diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d4a6fd21..80236b31 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ dependencies = [
   "numpy>=1.21",
   "pandas",
   "pyarrow",
+  # TODO: once we no longer support Python 3.7, remove this and pin to pyarrow >= 14.0.1
+  # https://github.com/single-cell-data/TileDB-SOMA/issues/1926
+  "pyarrow-hotfix",
   "scipy",
   "typing-extensions>=4.1", # For LiteralString
 ]
diff --git a/python-spec/requirements-py3.10.txt b/python-spec/requirements-py3.10.txt
index cb49783e..634cc44f 100644
--- a/python-spec/requirements-py3.10.txt
+++ b/python-spec/requirements-py3.10.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ numba==0.58.0
 numpy==1.25.2
 packaging==23.1
 pandas==2.1.1
-pyarrow>=14.0.1
+pyarrow==13.0.0
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 pytz==2023.3.post1
 scipy==1.11.3
diff --git a/python-spec/requirements-py3.7.txt b/python-spec/requirements-py3.7.txt
index 40007d5d..b7d5617d 100644
--- a/python-spec/requirements-py3.7.txt
+++ b/python-spec/requirements-py3.7.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ numba==0.56.4
 numpy==1.21.6
 packaging==23.1
 pandas==1.3.5
-pyarrow!=14.0.0
+pyarrow==12.0.1
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 pytz==2023.3.post1
 scipy==1.7.3
diff --git a/python-spec/requirements-py3.8-lint.txt b/python-spec/requirements-py3.8-lint.txt
index f0ba4f3a..b5d21a14 100644
--- a/python-spec/requirements-py3.8-lint.txt
+++ b/python-spec/requirements-py3.8-lint.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pandas==2.0.3
 pathspec==0.11.2
 platformdirs==3.10.0
 pre-commit==3.4.0
-pyarrow>=14.0.1
+pyarrow==13.0.0
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 pytz==2023.3.post1
 PyYAML==6.0.1
diff --git a/python-spec/requirements-py3.8.txt b/python-spec/requirements-py3.8.txt
index 12191709..a652c0de 100644
--- a/python-spec/requirements-py3.8.txt
+++ b/python-spec/requirements-py3.8.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ numba==0.58.0
 numpy==1.24.4
 packaging==23.1
 pandas==2.0.3
-pyarrow>=14.0.1
+pyarrow==13.0.0
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 pytz==2023.3.post1
 scipy==1.10.1
diff --git a/python-spec/requirements-py3.9.txt b/python-spec/requirements-py3.9.txt
index 6a6c07e0..194ec037 100644
--- a/python-spec/requirements-py3.9.txt
+++ b/python-spec/requirements-py3.9.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ numba==0.58.0
 numpy==1.25.2
 packaging==23.1
 pandas==2.1.1
-pyarrow>=14.0.1
+pyarrow==13.0.0
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 pytz==2023.3.post1
 rsa==4.7.2
diff --git a/python-spec/src/somacore/collection.py b/python-spec/src/somacore/collection.py
index 1ccec0a4..19f2e2a6 100644
--- a/python-spec/src/somacore/collection.py
+++ b/python-spec/src/somacore/collection.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import abc
 from typing import Any, MutableMapping, Optional, Sequence, Type, TypeVar, overload
 
+# ruff: noqa
 import pyarrow as pa
+
+# ruff: noqa
+import pyarrow_hotfix
 from typing_extensions import Final, Self
 
 from . import base
diff --git a/python-spec/src/somacore/data.py b/python-spec/src/somacore/data.py
index e8bffd66..86f49d9d 100644
--- a/python-spec/src/somacore/data.py
+++ b/python-spec/src/somacore/data.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 )
 
 import pyarrow as pa
+
+# ruff: noqa
+import pyarrow_hotfix
 from typing_extensions import Final, Literal, Self
 
 from . import base
diff --git a/python-spec/src/somacore/options.py b/python-spec/src/somacore/options.py
index 4e09ca37..f562736f 100644
--- a/python-spec/src/somacore/options.py
+++ b/python-spec/src/somacore/options.py
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 import numpy as np
 import numpy.typing as npt
 import pyarrow as pa
+
+# ruff: noqa
+import pyarrow_hotfix
 from typing_extensions import Final, Literal
 
 from . import types
diff --git a/python-spec/src/somacore/query/_fast_csr.py b/python-spec/src/somacore/query/_fast_csr.py
index 17fb0aa2..8140c803 100644
--- a/python-spec/src/somacore/query/_fast_csr.py
+++ b/python-spec/src/somacore/query/_fast_csr.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 import numpy.typing as npt
 import pandas as pd
 import pyarrow as pa
+
+# ruff: noqa
+import pyarrow_hotfix
 from scipy import sparse
 
 from .. import data as scd
diff --git a/python-spec/src/somacore/query/axis.py b/python-spec/src/somacore/query/axis.py
index 7ae660e8..1a5eabc7 100644
--- a/python-spec/src/somacore/query/axis.py
+++ b/python-spec/src/somacore/query/axis.py
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pyarrow as pa
 
+# ruff: noqa
+import pyarrow_hotfix
+
 from .. import options
 from .. import types
 
diff --git a/python-spec/src/somacore/query/query.py b/python-spec/src/somacore/query/query.py
index 1032517e..d51f15c4 100644
--- a/python-spec/src/somacore/query/query.py
+++ b/python-spec/src/somacore/query/query.py
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 import numpy.typing as npt
 import pandas as pd
 import pyarrow as pa
+
+# ruff: noqa
+import pyarrow_hotfix
 from scipy import sparse
 from typing_extensions import Literal, Protocol, Self, TypedDict, assert_never