diff --git a/build_helpers/pyarrow-15.0.2-cp311-cp311-linux_armv7l.whl b/build_helpers/pyarrow-16.0.0-cp311-cp311-linux_armv7l.whl
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diff --git a/build_helpers/pyarrow-15.0.2-cp39-cp39-linux_armv7l.whl b/build_helpers/pyarrow-16.0.0-cp39-cp39-linux_armv7l.whl
similarity index 65%
rename from build_helpers/pyarrow-15.0.2-cp39-cp39-linux_armv7l.whl
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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--- 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