diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_build.yml b/.github/workflows/python_build.yml
index cd7315a072..45f865dfdf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_build.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         run: make check-rust
 
   test-minimal:
-    name: Python Build (Python 3.7 PyArrow 7.0.0)
+    name: Python Build (Python 3.7 PyArrow 8.0.0)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=0"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
           source venv/bin/activate
           make setup
           # Install minimum PyArrow version
-          pip install -e .[pandas,devel] pyarrow==7.0.0
+          pip install -e .[pandas,devel] pyarrow==8.0.0
         env:
           RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=0"
 
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 35fa589f76..dc5062a573 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only"
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "pyarrow>=7",
+    "pyarrow>=8",
     'typing-extensions;python_version<"3.8"',
 ]