diff --git a/changelog/1178.dependency.rst b/changelog/1178.dependency.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b4d4f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/1178.dependency.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Dropped the optional ``pyarrow`` dependency as ``pandas >2.2.0`` no longer
+issues a ``DeprecationWarning``. (:user:`bjlittle`)
diff --git a/requirements/geovista.yml b/requirements/geovista.yml
index d435090d..8630c5ea 100644
--- a/requirements/geovista.yml
+++ b/requirements/geovista.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ dependencies:
   - fastparquet
   - h3-py >=4.1
   - pandas
-  - pyarrow
   - rasterio >=1.3
 
 # documentation dependencies (optional)
diff --git a/requirements/pypi-optional-exam.txt b/requirements/pypi-optional-exam.txt
index ebc46eb7..ab2b33fa 100644
--- a/requirements/pypi-optional-exam.txt
+++ b/requirements/pypi-optional-exam.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 fastparquet
 h3 >=4.1
 pandas
-pyarrow
 rasterio >=1.3