Salem numbers appear naturally as dynamical degrees of isometries of hyperbolic lattices and hence in the study of entropy of surface automorphisms. The conjecturally smallest Salem number is Lehmer's number $\lambda_{10}$, which can be realized by automorphisms of K3 surfaces and rational surfaces by work of McMullen. In this talk, I will explain how to generalize a result of Oguiso asserting the non-realizability of $\lambda_{10}$ for automorphisms of Enriques surfaces over the complex numbers to odd characteristics. Then, I will describe the unique counterexample in characteristic 2. This is joint work with Giacomo Mezzedimi and Davide Veniani.