diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index c997d9dbc9759b604020bb954fbc70474a4d7480..c3ea581977bce9e685f48954ff826c9eb855195f 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ basedir=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
 # Make sure conda is updated to a version that supports the --no-capture-output option
 # conda install -y -n base -c conda-forge "conda>=4.13.0"
 
-pip install pandas scikit-image empatches scikit-learn
+pip install numpy pandas scikit-image empatches scikit-learn Pyarrow
 pip install --upgrade numpy