diff --git a/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/README.md b/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/README.md
index fecf33e9bf16..e63953ad7900 100644
--- a/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/README.md
+++ b/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ we can use pyarrow's interface to move pointers from and to Rust.
 ```bash
 # prepare development environment (used to build wheel / install in development)
 python -m venv venv
-venv/bin/pip install maturin==0.8.2 toml==0.10.1 pyarrow==1.0.0
+venv/bin/pip install maturin toml pytest pytz pyarrow>=5.0
 ```
 
 Whenever rust code changes (your changes or via git pull):
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ Whenever rust code changes (your changes or via git pull):
 ```bash
 source venv/bin/activate
 maturin develop
-python -m unittest discover tests
+pytest -v .
 ```