diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
index 8f333c72f002c..37e7ea04a348a 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ dependencies:
   - pytables
   - pyarrow
   - pyreadstat
+  - python-snappy
   - pyxlsb
   - s3fs
   - scipy
-  - snappy
   - sqlalchemy
   - tabulate
   - xarray
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-38-downstream_compat.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-38-downstream_compat.yaml
index 7386649f1c627..40f48884f1822 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-38-downstream_compat.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-38-downstream_compat.yaml
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ dependencies:
   - odfpy
   - pandas-gbq
   - psycopg2
-  - pymysql
-  - pytables
   - pyarrow
+  - pymysql
   - pyreadstat
+  - pytables
+  - python-snappy
   - pyxlsb
   - s3fs
   - scipy
-  - snappy
   - sqlalchemy
   - tabulate
   - xarray
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-38-minimum_versions.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-38-minimum_versions.yaml
index 5726001ea1290..abba5ddd60325 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-38-minimum_versions.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-38-minimum_versions.yaml
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ dependencies:
   - openpyxl=3.0.3
   - pandas-gbq=0.14.0
   - psycopg2=2.8.4
-  - pymysql=0.10.1
-  - pytables=3.6.1
   - pyarrow=1.0.1
+  - pymysql=0.10.1
   - pyreadstat=1.1.0
+  - pytables=3.6.1
+  - python-snappy=0.6.0
   - pyxlsb=1.0.6
   - s3fs=0.4.0
   - scipy=1.4.1
-  - snappy=1.1.8
   - sqlalchemy=1.4.0
   - tabulate=0.8.7
   - xarray=0.15.1
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-38.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-38.yaml
index 85a25571bb9fd..9c46eca4ab989 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-38.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-38.yaml
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ dependencies:
   - odfpy
   - pandas-gbq
   - psycopg2
-  - pymysql
-  - pytables
   - pyarrow
+  - pymysql
   - pyreadstat
+  - pytables
+  - python-snappy
   - pyxlsb
   - s3fs
   - scipy
-  - snappy
   - sqlalchemy
   - tabulate
   - xarray
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
index 8cff9539300f0..89b647372d7bc 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ dependencies:
   - pandas-gbq
   - psycopg2
   - pymysql
-  - pytables
   - pyarrow
   - pyreadstat
+  - pytables
+  - python-snappy
   - pyxlsb
   - s3fs
   - scipy
-  - snappy
   - sqlalchemy
   - tabulate
   - xarray
diff --git a/doc/source/getting_started/install.rst b/doc/source/getting_started/install.rst
index 8706292d60def..dc02460a671d6 100644
--- a/doc/source/getting_started/install.rst
+++ b/doc/source/getting_started/install.rst
@@ -411,6 +411,6 @@ Compression
 Dependency                Minimum Version    Notes
 ========================= ================== =============================================================
 brotli                    0.7.0              Brotli compression
-snappy                    1.1.8              Snappy compression
+python-snappy             0.6.0              Snappy compression
 Zstandard                 0.15.2             Zstandard compression
 ========================= ================== =============================================================
diff --git a/pandas/compat/_optional.py b/pandas/compat/_optional.py
index baae5c913c05d..e69bee5c647d8 100644
--- a/pandas/compat/_optional.py
+++ b/pandas/compat/_optional.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "pyxlsb": "1.0.6",
     "s3fs": "0.4.0",
     "scipy": "1.4.1",
-    "snappy": "1.1.8",
+    "snappy": "0.6.0",
     "sqlalchemy": "1.4.0",
     "tables": "3.6.1",
     "tabulate": "0.8.7",
@@ -53,12 +53,13 @@
     "bs4": "beautifulsoup4",
     "bottleneck": "Bottleneck",
     "brotli": "brotlipy",
+    "jinja2": "Jinja2",
     "lxml.etree": "lxml",
     "odf": "odfpy",
     "pandas_gbq": "pandas-gbq",
-    "tables": "pytables",
+    "snappy": "python-snappy",
     "sqlalchemy": "SQLAlchemy",
-    "jinja2": "Jinja2",
+    "tables": "pytables",
 }
 
 
@@ -72,6 +73,10 @@ def get_version(module: types.ModuleType) -> str:
         if module.__name__ == "brotli":
             # brotli doesn't contain attributes to confirm it's version
             return ""
+        if module.__name__ == "snappy":
+            # snappy doesn't contain attributes to confirm it's version
+            # See https://github.com/andrix/python-snappy/pull/119
+            return ""
         raise ImportError(f"Can't determine version for {module.__name__}")
     if module.__name__ == "psycopg2":
         # psycopg2 appends " (dt dec pq3 ext lo64)" to it's version