diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml
index 745b2fc5dfd2e..1d9f8aa3b092a 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies:
   - jinja2>=3.1.2
   - lxml>=4.9.2
   - matplotlib>=3.6.3
-  # - numba>=0.56.4
+  - numba>=0.56.4
   - numexpr>=2.8.4
   - odfpy>=1.4.1
   - qtpy>=2.3.0
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pyarrow>=10.0.1
   - pymysql>=1.0.2
   - pyreadstat>=1.2.0
-  # - pytables>=3.8.0
+  - pytables>=3.8.0
   - python-calamine>=0.1.7
   - pyxlsb>=1.0.10
   - s3fs>=2022.11.0
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_append.py b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_append.py
index b722a7f179479..7f7f7eccb2382 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_append.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_append.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from pandas._libs.tslibs import Timestamp
+from pandas.compat import PY312
 
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas import (
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ def test_append_all_nans(setup_path):
             tm.assert_frame_equal(store["df2"], df, check_index_type=True)
 
 
-def test_append_frame_column_oriented(setup_path):
+def test_append_frame_column_oriented(setup_path, request):
     with ensure_clean_store(setup_path) as store:
         # column oriented
         df = DataFrame(
@@ -303,6 +304,13 @@ def test_append_frame_column_oriented(setup_path):
         tm.assert_frame_equal(expected, result)
 
         # selection on the non-indexable
+        request.applymarker(
+            pytest.mark.xfail(
+                PY312,
+                reason="AST change in PY312",
+                raises=ValueError,
+            )
+        )
         result = store.select("df1", ("columns=A", "index=df.index[0:4]"))
         expected = df.reindex(columns=["A"], index=df.index[0:4])
         tm.assert_frame_equal(expected, result)
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_select.py b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_select.py
index 0e303d1c890c5..752e2fc570023 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_select.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_select.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from pandas._libs.tslibs import Timestamp
+from pandas.compat import PY312
 
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas import (
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ def test_select(setup_path):
         tm.assert_frame_equal(expected, result)
 
 
-def test_select_dtypes(setup_path):
+def test_select_dtypes(setup_path, request):
     with ensure_clean_store(setup_path) as store:
         # with a Timestamp data column (GH #2637)
         df = DataFrame(
@@ -279,6 +280,13 @@ def test_select_dtypes(setup_path):
         expected = df[df["A"] > 0]
 
         store.append("df", df, data_columns=True)
+        request.applymarker(
+            pytest.mark.xfail(
+                PY312,
+                reason="AST change in PY312",
+                raises=ValueError,
+            )
+        )
         np_zero = np.float64(0)  # noqa: F841
         result = store.select("df", where=["A>np_zero"])
         tm.assert_frame_equal(expected, result)
@@ -607,7 +615,7 @@ def test_select_iterator_many_empty_frames(setup_path):
         assert len(results) == 0
 
 
-def test_frame_select(setup_path):
+def test_frame_select(setup_path, request):
     df = DataFrame(
         np.random.default_rng(2).standard_normal((10, 4)),
         columns=Index(list("ABCD"), dtype=object),
@@ -624,6 +632,13 @@ def test_frame_select(setup_path):
         crit2 = "columns=['A', 'D']"
         crit3 = "columns=A"
 
+        request.applymarker(
+            pytest.mark.xfail(
+                PY312,
+                reason="AST change in PY312",
+                raises=TypeError,
+            )
+        )
         result = store.select("frame", [crit1, crit2])
         expected = df.loc[date:, ["A", "D"]]
         tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_store.py b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_store.py
index fda385685da19..e62df0bc1c977 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_store.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_store.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
+from pandas.compat import PY312
+
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas import (
     DataFrame,
@@ -866,7 +868,7 @@ def test_start_stop_fixed(setup_path):
         df.iloc[8:10, -2] = np.nan
 
 
-def test_select_filter_corner(setup_path):
+def test_select_filter_corner(setup_path, request):
     df = DataFrame(np.random.default_rng(2).standard_normal((50, 100)))
     df.index = [f"{c:3d}" for c in df.index]
     df.columns = [f"{c:3d}" for c in df.columns]
@@ -874,6 +876,13 @@ def test_select_filter_corner(setup_path):
     with ensure_clean_store(setup_path) as store:
         store.put("frame", df, format="table")
 
+        request.applymarker(
+            pytest.mark.xfail(
+                PY312,
+                reason="AST change in PY312",
+                raises=ValueError,
+            )
+        )
         crit = "columns=df.columns[:75]"
         result = store.select("frame", [crit])
         tm.assert_frame_equal(result, df.loc[:, df.columns[:75]])