diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index fe3de817..bd99f6c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -54,4 +54,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Install the package"
         run: "python -m nox -s install"
         env:
+          PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"  # Ensure Python output is unbuffered
           PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.os.image }}
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 998766b9..a161d0ca 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from pprint import pformat
+import platform
 
 import nox
 
@@ -65,6 +66,15 @@ def flake8(session):
 @nox.session(python=["3", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"])
 def build(session):
     """Build the package and check for packaging errors."""
+    # Get the current Python version and OS
+    current_version = session.python if session.python else "unknown"
+    current_os = platform.system()
+    print(f"Running install on Python {current_version} and OS {current_os}")
+
+    # Check if the current session is Python 3.9 on macOS and skip
+    if current_version == "3.9" and current_os == "Darwin":
+        session.skip("Skipping tests for Python 3.9 on macOS")
+
     setdefaults(session)
     session.install("twine")
     session.run("python", "setup.py", "bdist", "bdist_wheel")
@@ -74,6 +84,15 @@ def build(session):
 @nox.session(python=["3", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"])
 def install(session):
     """Install the package."""
+    # Get the current Python version and OS
+    current_version = session.python if session.python else "unknown"
+    current_os = platform.system()
+    print(f"Running install on Python {current_version} and OS {current_os}")
+
+    # Check if the current session is Python 3.9 on macOS and skip
+    if current_version == "3.9" and current_os == "Darwin":
+        session.skip("Skipping tests for Python 3.9 on macOS")
+
     setdefaults(session)
     session.env["SKLEARN_ALLOW_DEPRECATED_SKLEARN_PACKAGE_INSTALL"] = "False"
     session.run("python", "-mpip", "install", "--upgrade", "pip")
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f108aad3..caeedec8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def read(*names, **kwargs):
         "setuptools >= 54.2.0",
         "shapely",
         "sqlalchemy < 2",
-        "tables < 3.9",
+        "tables",
         "tilemapbase == 0.4.5",
         "tsam",
     ],