diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging_wheels.yml
index 8e656abd..23a16af7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packaging_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging_wheels.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         python: [ cp39, cp310, cp311, cp312, cp313, cp314 ]
         platform:
           - { os: windows-2025,     arch: amd64,      cibw_system: win }
+          - { os: windows-11-arm,   arch: ARM64,      cibw_system: win } # cibw requires ARM64 to be uppercase
           - { os: ubuntu-24.04,     arch: x86_64,     cibw_system: manylinux }
           - { os: ubuntu-24.04-arm, arch: aarch64,    cibw_system: manylinux }
           - { os: macos-15,         arch: arm64,      cibw_system: macosx }
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ jobs:
           - { minimal: true, python: cp312 }
           - { minimal: true, python: cp313 }
           - { minimal: true, platform: { arch: universal2 } }
+          - { python: cp39,  platform: { os: windows-11-arm, arch: ARM64 } }  # too many dependency problems for win arm64
+          - { python: cp310,  platform: { os: windows-11-arm, arch: ARM64 } }  # too many dependency problems for win arm64
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform.os }}
     env:
       ### cibuildwheel configuration
diff --git a/.github/workflows/targeted_test.yml b/.github/workflows/targeted_test.yml
index 812bb9c5..13ae9566 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/targeted_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/targeted_test.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
         type: choice
         options:
           - 'windows-2025'
+          - 'windows-11-arm'
           - 'ubuntu-24.04'
           - 'ubuntu-24.04-arm'
           - 'macos-15'
@@ -36,6 +37,11 @@ on:
         description: 'Custom test path (must be in tests/ directory, overrides testsuite)'
         required: false
         type: string
+      verbose-uv:
+        description: 'Let uv generate verbose output (pytest verbosity is always on)'
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -83,4 +89,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          uv run pytest -vv ${{ steps.test_path.outputs.test_path }}
+          uv ${{ inputs.verbose-uv && 'run -v' || 'run' }} pytest -vv ${{ steps.test_path.outputs.test_path }}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6895b12e..3bd54543 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ exclude = [
 # - numpy: tensorflow doesn't play nice with numpy>2 so for every platform that can run tensorflow (cp39-cp311) we use
 #          numpy<2. numpy<2 has no wheels for cp31[2|3], meaning an sdist will be used. However, on Windows amd64 +
 #          cp313 this results in a segfault / access violation. To get around this, we install numpy>=2 on all >=cp312
-#          platforms.
+#          platforms. Then for windows arm64, for which there is no tensorflow, we only allow numpy>=2.3 because that
+#          ships arm64 win32 wheels.
 ######################################################################################################
 
 [tool.uv]
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ environments = [ # no need to resolve packages beyond these platforms with uv...
     "python_version >= '3.9' and sys_platform == 'darwin' and platform_machine == 'arm64'",
     "python_version >= '3.9' and sys_platform == 'darwin' and platform_machine == 'x86_64'",
     "python_version >= '3.9' and sys_platform == 'win32' and platform_machine == 'AMD64'",
+    "python_version >= '3.11' and sys_platform == 'win32' and platform_machine == 'ARM64'",
     "python_version >= '3.9' and sys_platform == 'linux' and platform_machine == 'x86_64'",
     "python_version >= '3.9' and sys_platform == 'linux' and platform_machine == 'aarch64'",
 ]
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ required-environments = [ # ... but do always resolve for all of them
     "python_version >= '3.9' and sys_platform == 'darwin' and platform_machine == 'arm64'",
     "python_version >= '3.9' and sys_platform == 'darwin' and platform_machine == 'x86_64'",
     "python_version >= '3.9' and sys_platform == 'win32' and platform_machine == 'AMD64'",
+    "python_version >= '3.11' and sys_platform == 'win32' and platform_machine == 'ARM64'",
     "python_version >= '3.9' and sys_platform == 'linux' and platform_machine == 'x86_64'",
     "python_version >= '3.9' and sys_platform == 'linux' and platform_machine == 'aarch64'",
 ]
@@ -219,6 +222,7 @@ explicit = true
 torch = [ { index = "pytorch-cpu" } ]
 torchvision = [ { index = "pytorch-cpu" } ]
 
