diff --git a/ci/requirements-2.7.sh b/ci/requirements-2.7.sh
index 64d470e5c6e0e..5b20617f55759 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-2.7.sh
+++ b/ci/requirements-2.7.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ source activate pandas
 
 echo "install 27"
 
-conda install -n pandas -c conda-forge feather-format
+conda install -n pandas -c conda-forge feather-format pyarrow=0.4.1
diff --git a/ci/requirements-2.7_BUILD_TEST.sh b/ci/requirements-2.7_BUILD_TEST.sh
index 78941fd0944e5..999651624be6b 100755
--- a/ci/requirements-2.7_BUILD_TEST.sh
+++ b/ci/requirements-2.7_BUILD_TEST.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ source activate pandas
 
 echo "install 27 BUILD_TEST"
 
-conda install -n pandas -c conda-forge pyarrow dask
+conda install -n pandas -c conda-forge pyarrow=0.4.1 dask
diff --git a/ci/requirements-3.5.sh b/ci/requirements-3.5.sh
index 917439a8765a2..3b8fe793a413d 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-3.5.sh
+++ b/ci/requirements-3.5.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ source activate pandas
 
 echo "install 35"
 
-conda install -n pandas -c conda-forge feather-format
+conda install -n pandas -c conda-forge feather-format pyarrow=0.4.1
 
 # pip install python-dateutil to get latest
 conda remove -n pandas python-dateutil --force
diff --git a/ci/requirements-3.6.run b/ci/requirements-3.6.run
index 41c9680ce1b7e..a4f5f073856c8 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-3.6.run
+++ b/ci/requirements-3.6.run
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jinja2
 sqlalchemy
 pymysql
 feather-format
+pyarrow=0.4.1
 # psycopg2 (not avail on defaults ATM)
 beautifulsoup4
 s3fs
diff --git a/ci/requirements-3.6_DOC.sh b/ci/requirements-3.6_DOC.sh
index e43e483d77a73..58d968a92ee9d 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-3.6_DOC.sh
+++ b/ci/requirements-3.6_DOC.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ echo "[install DOC_BUILD deps]"
 
 pip install pandas-gbq
 
-conda install -n pandas -c conda-forge feather-format nbsphinx pandoc
+conda install -n pandas -c conda-forge feather-format pyarrow=0.4.1 nbsphinx pandoc
 
 conda install -n pandas -c r r rpy2 --yes
diff --git a/ci/requirements-3.6_WIN.run b/ci/requirements-3.6_WIN.run
index 899bfbc6b6b23..cc9c07d8a2716 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-3.6_WIN.run
+++ b/ci/requirements-3.6_WIN.run
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ xlrd
 xlwt
 scipy
 feather-format
+pyarrow=0.4.1
 numexpr
 pytables
 matplotlib
diff --git a/pandas/util/_print_versions.py b/pandas/util/_print_versions.py
index ca75d4d02e927..f3888c3bffca8 100644
--- a/pandas/util/_print_versions.py
+++ b/pandas/util/_print_versions.py
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ def show_versions(as_json=False):
         ("jinja2", lambda mod: mod.__version__),
         ("s3fs", lambda mod: mod.__version__),
         ("pandas_gbq", lambda mod: mod.__version__),
-        ("pandas_datareader", lambda mod: mod.__version__)
+        ("pandas_datareader", lambda mod: mod.__version__),
+        ("pyarrow", lambda mod: mod.__version__),
     ]
 
     deps_blob = list()