diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bf346382f..818d404ad 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tables==3.8.0
 blosc==1.11.1
 joblib==1.3.2
 rich==13.5.2
-pyarrow==12.0.1; platform_machine != 'armv7l'
+pyarrow==13.0.0; platform_machine != 'armv7l'
 
 # find first, C search in arrays
 py_find_1st==1.1.5