diff --git a/.github/workflows/python.yml b/.github/workflows/python.yml
index 125336a7..30377f3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install lancedb
         run: |
           pip install "pydantic<2"
+          pip install pyarrow==16
           pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/lancedb/ -e .[tests]
           pip install tantivy
       - name: Run tests
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 1df029b1..5d0bc6e0 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "numpy",
     "overrides>=0.7",
     "packaging",
-    "pyarrow>=14",
+    "pyarrow>=16",
     "pydantic>=1.10",
     "tqdm>=4.27.0",
 ]