diff --git a/build_helpers/pyarrow-11.0.0-cp39-cp39-linux_armv7l.whl b/build_helpers/pyarrow-12.0.0-cp39-cp39-linux_armv7l.whl
similarity index 59%
rename from build_helpers/pyarrow-11.0.0-cp39-cp39-linux_armv7l.whl
rename to build_helpers/pyarrow-12.0.0-cp39-cp39-linux_armv7l.whl
index a7ad80bdf..2a8d1ff51 100644
Binary files a/build_helpers/pyarrow-11.0.0-cp39-cp39-linux_armv7l.whl and b/build_helpers/pyarrow-12.0.0-cp39-cp39-linux_armv7l.whl differ
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index baa7e4d26..448bf1fc4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ tables==3.8.0
 blosc==1.11.1
 joblib==1.2.0
 rich==13.3.5
-pyarrow==11.0.0; platform_machine != 'armv7l'
+pyarrow==12.0.0; platform_machine != 'armv7l'
 
 # find first, C search in arrays
 py_find_1st==1.1.5