diff --git a/.github/workflows/rc.yml b/.github/workflows/rc.yml
index 5a82d686e8..666767ff71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rc.yml
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ concurrency:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 jobs:
-  archive:
-    name: Archive
+  source:
+    name: Source
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:
@@ -70,15 +70,269 @@ jobs:
       - name: Audit
         run: |
           dev/release/run_rat.sh "${TAR_GZ}"
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@6f51ac03b9356f520e9adb1b1b7802705f340c2b # v4.5.0
+      - name: Upload source archive
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 # v4.6.0
         with:
-          name: archive
+          name: release-source
           path: |
             apache-arrow-java-*
+  jni-ubuntu:
+    name: JNI ${{ matrix.platform.runs_on }} ${{ matrix.platform.arch }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform.runs_on }}
+    needs:
+      - source
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        platform:
+          - runs_on: ubuntu-latest
+            arch: "x86_64"
+            archery_arch: "amd64"
+    env:
+      # architecture name used for archery build
+      ARCH: ${{ matrix.platform.archery_arch }}
+      DOCKER_VOLUME_PREFIX: .docker/
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Download source archive
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
+        with:
+          name: release-source
+      - name: Extract Download the latest Apache Arrow C++
+        run: |
+          tar -xf apache-arrow-java-*.tar.gz --strip-components=1
+      - name: Download the latest Apache Arrow C++
+        run: |
+          ci/scripts/download_cpp.sh
+      - name: Checkout apache/arrow-testing
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          repository: apache/arrow-testing
+          path: arrow/testing
+      - name: Checkout apache/parquet-testing
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          repository: apache/parquet-testing
+          path: arrow/cpp/submodules/parquet-testing
+      - uses: docker/login-action@9780b0c442fbb1117ed29e0efdff1e18412f7567 # v3.3.0
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Cache
+        uses: actions/cache@1bd1e32a3bdc45362d1e726936510720a7c30a57 # v4.2.0
+        with:
+          path: .docker
+          key: jni-linux-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('arrow/cpp/**') }}
+          restore-keys: jni-linux-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}-
+      - name: Build C++ libraries
+        run: |
+          docker compose run vcpkg-jni
+      - name: Push Docker image
+        if: success() && github.event_name == 'push' && github.repository == 'apache/arrow-java' && github.ref_name == 'main'
+        run: |
+          docker compose push vcpkg-jni
+      - name: Compress into single artifact to keep directory structure
+        run: tar -cvzf jni-linux-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}.tar.gz jni/
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 # v4.6.0
+        with:
+          name: jni-linux-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}
+          path: jni-linux-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}.tar.gz
+  jni-macos:
+    name: JNI ${{ matrix.platform.runs_on }} ${{ matrix.platform.arch }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform.runs_on }}
+    needs:
+      - source
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        platform:
+          - { runs_on: macos-13, arch: "x86_64"}
+          - { runs_on: macos-14, arch: "aarch_64" }
+    env:
+      MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: "14.0"
+    steps:
+      - name: Download source archive
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
+        with:
+          name: release-source
+      - name: Extract Download the latest Apache Arrow C++
+        run: |
+          tar -xf apache-arrow-java-*.tar.gz --strip-components=1
+      # We need 19.0.0 for latest Boost support
+      - name: Download the latest RC Apache Arrow C++
+        run: |
+          ci/scripts/download_cpp.sh latest-rc
+      - name: Checkout apache/arrow-testing
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          repository: apache/arrow-testing
+          path: arrow/testing
+      - name: Checkout apache/parquet-testing
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          repository: apache/parquet-testing
+          path: arrow/cpp/submodules/parquet-testing
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          cache: 'pip'
+          python-version: 3.12
+      - name: Install Archery
+        run: pip install -e arrow/dev/archery[all]
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          # We want to use llvm@14 to avoid shared z3
+          # dependency. llvm@14 doesn't depend on z3 and llvm depends
+          # on z3. And Homebrew's z3 provides only shared library. It
+          # doesn't provides static z3 because z3's CMake doesn't accept
+          # building both shared and static libraries at once.
+          # See also: Z3_BUILD_LIBZ3_SHARED in
+          # https://github.com/Z3Prover/z3/blob/master/README-CMake.md
+          #
