diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/accessors.py b/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/accessors.py
index d9a80b699b0bb..09c0497dfce83 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/accessors.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/accessors.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def _is_valid_pyarrow_dtype(self, pyarrow_dtype) -> bool:
 
     def _validate(self, data) -> None:
         dtype = data.dtype
-        if not isinstance(dtype, ArrowDtype):
+        if not pa_version_under10p1 and not isinstance(dtype, ArrowDtype):
             # Raise AttributeError so that inspect can handle non-struct Series.
             raise AttributeError(self._validation_msg.format(dtype=dtype))
 
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_bar.py b/pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_bar.py
index d28c7c566d851..41206da56ee07 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_bar.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_bar.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
+from pandas.compat._optional import VERSIONS
+
 from pandas import (
     NA,
     DataFrame,
@@ -347,7 +349,7 @@ def test_styler_bar_with_NA_values():
 
 
 def test_style_bar_with_pyarrow_NA_values():
-    pytest.importorskip("pyarrow")
+    pytest.importorskip("pyarrow", VERSIONS["pyarrow"])
     data = """name,age,test1,test2,teacher
         Adam,15,95.0,80,Ashby
         Bob,16,81.0,82,Ashby
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/parser/conftest.py b/pandas/tests/io/parser/conftest.py
index 90f77a7024235..49f2ad284429c 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/parser/conftest.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/parser/conftest.py
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ def pyarrow_parser_only(request):
     """
     Fixture all of the CSV parsers using the Pyarrow engine.
     """
+    pytest.importorskip("pyarrow", VERSIONS["pyarrow"])
     return request.param()
 
 
@@ -216,6 +217,9 @@ def all_parsers_all_precisions(request):
     Fixture for all allowable combinations of parser
     and float precision
     """
+    parser = request.param[0]
+    if parser.engine == "pyarrow":
+        pytest.importorskip("pyarrow", VERSIONS["pyarrow"])
     return request.param