diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 19b4d0082..a80c17517 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ tables==3.8.0
 blosc==1.11.1
 joblib==1.2.0
 rich==13.3.5
-pyarrow==11.0.0; platform_machine != 'armv7l'
+pyarrow==12.0.0; platform_machine != 'armv7l'
 
 # find first, C search in arrays
 py_find_1st==1.1.5