+          # If llvm is installed, Apache Arrow C++ uses llvm rather than
+          # llvm@14 because llvm is newer than llvm@14.
+          brew uninstall llvm || :
+
+          # Ensure updating python@XXX with the "--overwrite" option.
+          # If python@XXX is updated without "--overwrite", it causes
+          # a conflict error. Because Python 3 installed not by
+          # Homebrew exists in /usr/local on GitHub Actions. If
+          # Homebrew's python@XXX is updated without "--overwrite", it
+          # tries to replace /usr/local/bin/2to3 and so on and causes
+          # a conflict error.
+          brew update
+          for python_package in $(brew list | grep python@); do
+            brew install --overwrite ${python_package}
+          done
+          brew install --overwrite python
+
+          if [ "$(uname -m)" = "arm64" ]; then
+            # pkg-config formula is deprecated but it's still installed
+            # in GitHub Actions runner now. We can remove this once
+            # pkg-config formula is removed from GitHub Actions runner.
+            brew uninstall pkg-config || :
+            brew uninstall pkg-config@0.29.2 || :
+          fi
+
+          brew bundle --file=arrow/cpp/Brewfile
+          # We want to link aws-sdk-cpp statically but Homebrew's
+          # aws-sdk-cpp provides only shared library. If we have
+          # Homebrew's aws-sdk-cpp, our build mix Homebrew's
+          # aws-sdk-cpp and bundled aws-sdk-cpp. We uninstall Homebrew's
+          # aws-sdk-cpp to ensure using only bundled aws-sdk-cpp.
+          brew uninstall aws-sdk-cpp
+          # We want to use bundled RE2 for static linking. If
+          # Homebrew's RE2 is installed, its header file may be used.
+          # We uninstall Homebrew's RE2 to ensure using bundled RE2.
+          brew uninstall grpc || : # gRPC depends on RE2
+          brew uninstall grpc@1.54 || : # gRPC 1.54 may be installed too
+          brew uninstall re2
+          # We want to use bundled Protobuf for static linking. If
+          # Homebrew's Protobuf is installed, its library file may be
+          # used on test  We uninstall Homebrew's Protobuf to ensure using
+          # bundled Protobuf.
+          brew uninstall protobuf
+
+          brew bundle --file=Brewfile
+      - name: Prepare ccache
+        run: |
+          echo "CCACHE_DIR=${PWD}/ccache" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+      - name: Cache ccache
+        uses: actions/cache@1bd1e32a3bdc45362d1e726936510720a7c30a57 # v4.2.0
+        with:
+          path: ccache
+          key: jni-macos-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('arrow/cpp/**') }}
+          restore-keys: jni-macos-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}-
+      - name: Build C++ libraries
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          # make brew Java available to CMake
+          export JAVA_HOME=$(brew --prefix openjdk@11)/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home
+          ci/scripts/jni_macos_build.sh . arrow build jni
+      - name: Compress into single artifact to keep directory structure
+        run: tar -cvzf jni-macos-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}.tar.gz jni/
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 # v4.6.0
+        with:
+          name: jni-macos-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}
+          path: jni-macos-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}.tar.gz
+  binaries:
+    name: Binaries
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - jni-ubuntu
+      - jni-macos
+    steps:
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
+        with:
+          path: artifacts
+      - name: Decompress artifacts
+        run: |
+          mv artifacts/*/*.tar.gz .
+          tar -xf apache-arrow-java-*.tar.gz --strip-components=1
+          tar -xvzf jni-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+          # tar -xvzf jni-linux-aarch_64.tar.gz
+          tar -xvzf jni-macos-x86_64.tar.gz
+          tar -xvzf jni-macos-aarch_64.tar.gz
+          # tar -xvzf jni-windows.tar.gz
+      - name: Test that shared libraries exist
+        run: |
+          set -x
+
+          test -f jni/arrow_cdata_jni/x86_64/libarrow_cdata_jni.so
+          test -f jni/arrow_dataset_jni/x86_64/libarrow_dataset_jni.so
+          test -f jni/arrow_orc_jni/x86_64/libarrow_orc_jni.so
+          test -f jni/gandiva_jni/x86_64/libgandiva_jni.so
+
+          # test -f jni/arrow_cdata_jni/aarch_64/libarrow_cdata_jni.so
+          # test -f jni/arrow_dataset_jni/aarch_64/libarrow_dataset_jni.so
+          # test -f jni/arrow_orc_jni/aarch_64/libarrow_orc_jni.so
+          # test -f jni/gandiva_jni/aarch_64/libgandiva_jni.so
+
+          test -f jni/arrow_cdata_jni/x86_64/libarrow_cdata_jni.dylib
+          test -f jni/arrow_dataset_jni/x86_64/libarrow_dataset_jni.dylib
+          test -f jni/arrow_orc_jni/x86_64/libarrow_orc_jni.dylib
+          test -f jni/gandiva_jni/x86_64/libgandiva_jni.dylib
+
+          test -f jni/arrow_cdata_jni/aarch_64/libarrow_cdata_jni.dylib
+          test -f jni/arrow_dataset_jni/aarch_64/libarrow_dataset_jni.dylib
+          test -f jni/arrow_orc_jni/aarch_64/libarrow_orc_jni.dylib
+          test -f jni/gandiva_jni/aarch_64/libgandiva_jni.dylib
