diff --git a/python/requirements.txt b/python/requirements.txt
index f42c90c5c9b..103f490588a 100644
--- a/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/python/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 pytest
-numpy>=1.7.0
+numpy>=1.10.0
 six
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index e10b4b84b01..eddf88ab16b 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ def has_ext_modules(foo):
     },
     use_scm_version={"root": "..", "relative_to": __file__},
     setup_requires=['setuptools_scm', 'cython >= 0.23'],
-    install_requires=['numpy >= 1.9', 'six >= 1.0.0'],
+    install_requires=['numpy >= 1.10', 'six >= 1.0.0'],
     tests_require=['pytest'],
     description="Python library for Apache Arrow",
     long_description=long_description,