diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-ffi.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-ffi.yml
index 7f7b4ce3d35..f09f0955880 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-ffi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-ffi.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-amd64-target-maturin-cache
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: "3.7"
+          python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
       - name: Run tests
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ jobs:
           python -m venv venv
           source venv/bin/activate
 
-          pip install maturin==0.10.2 toml==0.10.1 pyarrow==6.0.0
+          pip install maturin==0.12.6 toml==0.10.2 pyarrow==6
           maturin develop
           python -m unittest discover tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-ipc.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-ipc.yml
index acea8b0a409..11aa79bed50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-ipc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-ipc.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Setup Archery
         run: pip install -e dev/archery[docker]
       - name: Execute Docker Build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-parquet.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-parquet.yml
index 208098917b8..9e253a7491d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-parquet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-parquet.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-amd64-target-parquet-cache
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: '3.7'
+          python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Build
         run: |
           export CARGO_HOME="/home/runner/.cargo"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m venv venv
           source venv/bin/activate
           pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install pyarrow pyspark
+          pip install pyarrow==6 pyspark==3
           python main.py
           # test against spark
           python main_spark.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index dcff300eeba..324a4f82524 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           apt update && apt install python3-pip python3-venv -y -q
           python3 -m venv venv
-          venv/bin/pip install pip --upgrade
-          venv/bin/pip install pyarrow==3
-          venv/bin/python parquet_integration/write_parquet.py
+          source venv/bin/activate
+          pip install pip --upgrade
+          pip install pyarrow==6
+          python parquet_integration/write_parquet.py
+          deactivate
       - name: Run
         run: cargo test --features full
 
@@ -122,9 +124,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           apt update && apt install python3-pip python3-venv -y -q
           python3 -m venv venv
-          venv/bin/pip install pip --upgrade
-          venv/bin/pip install pyarrow==3
-          venv/bin/python parquet_integration/write_parquet.py
+          source venv/bin/activate
+          pip install pip --upgrade
+          pip install pyarrow==6
+          python parquet_integration/write_parquet.py
+          deactivate
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v1
       - name: Install tarpaulin
         run: cargo install cargo-tarpaulin
diff --git a/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/README.md b/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/README.md
index 7e78aa9ec70..2d1bdca4b94 100644
--- a/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/README.md
+++ b/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/README.md
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
 This is a Rust crate that tests compatibility between Rust's Arrow implementation and PyArrow.
 
 Note that this crate uses two languages and an external ABI:
-* `Rust`
-* `Python`
-* C ABI privately exposed by `Pyarrow`.
+
+- `Rust`
+- `Python`
+- C ABI privately exposed by `Pyarrow`.
 
 ## Basic idea
 
@@ -35,17 +36,19 @@ we can use pyarrow's interface to move pointers from and to Rust.
 
 ## Relevant literature
 
-* [Arrow's CDataInterface](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/format/CDataInterface.html)
-* [Rust's FFI](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/ffi.html)
-* [Pyarrow private binds](https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/ae1d24efcc3f1ac2a876d8d9f544a34eb04ae874/python/pyarrow/array.pxi#L1226)
-* [PyO3](https://docs.rs/pyo3/0.12.1/pyo3/index.html)
+- [Arrow's CDataInterface](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/format/CDataInterface.html)
+- [Rust's FFI](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/ffi.html)
+- [Pyarrow private binds](https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/ae1d24efcc3f1ac2a876d8d9f544a34eb04ae874/python/pyarrow/array.pxi#L1226)
+- [PyO3](https://docs.rs/pyo3/0.12.1/pyo3/index.html)
 
 ## How to develop
 
 ```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
+source venv/bin/activate
+pip install maturin==0.12.6 toml==0.10.2 pyarrow==6
+deactivate
 ```
 
 Whenever rust code changes (your changes or via git pull):