diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 65964d79a..3bf2f62cd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jinja2==3.1.3
 tables==3.9.1
 joblib==1.4.0
 rich==13.7.1
-pyarrow==15.0.2; platform_machine != 'armv7l'
+pyarrow==16.0.0; platform_machine != 'armv7l'
 
 # find first, C search in arrays
 py_find_1st==1.1.6