+# todo: adjust for windows arm64 while test dependencies become available
 [dependency-groups] # used for development only, requires pip >=25.1.0
 stubdeps = [ # dependencies used for typehints in the stubs
     "pybind11-stubgen",
@@ -226,17 +230,18 @@ stubdeps = [ # dependencies used for typehints in the stubs
     "fsspec",
     "pandas",
     "polars",
-    "pyarrow",
+    "pyarrow; sys_platform != 'win32' or platform_machine != 'ARM64'",
+    "typing-extensions",
 ]
 test = [ # dependencies used for running tests
-    "adbc-driver-manager",
+    "adbc-driver-manager; sys_platform != 'win32' or platform_machine != 'ARM64'",
     "pytest",
     "pytest-reraise",
     "pytest-timeout",
     "pytest-timestamper",
     "coverage",
     "gcovr",
-    "gcsfs",
+    "gcsfs; sys_platform != 'win32' or platform_machine != 'ARM64'",
     "packaging",
     "polars",
     "psutil",
@@ -246,16 +251,18 @@ test = [ # dependencies used for running tests
     "pytz",
     "requests",
     "urllib3",
-    "fsspec>=2022.11.0",
+    "fsspec>=2022.11.0; sys_platform != 'win32' or platform_machine != 'ARM64'",
     "pandas>=2.0.0",
-    "pyarrow>=18.0.0",
-    "torch>=2.2.2; python_version < '3.14' and ( sys_platform != 'darwin' or platform_machine != 'x86_64' or python_version < '3.13' )",
+    "pyarrow>=18.0.0; sys_platform != 'win32' or platform_machine != 'ARM64'",
+    "torch>=2.2.2; python_version < '3.14' and ( sys_platform != 'darwin' or platform_machine != 'x86_64' or python_version < '3.13' ) and ( sys_platform != 'win32' or platform_machine != 'ARM64' or python_version > '3.11' )",
     "tensorflow==2.14.0; sys_platform == 'darwin' and python_version < '3.12'",
     "tensorflow-cpu>=2.14.0; sys_platform == 'linux' and platform_machine != 'aarch64' and python_version < '3.12'",
-    "tensorflow-cpu>=2.14.0; sys_platform == 'win32' and python_version < '3.12'",
+    "tensorflow-cpu>=2.14.0; sys_platform == 'win32' and platform_machine != 'ARM64' and python_version < '3.12'",
     "tensorflow-cpu-aws==2.15.1; sys_platform == 'linux' and platform_machine == 'aarch64' and python_version < '3.12'",
-    "numpy<2; python_version < '3.12'",
-    "numpy>=2; python_version >= '3.12'",
+    "typing-extensions",
+    "numpy<2; ( sys_platform != 'win32' or platform_machine != 'ARM64' ) and python_version < '3.12'",
+    "numpy>=2; ( sys_platform != 'win32' or platform_machine != 'ARM64' ) and python_version >= '3.12'",
+    "numpy>=2.3; sys_platform == 'win32' and platform_machine == 'ARM64' and python_version >= '3.11'",
 ]
 scripts = [ # dependencies used for running scripts
     "cxxheaderparser",
@@ -265,7 +272,7 @@ scripts = [ # dependencies used for running scripts
     "pandas",
     "pcpp",
     "polars",
-    "pyarrow",
+    "pyarrow; sys_platform != 'win32' or platform_machine != 'ARM64'",
     "pytz"
 ]
 pypi = [ # dependencies used by the pypi cleanup script
diff --git a/tests/fast/adbc/test_adbc.py b/tests/fast/adbc/test_adbc.py
index c20d2a0e..42ba8199 100644
--- a/tests/fast/adbc/test_adbc.py
+++ b/tests/fast/adbc/test_adbc.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 
-import adbc_driver_manager.dbapi
 import numpy as np
-import pyarrow
 import pytest
 
-import adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi
+adbc_driver_manager = pytest.importorskip("adbc_driver_manager")
+adbc_driver_duckdb = pytest.importorskip("adbc_driver_duckdb")
+pyarrow = pytest.importorskip("pyarrow")
 
 xfail = pytest.mark.xfail
 driver_path = adbc_driver_duckdb.driver_path()
diff --git a/tests/fast/adbc/test_connection_get_info.py b/tests/fast/adbc/test_connection_get_info.py
index aa2b3d32..cd6298ed 100644
--- a/tests/fast/adbc/test_connection_get_info.py
+++ b/tests/fast/adbc/test_connection_get_info.py
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
-import pyarrow as pa
+import pytest
 