+
+          # test -f jni/arrow_cdata_jni/x86_64/arrow_cdata_jni.dll
+          # test -f jni/arrow_dataset_jni/x86_64/arrow_dataset_jni.dll
+          # test -f jni/arrow_orc_jni/x86_64/arrow_orc_jni.dll
+      - name: Checkout apache/arrow-testing
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          repository: apache/arrow-testing
+          path: testing
+      - name: Cache ~/.m2
+        uses: actions/cache@1bd1e32a3bdc45362d1e726936510720a7c30a57 # v4.2.0
+        with:
+          path: ~/.m2
+          key: binaries-build-${{ hashFiles('**/*.java', '**/pom.xml') }}
+          restore-keys: binaries-build-
+      - name: Build bundled JAR
+        env:
+          MAVEN_ARGS: >-
+            --no-transfer-progress
+        run: |
+          ci/scripts/jni_full_build.sh . jni binaries
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 # v4.6.0
+        with:
+          name: release-binaries
+          path: binaries/*
   verify:
     name: Verify
     needs:
-      - archive
+      - binaries
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -87,15 +341,13 @@ jobs:
           - macos-latest
           - ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
+      - name: Download release artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
-          name: archive
+          pattern: release-*
       - name: Verify
         run: |
+          mv release-source/* ./
           tar_gz=$(echo apache-arrow-java-*.tar.gz)
           version=${tar_gz#apache-arrow-java-}
           version=${version%.tar.gz}
@@ -105,9 +357,14 @@ jobs:
           else
             rc=$(date +%Y%m%d)
           fi
-          VERIFY_DEFAULT=0 \
-            VERIFY_SOURCE=1 \
-            dev/release/verify_rc.sh "${version}" "${rc}"
+          tar -xf ${tar_gz}
+          export VERIFY_DEFAULT=0
+          export VERIFY_BINARY=1
+          export VERIFY_SOURCE=1
+          cd apache-arrow-java-${version}
+          mv ../${tar_gz}* ./
+          mv ../release-binaries binaries
+          dev/release/verify_rc.sh "${version}" "${rc}"
   upload:
     name: Upload
     if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
@@ -117,13 +374,11 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
+      - name: Download release artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
-          name: archive
+          pattern: release-*
+          path: artifacts
       - name: Upload
         run: |
           # GH-499: How to create release notes?
@@ -133,9 +388,9 @@ jobs:
           gh release create ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} \
             --generate-notes \
             --prerelease \
+            --repo ${{ github.repository }} \
             --title "Apache Arrow Java ${version} RC${rc}" \
             --verify-tag \
-            apache-arrow-java-*.tar.gz \
-            apache-arrow-java-*.tar.gz.sha*
+            artifacts/*/*
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_jni.yml b/.github/workflows/test_jni.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 15b535e17f..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/test_jni.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,267 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-name: Test (JNI)
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - '**'
-      - '!dependabot/**'
-    tags:
-      - '**'
-  pull_request:
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.sha }}-${{ github.workflow }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-env:
-  DOCKER_VOLUME_PREFIX: ".docker/"
-
-jobs:
-  cpp-ubuntu:
-    name: Build C++ libraries ${{ matrix.platform.runs_on }} ${{ matrix.platform.arch }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform.runs_on }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        platform:
-          - runs_on: ubuntu-latest
-            arch: "x86_64"
-            archery_arch: "amd64"
-    env:
-      # architecture name used for archery build
-      ARCH: ${{ matrix.platform.archery_arch }}
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout apache/arrow-java
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: recursive
-      - name: Checkout apache/arrow
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-        with:
-          repository: apache/arrow
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          path: arrow
-          submodules: recursive
-      - uses: docker/login-action@9780b0c442fbb1117ed29e0efdff1e18412f7567 # v3.3.0
-        with:
-          registry: ghcr.io
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Build C++ libraries
-        run: |
-          docker compose run vcpkg-jni
-      - name: Push Docker image
-        if: success() && github.event_name == 'push' && github.repository == 'apache/arrow-java' && github.ref_name == 'main'
-        run: |
-          docker compose push vcpkg-jni
-      - name: Compress into single artifact to keep directory structure
-        run: tar -cvzf arrow-shared-libs-linux-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}.tar.gz dist/
-      - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: ubuntu-shared-lib-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}
-          path: arrow-shared-libs-linux-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}.tar.gz
