diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml
index afc4309122e..475230e9c17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ jobs:
             contextily
             geopandas<1.0
             ipython
+            pyarrow
             rioxarray
             make
             pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/type_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/type_checks.yml
index c9feffd39db..525735d72b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/type_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/type_checks.yml
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ jobs:
           # 4. other packages that are used somewhere in PyGMT
           python -m pip install \
             numpy pandas xarray netcdf4 packaging \
-            contextily geopandas ipython rioxarray \
-            mypy pandas-stubs \
+            contextily geopandas ipython pyarrow rioxarray \
+            mypy pandas-stubs pyarrow-stubs \
             matplotlib pytest
           python -m pip list
 
diff --git a/ci/requirements/docs.yml b/ci/requirements/docs.yml
index 8214dbac8fe..6ae1595fe28 100644
--- a/ci/requirements/docs.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements/docs.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ dependencies:
     - contextily
     - geopandas<1.0
     - ipython
+    - pyarrow
     - rioxarray
     # Development dependencies (general)
     - make
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 85d7c845866..c63829d974f 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ dependencies:
     - contextily
     - geopandas
     - ipython
+    - pyarrow
     - rioxarray
     # Development dependencies (general)
     - dvc
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8819d4e7b1b..8400da80625 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ all = [
     "contextily",
     "geopandas",
     "IPython",  # 'ipython' is not the correct module name.
+    "pyarrow",
     "rioxarray",
 ]