diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e60222fcf9..76c8526712 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,19 +55,19 @@ pyiceberg = "pyiceberg.cli.console:run"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 pyarrow = [
-    "pyarrow>=17.0.0",
+    "pyarrow>=18.0.0",
 ]
 pandas = [
     "pandas>=1.0.0",
-    "pyarrow>=17.0.0",
+    "pyarrow>=18.0.0",
 ]
 duckdb = [
     "duckdb>=0.5.0",
-    "pyarrow>=17.0.0",
+    "pyarrow>=18.0.0",
 ]
 ray = [
     "ray>=2.10.0",
-    "pyarrow>=17.0.0",
+    "pyarrow>=18.0.0",
     "pandas>=1.0.0",
 ]
 bodo = ["bodo>=2025.7.4"]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 002111053c..0aea046671 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -5058,10 +5058,10 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "pandas", marker = "extra == 'ray'", specifier = ">=1.0.0" },
     { name = "polars", marker = "extra == 'polars'", specifier = ">=1.21.0" },
     { name = "psycopg2-binary", marker = "extra == 'sql-postgres'", specifier = ">=2.9.6" },
-    { name = "pyarrow", marker = "extra == 'duckdb'", specifier = ">=17.0.0" },
-    { name = "pyarrow", marker = "extra == 'pandas'", specifier = ">=17.0.0" },
-    { name = "pyarrow", marker = "extra == 'pyarrow'", specifier = ">=17.0.0" },
-    { name = "pyarrow", marker = "extra == 'ray'", specifier = ">=17.0.0" },
+    { name = "pyarrow", marker = "extra == 'duckdb'", specifier = ">=18.0.0" },
+    { name = "pyarrow", marker = "extra == 'pandas'", specifier = ">=18.0.0" },
+    { name = "pyarrow", marker = "extra == 'pyarrow'", specifier = ">=18.0.0" },
+    { name = "pyarrow", marker = "extra == 'ray'", specifier = ">=18.0.0" },
     { name = "pydantic", specifier = ">=2.0,!=2.4.0,!=2.4.1,!=2.12.0,!=2.12.1,<3.0" },
     { name = "pyiceberg-core", marker = "extra == 'pyiceberg-core'", specifier = ">=0.5.1,<0.10.0" },
     { name = "pyparsing", specifier = ">=3.1.0" },