Can't deploy arrow package to Posit Connect

Question

I have a Plumber API in R that I need to publish to R Studio Connect (Posit). During deployment I encounter this error:

Cannot install arrow: a C++17 compiler is required

I tried adding a renv.lock to the package but this had no effect.

The deployment code I am using is:

rsconnect::deployApp(appPrimaryDoc = "plumber_api_file.R",   
                 appFiles = c("plumber_api_file.R", "requirements.txt", "renv.lock", ".Rprofile"),   
                 contentCategory = "api",  
                 appName = "some_plumber_api") 

The API works fine locally.