeze
         run: pip freeze
       - name: Run unit tests for Linux / all plugins
diff --git a/kedro-datasets/test_requirements.txt b/kedro-datasets/test_requirements.txt
index 9370649fc..4d4954739 100644
--- a/kedro-datasets/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/kedro-datasets/test_requirements.txt
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ scikit-learn~=1.0.2
 scipy~=1.7.3
 snowflake-snowpark-python~=1.0.0; python_version == '3.8'
 SQLAlchemy>=1.4, <3.0  # The `Inspector.has_table()` method replaces the `Engine.has_table()` method in version 1.4.
-tables~=3.6.0; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version < '3.9'
-tables~=3.6; platform_system != "Windows"
+tables~=3.7
 tensorflow-macos~=2.0; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_machine == "arm64"
 tensorflow~=2.0; platform_system != "Darwin" or platform_machine != "arm64"
 triad>=0.6.7, <1.0