diff --git a/requirements-freeze.txt b/requirements-freeze.txt
index ff2d63d356..d83eeff6f7 100644
--- a/requirements-freeze.txt
+++ b/requirements-freeze.txt
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ pre-commit==2.20.0
 preshed==3.0.7
 protobuf==3.20.2
 psutil==5.9.2
-pyarrow==9.0.0
+pyarrow==11.0.0
 pyasn1==0.4.8
 pyasn1-modules==0.2.8
 pycares==4.3.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7a3627eb25..95f1e51fb5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ revChatGPT~=0.1.1
 
 # Scenarios
 datasets~=2.5.2  # For math scenarios
+pyarrow~=11.0.0  # Pinned transitive dependency for datasets; workaround for #1026
 gdown~=4.4.0
 jsonlines~=3.1.0  # Not really needed
 sympy~=1.11.1  # For math scenarios
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2bdd7477d1..f20da6137d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ install_requires=
 
     # Scenarios
     datasets~=2.5.2  # For math scenarios
+    pyarrow~=11.0.0  # Pinned transitive dependency for datasets; workaround for #1026
     gdown~=4.4.0
     jsonlines~=3.1.0  # Not really needed
     sympy~=1.11.1  # For math scenarios