diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 497e0877e3..e233958d0d 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 
 ## Dependency changes
 
+* Tables.jl version 1.2 is now required.
 * DataAPI.jl version 1.4 is now required. It implies that `All(args...)` is
   deprecated and `Cols(args...)` is recommended instead. `All()` is still supported.
 
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 0e589394ff..064dbfdd9e 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ PrettyTables = "0.10"
 Reexport = "0.1, 0.2"
 SortingAlgorithms = "0.1, 0.2, 0.3"
 TableTraits = "0.4, 1"
-Tables = "1.1"
+Tables = "1.2"
 
 [extras]
 DataStructures = "864edb3b-99cc-5e75-8d2d-829cb0a9cfe8"
diff --git a/test/select.jl b/test/select.jl
index 169bdee722..73e26db3ad 100644
--- a/test/select.jl
+++ b/test/select.jl
@@ -1542,10 +1542,12 @@ end
                                DataFrame(p=Int[], q=String[]))
 
         # here this follows Tables.jl behavior
-        for res in ([1, "1"], (1, "1"))
-            @test select(df, [] => ByRow(() -> res) => AsTable) == DataFrame()
-            @test_throws ArgumentError select(df, [] => ByRow(() -> res) => [:p, :q])
-        end
+        @test select(df, [] => ByRow(() -> [1, "1"]) => AsTable) == DataFrame()
+        @test_throws ArgumentError select(df, [] => ByRow(() -> [1, "1"]) => [:p, :q])
+        @test isequal_coltyped(select(df, [] => ByRow(() -> (1, "1")) => AsTable),
+                               DataFrame(Column1=Int[], Column2=String[]))
+        @test isequal_coltyped(select(df, [] => ByRow(() -> (1, "1")) => [:p, :q]),
+                               DataFrame(p=Int[], q=String[]))
     end
 
     @test select(df, AsTable([]) => ByRow(x -> 1)) == DataFrame("function" => [1, 1, 1])
@@ -1570,10 +1572,12 @@ end
                                DataFrame(p=Int[], q=String[]))
 
         # here this follows Tables.jl behavior
-        for res in ([1, "1"], (1, "1"))
-            @test select(df, AsTable([]) => ByRow(x -> res) => AsTable) == DataFrame()
-            @test_throws ArgumentError select(df, AsTable([]) => ByRow(x -> res) => [:p, :q])
-        end
+        @test select(df, [] => ByRow(() -> [1, "1"]) => AsTable) == DataFrame()
+        @test_throws ArgumentError select(df, [] => ByRow(() -> [1, "1"]) => [:p, :q])
+        @test isequal_coltyped(select(df, [] => ByRow(() -> (1, "1")) => AsTable),
+                               DataFrame(Column1=Int[], Column2=String[]))
+        @test isequal_coltyped(select(df, [] => ByRow(() -> (1, "1")) => [:p, :q]),
+                               DataFrame(p=Int[], q=String[]))
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/test/tables.jl b/test/tables.jl
index e03c008fa4..2f0ba67deb 100644
--- a/test/tables.jl
+++ b/test/tables.jl
@@ -265,7 +265,15 @@ end
 end
 
 @testset "test constructor with vectors" begin
-    @test DataFrame(Any[]) == DataFrame()
+    @test_throws ArgumentError DataFrame(Any[])
+    df = DataFrame(typeof((1,1))[])
+    @test names(df) == ["Column1", "Column2"]
+    @test size(df) == (0, 2)
+    @test eltype(df.Column1) == Int
+    df = DataFrame(typeof((a=1, b=1))[])
+    @test names(df) == ["a", "b"]
+    @test size(df) == (0, 2)
+    @test eltype(df.a) == Int
     @test DataFrame(Vector[], :auto) == DataFrame()
     @test DataFrame(Pair{Symbol, Vector}[], :auto) == DataFrame()
     @test DataFrame(Pair[]) == DataFrame()