diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f93e46b1..1ab82a31 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ doc = [
 test = [
     "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",
+    # https://github.com/scverse/spatialdata-io/issues/334
+    "pyarrow!=22"
 ]
 # this will be used by readthedocs and will make pip also look for pre-releases, generally installing the latest available version
 # update: readthedocs doens't seem to try to install pre-releases even if when trying to install the pre optional-dependency. For