-
-  cpp-macos:
-    name: Build C++ libraries macOS ${{ matrix.platform.runs_on }} ${{ matrix.platform.arch }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform.runs_on }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        platform:
-          - { runs_on: macos-13, arch: "x86_64"}
-          - { runs_on: macos-14, arch: "aarch_64" }
-    env:
-      MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: "14.0"
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout apache/arrow-java
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: recursive
-      - name: Checkout apache/arrow
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-        with:
-          repository: apache/arrow
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          path: arrow
-          submodules: recursive
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          cache: 'pip'
-          python-version: 3.12
-      - name: Install Archery
-        run: pip install -e arrow/dev/archery[all]
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          # We want to use llvm@14 to avoid shared z3
-          # dependency. llvm@14 doesn't depend on z3 and llvm depends
-          # on z3. And Homebrew's z3 provides only shared library. It
-          # doesn't provides static z3 because z3's CMake doesn't accept
-          # building both shared and static libraries at once.
-          # See also: Z3_BUILD_LIBZ3_SHARED in
-          # https://github.com/Z3Prover/z3/blob/master/README-CMake.md
-          #
-          # If llvm is installed, Apache Arrow C++ uses llvm rather than
-          # llvm@14 because llvm is newer than llvm@14.
-          brew uninstall llvm || :
-
-          # Ensure updating python@XXX with the "--overwrite" option.
-          # If python@XXX is updated without "--overwrite", it causes
-          # a conflict error. Because Python 3 installed not by
-          # Homebrew exists in /usr/local on GitHub Actions. If
-          # Homebrew's python@XXX is updated without "--overwrite", it
-          # tries to replace /usr/local/bin/2to3 and so on and causes
-          # a conflict error.
-          brew update
-          for python_package in $(brew list | grep python@); do
-            brew install --overwrite ${python_package}
-          done
-          brew install --overwrite python
-
-          if [ "$(uname -m)" = "arm64" ]; then
-            # pkg-config formula is deprecated but it's still installed
-            # in GitHub Actions runner now. We can remove this once
-            # pkg-config formula is removed from GitHub Actions runner.
-            brew uninstall pkg-config || :
-            brew uninstall pkg-config@0.29.2 || :
-          fi
-
-          brew bundle --file=arrow/cpp/Brewfile
-          # We want to link aws-sdk-cpp statically but Homebrew's
-          # aws-sdk-cpp provides only shared library. If we have
-          # Homebrew's aws-sdk-cpp, our build mix Homebrew's
-          # aws-sdk-cpp and bundled aws-sdk-cpp. We uninstall Homebrew's
-          # aws-sdk-cpp to ensure using only bundled aws-sdk-cpp.
-          brew uninstall aws-sdk-cpp
-          # We want to use bundled RE2 for static linking. If
-          # Homebrew's RE2 is installed, its header file may be used.
-          # We uninstall Homebrew's RE2 to ensure using bundled RE2.
-          brew uninstall grpc || : # gRPC depends on RE2
-          brew uninstall grpc@1.54 || : # gRPC 1.54 may be installed too
-          brew uninstall re2
-          # We want to use bundled Protobuf for static linking. If
-          # Homebrew's Protobuf is installed, its library file may be
-          # used on test  We uninstall Homebrew's Protobuf to ensure using
-          # bundled Protobuf.
-          brew uninstall protobuf
-
-          brew bundle --file=Brewfile
-      - name: Build C++ libraries
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          # make brew Java available to CMake
-          export JAVA_HOME=$(brew --prefix openjdk@11)/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home
-          ./ci/scripts/jni_macos_build.sh \
-            $GITHUB_WORKSPACE \
-            $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/arrow \
-            $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/arrow-java/cpp-build \
-            $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist
-      - name: Compress into single artifact to keep directory structure
-        run: tar -cvzf arrow-shared-libs-macos-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}.tar.gz dist/
-      - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: macos-shared-lib-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}
-          path: arrow-shared-libs-macos-${{ matrix.platform.arch }}.tar.gz
-
-  java-jars:
-    name: Build JAR files
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs:
-      - cpp-ubuntu
-      - cpp-macos
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout apache/arrow-java
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: recursive
-      - name: Checkout apache/arrow
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-        with:
-          repository: apache/arrow
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          path: arrow
