diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4dea95ef6..dffa87ec9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def run(self):
             "python-magic-bin>=0.4.14,<0.5;platform_system=='Windows'",
         ],
         "rdp": ["rdp>=0.8"],
-        "arrow": ["pyarrow>=17.0.0,<18.0"],
+        "arrow": ["pyarrow>=16.0.0,<18.0"],
         "mssql": ["pyodbc>=4"],
     },
     cmdclass={"build_py": NPMInstall},