diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3326d36..e4deaf7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ This option allows choosing from two backends: SQLite and DuckDB. It defaults to
 
 ```bash
 $ FLIGHT_PASSWORD="flight_password" flight_sql_server --database-filename data/TPC-H-small.duckdb
-Apache Arrow version: 16.1.0
+Apache Arrow version: 17.0.0
 WARNING - TLS is disabled for the Flight SQL server - this is insecure.
 DuckDB version: v1.0.0
 Running Init SQL command: 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ FLIGHT_PASSWORD="flight_password" flight_sql_server --backend sqlite --database-
 The above will produce the following:
 
 ```bash
-Apache Arrow version: 16.1.0
+Apache Arrow version: 17.0.0
 WARNING - TLS is disabled for the Flight SQL server - this is insecure.
 SQLite version: 3.45.0
 Using database file: "/opt/flight_sql/data/TPC-H-small.sqlite"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 70d2861..b72d1c2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pandas==2.2.*
 duckdb==1.0.0
 click==8.1.*
-pyarrow==16.1.0
+pyarrow==17.0.0
 adbc-driver-flightsql==1.1.*
 adbc-driver-manager==1.1.*