diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 828a3f632..083b7c11e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ oss = ["oss2==2.6.1"]
 ssh = ["paramiko[invoke]>=2.7.0"]
 
 # Remove the env marker if/when pyarrow is available for Python3.9
-hdfs = ["pyarrow>=0.17.0;  python_version < '3.9'"]
+hdfs = ["pyarrow>=2.0.0;  python_version < '3.9'"]
 webdav = ["webdavclient3>=3.14.5"]
 # gssapi should not be included in all_remotes, because it doesn't have wheels
 # for linux and mac, so it will fail to compile if user doesn't have all the