diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 653d770476f..b784100f692 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ dependencies=[
     "tables<3.9;python_version == '3.8'",
     "tables; python_version >= '3.9'",
     "python-multipart",
+    "pyarrow",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]