diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-38.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-38.yaml
index 60db02def8a3d..b23f686d845e9 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-38.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-38.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dependencies:
   - psycopg2
   - pymysql
   - pytables
-  - pyarrow
+  - pyarrow=3
   - pyreadstat
   - pyxlsb
   - s3fs
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-macos-39.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-macos-39.yaml
index a0860ef536953..140d67796452c 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-macos-39.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-macos-39.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dependencies:
   - numexpr
   - numpy=1.21.3
   - openpyxl
-  - pyarrow=1.0.1
+  - pyarrow=4
   - pyreadstat
   - pytables
   - python-dateutil==2.8.1