diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml
index e90e053..94a2c25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   tests:
-    uses: OpenAstronomy/github-actions-workflows/.github/workflows/tox.yml@86823142467dd2afcd1bbac57d3a664cf468eb3b # v2.1.0
+    uses: OpenAstronomy/github-actions-workflows/.github/workflows/tox.yml@28e947497bed4d6ec3fa1d66d198e95a1d17bc63 # v2.2.1
     with:
       envs: |
         - linux: codestyle
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         - linux: py312-test-devdeps
   publish:
     needs: tests
-    uses: OpenAstronomy/github-actions-workflows/.github/workflows/publish_pure_python.yml@86823142467dd2afcd1bbac57d3a664cf468eb3b # v2.1.0
+    uses: OpenAstronomy/github-actions-workflows/.github/workflows/publish_pure_python.yml@28e947497bed4d6ec3fa1d66d198e95a1d17bc63 # v2.2.1
     with:
       test_extras: test
       test_command: pytest $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests; pytest --arraydiff $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests
diff --git a/tests/test_pytest_arraydiff.py b/tests/test_pytest_arraydiff.py
index 31c12cb..11a191b 100644
--- a/tests/test_pytest_arraydiff.py
+++ b/tests/test_pytest_arraydiff.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def test_succeeds_func_text():
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not NUMPY_LT_2_0, reason="AttributeError: `np.unicode_` was removed in the NumPy 2.0 release. Use `np.str_` instead.")
 @pytest.mark.array_compare(file_format='pd_hdf', reference_dir=reference_dir)
 def test_succeeds_func_pdhdf():
+    pytest.importorskip('tables')  # Need this "optional" dependency
     pd = pytest.importorskip('pandas')
     return pd.DataFrame(data=np.arange(20, dtype='int64'),
                         columns=['test_data'])