-import adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi
 import duckdb
 
+pa = pytest.importorskip("pyarrow")
+pytest.importorskip("adbc_driver_manager")
+adbc_driver_duckdb_dbapi = pytest.importorskip("adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi")
+
 
 class TestADBCConnectionGetInfo:
     def test_connection_basic(self):
-        con = adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi.connect()
+        con = adbc_driver_duckdb_dbapi.connect()
         with con.cursor() as cursor:
             cursor.execute("select 42")
             res = cursor.fetchall()
             assert res == [(42,)]
 
     def test_connection_get_info_all(self):
-        con = adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi.connect()
+        con = adbc_driver_duckdb_dbapi.connect()
         adbc_con = con.adbc_connection
         res = adbc_con.get_info()
         reader = pa.RecordBatchReader._import_from_c(res.address)
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ def test_connection_get_info_all(self):
         assert string_values == expected_result
 
     def test_empty_result(self):
-        con = adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi.connect()
+        con = adbc_driver_duckdb_dbapi.connect()
         adbc_con = con.adbc_connection
         res = adbc_con.get_info([1337])
         reader = pa.RecordBatchReader._import_from_c(res.address)
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ def test_empty_result(self):
         assert values.num_chunks == 0
 
     def test_unrecognized_codes(self):
-        con = adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi.connect()
+        con = adbc_driver_duckdb_dbapi.connect()
         adbc_con = con.adbc_connection
         res = adbc_con.get_info([0, 1000, 4, 2000])
         reader = pa.RecordBatchReader._import_from_c(res.address)
diff --git a/tests/fast/adbc/test_statement_bind.py b/tests/fast/adbc/test_statement_bind.py
index d35693ff..e8df14c7 100644
--- a/tests/fast/adbc/test_statement_bind.py
+++ b/tests/fast/adbc/test_statement_bind.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import sys
 
-import adbc_driver_manager
-import pyarrow as pa
 import pytest
 
-import adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi
+pa = pytest.importorskip("pyarrow")
+adbc_driver_manager = pytest.importorskip("adbc_driver_manager")
+adbc_driver_duckdb_dbapi = pytest.importorskip("adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi")
 
 xfail = pytest.mark.xfail
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def test_bind_multiple_rows(self):
             names=["ints"],
         )
 
-        con = adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi.connect()
+        con = adbc_driver_duckdb_dbapi.connect()
         with con.cursor() as cursor:
             statement = cursor.adbc_statement
             statement.set_sql_query("select ? * 2 as i")
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def test_bind_single_row(self):
             names=["ints"],
         )
 
-        con = adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi.connect()
+        con = adbc_driver_duckdb_dbapi.connect()
         with con.cursor() as cursor:
             statement = cursor.adbc_statement
             statement.set_sql_query("select ? * 2 as i")
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def test_multiple_parameters(self):
             names=["ints", "strings", "bools"],
         )
 
-        con = adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi.connect()
+        con = adbc_driver_duckdb_dbapi.connect()
         with con.cursor() as cursor:
             statement = cursor.adbc_statement
             statement.set_sql_query("select ? as a, ? as b, ? as c")
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def test_bind_composite_type(self):
         # Create the RecordBatch
         record_batch = pa.RecordBatch.from_arrays([struct_array], schema=schema)
 
-        con = adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi.connect()
+        con = adbc_driver_duckdb_dbapi.connect()
         with con.cursor() as cursor:
             statement = cursor.adbc_statement
             statement.set_sql_query("select ? as a")
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def test_too_many_parameters(self):
             names=["ints", "strings"],
         )
 
-        con = adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi.connect()
+        con = adbc_driver_duckdb_dbapi.connect()
         with con.cursor() as cursor:
             statement = cursor.adbc_statement
             statement.set_sql_query("select ? as a")
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def test_not_enough_parameters(self):
             names=["strings"],
         )
 
-        con = adbc_driver_duckdb.dbapi.connect()
+        con = adbc_driver_duckdb_dbapi.connect()
         with con.cursor() as cursor:
             statement = cursor.adbc_statement
             statement.set_sql_query("select ? as a, ? as b")
diff --git a/tests/fast/arrow/test_2426.py b/tests/fast/arrow/test_2426.py
index f43284d3..6f76613f 100644
--- a/tests/fast/arrow/test_2426.py
+++ b/tests/fast/arrow/test_2426.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+import pytest
+
 import duckdb
 
+pytest.importorskip("pyarrow")
+
 try:
     can_run = True
 except Exception:
diff --git a/tests/fast/arrow/test_arrow_fetch.py b/tests/fast/arrow/test_arrow_fetch.py
index 0547020f..ba5d13a4 100644
--- a/tests/fast/arrow/test_arrow_fetch.py
+++ b/tests/fast/arrow/test_arrow_fetch.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+import pytest
+
 import duckdb
 
+pytest.importorskip("pyarrow")
+
+
 try:
     can_run = True
 except Exception:
diff --git a/tests/fast/test_all_types.py b/tests/fast/test_all_types.py
index 77074fdc..c4ba0e55 100644
--- a/tests/fast/test_all_types.py
+++ b/tests/fast/test_all_types.py
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ def test_fetchnumpy(self, cur_type):
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("cur_type", all_types)
     def test_arrow(self, cur_type):
+        pytest.importorskip("pyarrow")
         try:
             pass
         except Exception: