diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0bb82ed5d6816..b9a85e25e60ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
       with:
+        mamba-version: "*"
+        channels: conda-forge
         activate-environment: pandas-dev
         channel-priority: strict
         environment-file: ${{ env.ENV_FILE }}
@@ -104,6 +106,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
       with:
+        mamba-version: "*"
+        channels: conda-forge
         activate-environment: pandas-dev
         channel-priority: strict
         environment-file: ${{ env.ENV_FILE }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/database.yml b/.github/workflows/database.yml
index 3fdca951ae058..294091ec9852e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/database.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/database.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
       with:
+        mamba-version: "*"
+        channels: conda-forge
         activate-environment: pandas-dev
         channel-priority: strict
         environment-file: ${{ matrix.ENV_FILE }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/posix.yml b/.github/workflows/posix.yml
index 9839eacc046f9..3fa9341bd0fef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/posix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/posix.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
       with:
+        mamba-version: "*"
+        channels: conda-forge
         activate-environment: pandas-dev
         channel-priority: flexible
         environment-file: ${{ env.ENV_FILE }}
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-39-slow.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-39-slow.yaml
index 46e8ca17f096b..e0b85b0331933 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-39-slow.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-39-slow.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies:
   - numexpr
   - numpy
   - openpyxl
-  - pyarrow
+  - pyarrow>2.0.1
   - pytables
   - python-dateutil
   - pytz
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
index 0373599b787f0..f62520ea1da9e 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ dependencies:
   - jinja2
   - lxml
   - matplotlib
+  - numpy  # move up to solve before numba
   - numba
   - numexpr
-  - numpy
   - openpyxl
-  - pyarrow
+  - pyarrow>2.0.1
   - pytables
   - python-dateutil
   - pytz
diff --git a/ci/setup_env.sh b/ci/setup_env.sh
index 4a3e103ea0310..6d466072067a6 100755
--- a/ci/setup_env.sh
+++ b/ci/setup_env.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ conda config --set ssl_verify false
 conda config --set quiet true --set always_yes true --set changeps1 false
 conda install pip conda  # create conda to create a historical artifact for pip & setuptools
 conda update -n base conda
+conda install -y -c conda-forge mamba
 
 echo "conda info -a"
 conda info -a
@@ -62,8 +63,8 @@ conda list
 conda remove --all -q -y -n pandas-dev
 
 echo
-echo "conda env create -q --file=${ENV_FILE}"
-time conda env create -q --file="${ENV_FILE}"
+echo "mamba env create -q --file=${ENV_FILE}"
+time mamba env create -q --file="${ENV_FILE}"
 
 
 if [[ "$BITS32" == "yes" ]]; then
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 35a07aef758f5..0e303d1fa7da2 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ dependencies:
   - odfpy
 
   - fastparquet>=0.4.0  # pandas.read_parquet, DataFrame.to_parquet
-  - pyarrow>=1.0.1  # pandas.read_parquet, DataFrame.to_parquet, pandas.read_feather, DataFrame.to_feather
+  - pyarrow>2.0.1  # pandas.read_parquet, DataFrame.to_parquet, pandas.read_feather, DataFrame.to_feather
   - python-snappy  # required by pyarrow
 
   - pytables>=3.6.1  # pandas.read_hdf, DataFrame.to_hdf
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 25fc3c332a9ac..a7bdc972fb203 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ xlsxwriter
 xlwt
 odfpy
 fastparquet>=0.4.0
-pyarrow>=1.0.1
+pyarrow>2.0.1
 python-snappy
 tables>=3.6.1
 s3fs>=0.4.0