-          submodules: recursive
-      - name: Download Libraries
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          path: artifacts
-      - name: Decompress artifacts
-        run: |
-          mv artifacts/*/*.tar.gz .
-          tar -xvzf arrow-shared-libs-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
-          # tar -xvzf arrow-shared-libs-linux-aarch_64.tar.gz
-          tar -xvzf arrow-shared-libs-macos-x86_64.tar.gz
-          tar -xvzf arrow-shared-libs-macos-aarch_64.tar.gz
-          # tar -xvzf arrow-shared-libs-windows.tar.gz
-      - name: Test that shared libraries exist
-        run: |
-          set -x
-
-          test -f dist/arrow_cdata_jni/x86_64/libarrow_cdata_jni.so
-          test -f dist/arrow_dataset_jni/x86_64/libarrow_dataset_jni.so
-          test -f dist/arrow_orc_jni/x86_64/libarrow_orc_jni.so
-          test -f dist/gandiva_jni/x86_64/libgandiva_jni.so
-
-          # test -f dist/arrow_cdata_jni/aarch_64/libarrow_cdata_jni.so
-          # test -f dist/arrow_dataset_jni/aarch_64/libarrow_dataset_jni.so
-          # test -f dist/arrow_orc_jni/aarch_64/libarrow_orc_jni.so
-          # test -f dist/gandiva_jni/aarch_64/libgandiva_jni.so
-
-          test -f dist/arrow_cdata_jni/x86_64/libarrow_cdata_jni.dylib
-          test -f dist/arrow_dataset_jni/x86_64/libarrow_dataset_jni.dylib
-          test -f dist/arrow_orc_jni/x86_64/libarrow_orc_jni.dylib
-          test -f dist/gandiva_jni/x86_64/libgandiva_jni.dylib
-
-          test -f dist/arrow_cdata_jni/aarch_64/libarrow_cdata_jni.dylib
-          test -f dist/arrow_dataset_jni/aarch_64/libarrow_dataset_jni.dylib
-          test -f dist/arrow_orc_jni/aarch_64/libarrow_orc_jni.dylib
-          test -f dist/gandiva_jni/aarch_64/libgandiva_jni.dylib
-
-          # test -f dist/arrow_cdata_jni/x86_64/arrow_cdata_jni.dll
-          # test -f dist/arrow_dataset_jni/x86_64/arrow_dataset_jni.dll
-          # test -f dist/arrow_orc_jni/x86_64/arrow_orc_jni.dll
-      - name: Build bundled jar
-        env:
-          MAVEN_ARGS: >-
-            --no-transfer-progress
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          # mvn versions:set -DnewVersion={{ arrow.no_rc_snapshot_version }}
-          # mvn versions:set -DnewVersion={{ arrow.no_rc_snapshot_version }} -f bom
-          ./ci/scripts/jni_full_build.sh \
-            $GITHUB_WORKSPACE \
-            $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/arrow \
-            $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist
-      - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: java-jars
-          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/arrow-java/java-dist
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b29f37d80..318bd4d10c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ add_library(jni INTERFACE IMPORTED)
 set_target_properties(jni PROPERTIES INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${JNI_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 
 include(CTest)
-if(BUILD_TESTING)
+if(BUILD_TESTING
+   AND (ARROW_JAVA_JNI_ENABLE_DATASET
+        OR ARROW_JAVA_JNI_ENABLE_GANDIVA
+        OR ARROW_JAVA_JNI_ENABLE_ORC))
   find_package(ArrowTesting REQUIRED)
   find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
   add_library(arrow_java_test INTERFACE IMPORTED)
diff --git a/ci/scripts/build.sh b/ci/scripts/build.sh
index f3f2023759..309f28126a 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 # distributed with this work for additional information
diff --git a/ci/scripts/download_cpp.sh b/ci/scripts/download_cpp.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4d801a47f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/scripts/download_cpp.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
+  version="${1}"
+else
+  version="latest-release"
+fi
+
+url=""
+
+if [ "${version}" = "latest-release" ]; then
+  version=$(curl \
+    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/arrow-site/refs/heads/main/_data/versions.yml |
+    grep '^  number:' |
+    sed -E -e "s/^  number: '|'$//g")
+elif [ "${version}" = "latest-rc" ]; then
+  rc_archive_name=$(curl \
+    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow/ |
+    grep -E -o 'apache-arrow-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\-rc[0-9]' |
+    sort |
+    uniq |
+    tail -n1)
+  rc_version="${rc_archive_name#apache-arrow-}"
+  version="${rc_version%-rc*}"
+  url="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow/apache-arrow-${rc_version}/apache-arrow-${version}.tar.gz"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${url}" ]; then
+  url="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua?action=download&filename=arrow/arrow-${version}/apache-arrow-${version}.tar.gz"
+fi
+wget --output-document "apache-arrow-${version}.tar.gz" "${url}"
+tar xf "apache-arrow-${version}.tar.gz"
+mv "apache-arrow-${version}" arrow
diff --git a/ci/scripts/jni_build.sh b/ci/scripts/jni_build.sh
index 4462646347..a77b0da02a 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/jni_build.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/jni_build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 # distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-set -exo pipefail
+set -euxo pipefail
 
