diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-36-locale.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-36-locale.yaml
index c6940f9327e0d..810554632a507 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-36-locale.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-36-locale.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies:
   - openpyxl
   # lowest supported version of pyarrow (putting it here instead of in
   # azure-36-minimum_versions because it needs numpy >= 1.14)
-  - pyarrow=0.12
+  - pyarrow=0.13
   - pytables
   - python-dateutil
   - pytz
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-macos-36.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-macos-36.yaml
index f393ed84ecf63..3bbbdb4cf32ad 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-macos-36.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-macos-36.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies:
   - numexpr
   - numpy=1.14
   - openpyxl
-  - pyarrow>=0.12.0
+  - pyarrow>=0.13.0
   - pytables
   - python-dateutil==2.6.1
   - pytz
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-windows-36.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-windows-36.yaml
index 7fa9dee7445a6..663c55492e69e 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-windows-36.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-windows-36.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies:
   - numpy=1.15.*
   - openpyxl
   - jinja2
-  - pyarrow>=0.12.0
+  - pyarrow>=0.13.0
   - pytables
   - python-dateutil
   - pytz
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml
index 928896efd5fc4..62be1075b3337 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ dependencies:
   - numexpr
   - numpy=1.14.*
   - openpyxl
+  - pyarrow=0.14
   - pytables
   - python-dateutil
   - pytz
diff --git a/ci/deps/travis-36-cov.yaml b/ci/deps/travis-36-cov.yaml
index f44bf8c14b467..a46001c58d165 100644
--- a/ci/deps/travis-36-cov.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/travis-36-cov.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies:
   # https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/pull/30009 openpyxl 3.0.2 broke
   - pandas-gbq
   - psycopg2
-  - pyarrow>=0.12.0
+  - pyarrow>=0.13.0
   - pymysql
   - pytables
   - python-snappy
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.0.rst
index 9d86921bc3be4..42399a0da8c9b 100755
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.0.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.0.rst
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ Optional libraries below the lowest tested version may still work, but are not c
 +-----------------+-----------------+---------+
 | openpyxl        | 2.5.7           |    X    |
 +-----------------+-----------------+---------+
-| pyarrow         | 0.12.0          |    X    |
+| pyarrow         | 0.13.0          |    X    |
 +-----------------+-----------------+---------+
 | pymysql         | 0.7.1           |         |
 +-----------------+-----------------+---------+
diff --git a/pandas/compat/_optional.py b/pandas/compat/_optional.py
index bac976333ef0a..7aeb0327139f1 100644
--- a/pandas/compat/_optional.py
+++ b/pandas/compat/_optional.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "odfpy": "1.3.0",
     "openpyxl": "2.5.7",
     "pandas_gbq": "0.8.0",
-    "pyarrow": "0.12.0",
+    "pyarrow": "0.13.0",
     "pytables": "3.4.2",
     "pytest": "5.0.1",
     "s3fs": "0.3.0",
diff --git a/pandas/tests/extension/arrow/test_bool.py b/pandas/tests/extension/arrow/test_bool.py
index 033cb4437cfbe..94dd09d3eb053 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/extension/arrow/test_bool.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/extension/arrow/test_bool.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import pandas._testing as tm
 from pandas.tests.extension import base
 
-pytest.importorskip("pyarrow", minversion="0.12.0")
+pytest.importorskip("pyarrow", minversion="0.13.0")
 
 from .arrays import ArrowBoolArray, ArrowBoolDtype  # isort:skip
 
diff --git a/pandas/tests/extension/arrow/test_string.py b/pandas/tests/extension/arrow/test_string.py
index baedcf0dd9088..abd5c1f386dc5 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/extension/arrow/test_string.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/extension/arrow/test_string.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import pandas as pd
 
-pytest.importorskip("pyarrow", minversion="0.12.0")
+pytest.importorskip("pyarrow", minversion="0.13.0")
 
 from .arrays import ArrowStringDtype  # isort:skip