diff --git a/build_helpers/pyarrow-12.0.1-cp39-cp39-linux_armv7l.whl b/build_helpers/pyarrow-13.0.0-cp39-cp39-linux_armv7l.whl
similarity index 63%
rename from build_helpers/pyarrow-12.0.1-cp39-cp39-linux_armv7l.whl
rename to build_helpers/pyarrow-13.0.0-cp39-cp39-linux_armv7l.whl
index 55211ca01..6dcca7db8 100644
Binary files a/build_helpers/pyarrow-12.0.1-cp39-cp39-linux_armv7l.whl and b/build_helpers/pyarrow-13.0.0-cp39-cp39-linux_armv7l.whl differ
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b5c4895e0..8b61423fb 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