-arrow_dir=${1}
+source_dir=${1}
 arrow_install_dir=${2}
 build_dir=${3}/java_jni
 # The directory where the final binaries will be stored when scripts finish
@@ -30,8 +31,6 @@ echo "=== Clear output directories and leftovers ==="
 rm -rf "${build_dir}"
 
 echo "=== Building Arrow Java C Data Interface native library ==="
-mkdir -p "${build_dir}"
-pushd "${build_dir}"
 
 case "$(uname)" in
 Linux)
@@ -45,10 +44,12 @@ Darwin)
   ;;
 esac
 
-: "${ARROW_JAVA_BUILD_TESTS:=${ARROW_BUILD_TESTS:-OFF}}"
+: "${ARROW_JAVA_BUILD_TESTS:=${ARROW_BUILD_TESTS:-ON}}"
 : "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:=release}"
 read -ra EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS <<<"${JAVA_JNI_CMAKE_ARGS:-}"
 cmake \
+  -S "${source_dir}" \
+  -B "${build_dir}" \
   -DARROW_JAVA_JNI_ENABLE_DATASET="${ARROW_DATASET:-OFF}" \
   -DARROW_JAVA_JNI_ENABLE_GANDIVA="${ARROW_GANDIVA:-OFF}" \
   -DARROW_JAVA_JNI_ENABLE_ORC="${ARROW_ORC:-OFF}" \
@@ -59,18 +60,16 @@ cmake \
   -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD="${CMAKE_UNITY_BUILD:-OFF}" \
   -DProtobuf_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON \
   -GNinja \
-  "${EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS[@]}" \
-  "${arrow_dir}"
-export CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=${n_jobs}
-cmake --build . --config "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}"
+  "${EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS[@]}"
+cmake --build "${build_dir}"
 if [ "${ARROW_JAVA_BUILD_TESTS}" = "ON" ]; then
   ctest \
     --output-on-failure \
     --parallel "${n_jobs}" \
+    --test-dir "${build_dir}" \
     --timeout 300
 fi
-cmake --build . --config "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" --target install
-popd
+cmake --build "${build_dir}" --target install
 
 mkdir -p "${dist_dir}"
 # For Windows. *.dll are installed into bin/ on Windows.
diff --git a/ci/scripts/jni_full_build.sh b/ci/scripts/jni_full_build.sh
index 1a39aeb510..15cf72f21b 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/jni_full_build.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/jni_full_build.sh
@@ -19,16 +19,13 @@
 
 set -e
 
-arrow_java_dir="${1}"
-arrow_dir="${2}"
+source_dir="$(cd "${1}" && pwd)"
+jni_build_dir="$(cd "${2}" && pwd)"
 dist_dir="${3}"
+mkdir -p "${dist_dir}"
+dist_dir="$(cd "${dist_dir}" && pwd)"
 
-export ARROW_TEST_DATA="${arrow_dir}/testing/data"
-
-pushd "${arrow_java_dir}"
-
-# Ensure that there is no old jar
-# inside the maven repository
+# Ensure that there is no old artifacts inside the maven repository
 maven_repo=~/.m2/repository/org/apache/arrow
 if [ -d "$maven_repo" ]; then
   find "$maven_repo" \
@@ -37,7 +34,7 @@ if [ -d "$maven_repo" ]; then
     -exec rm -rf {} ";"
 fi
 
-# generate dummy GPG key for -Papache-release.
+# Generate dummy GPG key for -Papache-release.
 # -Papache-release generates signs (*.asc) of artifacts.
 # We don't use these signs in our release process.
 (
@@ -49,15 +46,17 @@ fi
 ) |
   gpg --full-generate-key --batch
 
+pushd "${source_dir}"
 # build the entire project
 mvn clean \
   install \
   -Papache-release \
   -Parrow-c-data \
   -Parrow-jni \
-  -Darrow.cpp.build.dir="$dist_dir" \
-  -Darrow.c.jni.dist.dir="$dist_dir" \
+  -Darrow.cpp.build.dir="${jni_build_dir}" \
+  -Darrow.c.jni.dist.dir="${jni_build_dir}" \
   --no-transfer-progress
+popd
 
