diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4d08123b8..1dcd76af8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ write_to = "src/pygama/_version.py"
 minversion = "6.0"
 addopts = ["-ra", "--showlocals", "--strict-markers", "--strict-config"]
 xfail_strict = true
-filterwarnings = ["error"]
+filterwarnings = ["error", 'ignore:\nPyarrow:DeprecationWarning']
 log_cli_level = "info"
 testpaths = "tests"
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 74c036924..9d3080bbc 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -36,13 +36,12 @@ install_requires =
     h5py>=3.2
     iminuit
     legend-daq2lh5>=1.2.0a1
-    legend-pydataobj>=1.5.0a2
+    legend-pydataobj>=1.5.0a5
     matplotlib
     numba!=0.53.*,!=0.54.*,!=0.57
     numpy>=1.21
     pandas>=1.4.4
     pint
-    pyarrow
     scikit-learn
     scipy>=1.0.1
     tables