diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 51902ae..68b4c7a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ This option allows choosing from two backends: SQLite and DuckDB. It defaults to
 
 ```bash
 $ FLIGHT_PASSWORD="flight_password" flight_sql_server --database-filename data/TPC-H-small.duckdb
-Apache Arrow version: 15.0.2
+Apache Arrow version: 16.0.0
 WARNING - TLS is disabled for the Flight SQL server - this is insecure.
 DuckDB version: v0.10.2
 Running Init SQL command: 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ FLIGHT_PASSWORD="flight_password" flight_sql_server --backend sqlite --database-
 The above will produce the following:
 
 ```bash
-Apache Arrow version: 15.0.2
+Apache Arrow version: 16.0.0
 WARNING - TLS is disabled for the Flight SQL server - this is insecure.
 SQLite version: 3.45.0
 Using database file: "/opt/flight_sql/data/TPC-H-small.sqlite"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d54b697..8040673 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-pandas==2.1.*
+pandas==2.2.*
 duckdb==0.10.2
 click==8.1.*
-pyarrow==15.0.2
+pyarrow==16.0.0
 adbc-driver-flightsql==0.11.*
 adbc-driver-manager==0.11.*
diff --git a/third_party/Arrow_CMakeLists.txt.in b/third_party/Arrow_CMakeLists.txt.in
index c79e638..1d08440 100644
--- a/third_party/Arrow_CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/third_party/Arrow_CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
 		arrow_project
 		PREFIX ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/third_party
 		GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/apache/arrow.git
-		GIT_TAG apache-arrow-15.0.2
+		GIT_TAG apache-arrow-16.0.0
 		SOURCE_SUBDIR cpp
 		CMAKE_ARGS
 			-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/third_party/arrow