 # copy all jar, zip and pom files to the distribution folder
 find ~/.m2/repository/org/apache/arrow \
@@ -69,6 +68,4 @@ find ~/.m2/repository/org/apache/arrow \
   -name "*.zip" \
   ")" \
   -exec echo "{}" ";" \
-  -exec cp "{}" "$dist_dir" ";"
-
-popd
+  -exec cp "{}" "${dist_dir}" ";"
diff --git a/ci/scripts/jni_macos_build.sh b/ci/scripts/jni_macos_build.sh
index eeabfd1334..5a693031c3 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/jni_macos_build.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/jni_macos_build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 # distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@
 
 set -ex
 
-arrow_java_dir="${1}"
-arrow_dir="${2}"
+source_dir="$(cd "${1}" && pwd)"
+arrow_dir="$(cd "${2}" && pwd)"
 build_dir="${3}"
 normalized_arch="$(arch)"
 case "${normalized_arch}" in
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ dist_dir="${4}"
 echo "=== Clear output directories and leftovers ==="
 # Clear output directories and leftovers
 rm -rf "${build_dir}"
+rm -rf "${dist_dir}"
+
+mkdir -p "${build_dir}"
+build_dir="$(cd "${build_dir}" && pwd)"
 
 echo "=== Building Arrow C++ libraries ==="
 install_dir="${build_dir}/cpp-install"
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ export ARROW_GANDIVA
 export ARROW_ORC
 : "${ARROW_PARQUET:=ON}"
 : "${ARROW_S3:=ON}"
-: "${ARROW_USE_CCACHE:=OFF}"
+: "${ARROW_USE_CCACHE:=ON}"
 : "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:=Release}"
 : "${CMAKE_UNITY_BUILD:=ON}"
 
@@ -66,10 +71,9 @@ export ARROW_TEST_DATA="${arrow_dir}/testing/data"
 export PARQUET_TEST_DATA="${arrow_dir}/cpp/submodules/parquet-testing/data"
 export AWS_EC2_METADATA_DISABLED=TRUE
 
-mkdir -p "${build_dir}/cpp"
-pushd "${build_dir}/cpp"
-
 cmake \
+  -S "${arrow_dir}/cpp" \
+  -B "${build_dir}/cpp" \
   -DARROW_ACERO="${ARROW_ACERO}" \
   -DARROW_BUILD_SHARED=OFF \
   -DARROW_BUILD_TESTS="${ARROW_BUILD_TESTS}" \
@@ -84,6 +88,7 @@ cmake \
   -DARROW_PARQUET="${ARROW_PARQUET}" \
   -DARROW_S3="${ARROW_S3}" \
   -DARROW_USE_CCACHE="${ARROW_USE_CCACHE}" \
+  -DAWSSDK_SOURCE=BUNDLED \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" \
   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${install_dir}" \
   -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD="${CMAKE_UNITY_BUILD}" \
@@ -92,11 +97,10 @@ cmake \
   -DPARQUET_BUILD_EXECUTABLES=OFF \
   -DPARQUET_REQUIRE_ENCRYPTION=OFF \
   -Dre2_SOURCE=BUNDLED \
-  -GNinja \
-  "${arrow_dir}/cpp"
-cmake --build . --target install
+  -GNinja
+cmake --build "${build_dir}/cpp" --target install
 
-if [ "${ARROW_BUILD_TESTS}" == "ON" ]; then
+if [ "${ARROW_RUN_TESTS:-}" == "ON" ]; then
   # MinIO is required
   exclude_tests="arrow-s3fs-test"
   # unstable
@@ -107,14 +111,13 @@ if [ "${ARROW_BUILD_TESTS}" == "ON" ]; then
     --label-regex unittest \
     --output-on-failure \
     --parallel "$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)" \
+    --test-dir "${build_dir}/cpp" \
     --timeout 300
 fi
 
-popd
-
 export JAVA_JNI_CMAKE_ARGS="-DProtobuf_ROOT=${build_dir}/cpp/protobuf_ep-install"
-"${arrow_java_dir}/ci/scripts/jni_build.sh" \
-  "${arrow_java_dir}" \
+"${source_dir}/ci/scripts/jni_build.sh" \
+  "${source_dir}" \
   "${install_dir}" \
   "${build_dir}" \
   "${dist_dir}"
diff --git a/ci/scripts/jni_manylinux_build.sh b/ci/scripts/jni_manylinux_build.sh
index 2551d67239..0251c71c65 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/jni_manylinux_build.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/jni_manylinux_build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 # distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@
 
 set -exo pipefail
 
-arrow_java_dir="${1}"
-arrow_dir="${2}"
+source_dir="$(cd "${1}" && pwd)"
+arrow_dir="$(cd "${2}" && pwd)"
 build_dir="${3}"
 normalized_arch="$(arch)"
 case "${normalized_arch}" in
@@ -41,12 +42,15 @@ echo "=== Clear output directories and leftovers ==="
 rm -rf "${build_dir}"
 rm -rf "${dist_dir}"
 
