diff --git a/.ci_support/environment-docs.yml b/.ci_support/environment-docs.yml
index eca2abc88..f23f3317e 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment-docs.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment-docs.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies:
 - pyiron_snippets =0.1.4
 - executorlib =0.0.7
 - pysqa =0.2.3
-- pytables =3.10.1
+- pytables =3.10.2
 - sqlalchemy =2.0.37
 - tqdm =4.67.1
 - traitlets =5.14.3
diff --git a/.ci_support/environment-mini.yml b/.ci_support/environment-mini.yml
index b0268bf9b..84d0a3754 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment-mini.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment-mini.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies:
 - pyiron_snippets =0.1.3
 - executorlib =0.0.7
 - pysqa =0.2.3
-- pytables =3.10.1
+- pytables =3.10.2
 - sqlalchemy =2.0.37
 - tqdm =4.67.1
 - traitlets =5.14.3
diff --git a/.ci_support/environment.yml b/.ci_support/environment.yml
index a66197082..e348c2695 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies:
 - pyiron_snippets =0.1.4
 - executorlib =0.0.7
 - pysqa =0.2.3
-- pytables =3.10.1
+- pytables =3.10.2
 - sqlalchemy =2.0.37
 - tqdm =4.67.1
 - traitlets =5.14.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
index 5a469bc40..e07482f47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ jobs:
         - operating-system: ubuntu-latest
           python-version: '3.11'
           label: linux-64-py-3-11
-          
-        - operating-system: ubuntu-latest
-          python-version: '3.10'
-          label: linux-64-py-3-10
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/binder/environment.yml b/binder/environment.yml
index aeef5eb4b..0d7ef6a73 100644
--- a/binder/environment.yml
+++ b/binder/environment.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies:
 - pyiron_snippets =0.1.4
 - executorlib =0.0.7
 - pysqa =0.2.3
-- pytables =3.10.1
+- pytables =3.10.2
 - sqlalchemy =2.0.37
 - tqdm =4.67.1
 - traitlets =5.14.3
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cb9c40edb..09bb24466 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyiron_snippets==0.1.4",
     "pysqa==0.2.3",
     "sqlalchemy==2.0.37",
-    "tables==3.10.1",
+    "tables==3.10.2",
     "tqdm==4.67.1",
     "traitlets==5.14.3",
 ]