diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 13e1a870..8d72ee8a 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Release Notes
  * reduce memory usgae of `palantir.presults.compute_gene_trends`
  * removed seaborn dependency
  * refactor `run_diffusion_maps` to split out `compute_kernel` and `diffusion_maps_from_kernel`
+ * remove unused dependency `tables`
 
  ### Version 1.3.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 987fcfa9..f1d2997e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
         "joblib",
         "fcsparser>=0.1.2",
         "leidenalg>=0.9.1",
-        "tables>=3.4.2",
         "Cython",
         "cmake",
         "matplotlib>=2.2.2",
diff --git a/src/palantir/version.py b/src/palantir/version.py
index 385c7d0d..a6239769 100644
--- a/src/palantir/version.py
+++ b/src/palantir/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "1.3.2"
+__version__ = "1.3.1"
 __author__ = "Palantir development team"
 __author_email__ = "manu.talanki@gmail.com"