diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 537282d6d5..61e63cc94a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ spark = [
 test = [
     "numpy>=1.17,<2.0.0; python_version<'3.13' and (sys_platform!='win32' or platform_machine!='ARM64')",
     "numpy>=1.17; python_version>='3.13' or (sys_platform=='win32' and platform_machine=='ARM64')",
+    "pyarrow<26; python_version<'3.13'",
     "jupyter",
     "lightgbm>=2.3.1",
     "xgboost>=0.90,<2.0.0; python_version<'3.11'",