+mkdir -p "${build_dir}"
+build_dir="$(cd "${build_dir}" && pwd)"
+
 echo "=== Building Arrow C++ libraries ==="
 devtoolset_version="$(rpm -qa "devtoolset-*-gcc" --queryformat '%{VERSION}' | grep -o "^[0-9]*")"
 devtoolset_include_cpp="/opt/rh/devtoolset-${devtoolset_version}/root/usr/include/c++/${devtoolset_version}"
 : "${ARROW_ACERO:=ON}"
 export ARROW_ACERO
-: "${ARROW_BUILD_TESTS:=OFF}"
+: "${ARROW_BUILD_TESTS:=ON}"
 : "${ARROW_DATASET:=ON}"
 export ARROW_DATASET
 : "${ARROW_GANDIVA:=ON}"
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ export ARROW_GANDIVA
 export ARROW_ORC
 : "${ARROW_PARQUET:=ON}"
 : "${ARROW_S3:=ON}"
-: "${ARROW_USE_CCACHE:=OFF}"
+: "${ARROW_USE_CCACHE:=ON}"
 : "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:=release}"
 : "${CMAKE_UNITY_BUILD:=ON}"
 : "${VCPKG_ROOT:=/opt/vcpkg}"
@@ -77,9 +81,11 @@ export PARQUET_TEST_DATA="${arrow_dir}/cpp/submodules/parquet-testing/data"
 export AWS_EC2_METADATA_DISABLED=TRUE
 
 mkdir -p "${build_dir}/cpp"
-pushd "${build_dir}/cpp"
+install_dir="${build_dir}/cpp-install"
 
 cmake \
+  -S "${arrow_dir}/cpp" \
+  -B "${build_dir}/cpp" \
   -DARROW_ACERO="${ARROW_ACERO}" \
   -DARROW_BUILD_SHARED=OFF \
   -DARROW_BUILD_TESTS="${ARROW_BUILD_TESTS}" \
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@ cmake \
   -DARROW_S3="${ARROW_S3}" \
   -DARROW_USE_CCACHE="${ARROW_USE_CCACHE}" \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" \
-  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${ARROW_HOME}" \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${install_dir}" \
   -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD="${CMAKE_UNITY_BUILD}" \
   -DGTest_SOURCE=BUNDLED \
   -DORC_SOURCE=BUNDLED \
@@ -110,11 +116,11 @@ cmake \
   -DPARQUET_REQUIRE_ENCRYPTION=OFF \
   -DVCPKG_MANIFEST_MODE=OFF \
   -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET="${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}" \
-  -GNinja \
-  "${arrow_dir}/cpp"
-ninja install
+  -GNinja
+cmake --build "${build_dir}/cpp"
+cmake --install "${build_dir}/cpp"
 
-if [ "${ARROW_BUILD_TESTS}" = "ON" ]; then
+if [ "${ARROW_RUN_TESTS:-OFF}" = "ON" ]; then
   # MinIO is required
   exclude_tests="arrow-s3fs-test"
   case $(arch) in
@@ -138,17 +144,16 @@ if [ "${ARROW_BUILD_TESTS}" = "ON" ]; then
     --label-regex unittest \
     --output-on-failure \
     --parallel "$(nproc)" \
+    --test-dir "${build_dir}/cpp" \
     --timeout 300
 fi
 
-popd
-
 JAVA_JNI_CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"
 JAVA_JNI_CMAKE_ARGS="${JAVA_JNI_CMAKE_ARGS} -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}"
 export JAVA_JNI_CMAKE_ARGS
-"${arrow_java_dir}/ci/scripts/jni_build.sh" \
-  "${arrow_java_dir}" \
-  "${ARROW_HOME}" \
+"${source_dir}/ci/scripts/jni_build.sh" \
+  "${source_dir}" \
+  "${install_dir}" \
   "${build_dir}" \
   "${dist_dir}"
 
diff --git a/ci/scripts/test.sh b/ci/scripts/test.sh
index 6449bbc2c5..f65f630182 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/test.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 # distributed with this work for additional information
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c1d270287d..5decbfc86c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 # $ ARCH=arm64v8 docker compose run java
 
 volumes:
+  ccache-cache:
+    name: ccache-cache
   maven-cache:
     name: maven-cache
 
@@ -101,9 +103,11 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - .:/arrow-java:delegated
       - ${ARROW_REPO_ROOT}:/arrow:delegated
+      - ${DOCKER_VOLUME_PREFIX}ccache:/ccache:delegated
       - ${DOCKER_VOLUME_PREFIX}maven-cache:/root/.m2:delegated
     environment:
       ARROW_JAVA_CDATA: "ON"
+      CCACHE_DIR: "/ccache"
     command:
       ["git config --global --add safe.directory /arrow-java && \
-        /arrow-java/ci/scripts/jni_manylinux_build.sh /arrow-java /arrow /build /arrow-java/dist"]
+        /arrow-java/ci/scripts/jni_manylinux_build.sh /arrow-java /arrow /build /arrow-java/jni"]