diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 559f74ccf12..802241f50b7 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
   - pandas==1.1.4
   - numpy
-  - pyarrow==1.0
+  - pyarrow>=1.0.0
   - dask[complete]>=2.12.0,<=2.19.0
   - distributed>=2.12.0,<=2.19.0
   - xarray
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a3183876ef4..c31cab38814 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pandas==1.1.4
 numpy
-pyarrow==1.0
+pyarrow>=1.0.0
 dask[complete]>=2.12.0,<=2.19.0
 distributed>=2.12.0,<=2.19.0
 ray>=1.0.0
diff --git a/requirements/env_omnisci.yml b/requirements/env_omnisci.yml
index e8432f00898..70c170d8408 100644
--- a/requirements/env_omnisci.yml
+++ b/requirements/env_omnisci.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
   - pandas==1.1.4
-  - pyarrow==1.0
+  - pyarrow>=1.0.0
   - numpy
   - pip
   - pytest>=6.0.1