diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b04ad502d5..e23d17effb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "mmh3",
     "numpy>=1.22,<2",
     "pandas>=1.4.3,<3",
-    "pyarrow>=4",
+    "pyarrow>=9",
     "pydantic>=2.0.0",
     "pygments>=2.12.0,<3",
     "PyYAML>=5.4.0,<7",