diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 3f56243c1d..0b5e04d6e0 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ARCH_CONDA_FORGE=linux_64_
 # Default versions for various dependencies
 JDK=8
 MANYLINUX=2014
-MAVEN=3.5.4
+MAVEN=3.6.3
 PYTHON=3.8
 GO=1.19.5
 ARROW_MAJOR_VERSION=14
diff --git a/ci/scripts/java_build.sh b/ci/scripts/java_build.sh
index a334c59fd6..463fb4210e 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/java_build.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/java_build.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ main() {
 
     echo "=== Build ==="
     pushd ${source_dir}/java
-    mvn clean \
+    mvn -B clean \
         install \
         assembly:single \
         source:jar \
diff --git a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
index f2d0be238b..45382a5605 100755
--- a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
+++ b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ test_cpp() {
 test_java() {
   show_header "Build and test Java libraries"
 
-  # Build and test Java (Requires newer Maven -- I used 3.3.9)
+  # Build and test Java (Requires Maven >= 3.6.3)
   maybe_setup_conda maven || exit 1
 
   "${ADBC_DIR}/ci/scripts/java_build.sh" "${ADBC_SOURCE_DIR}" "${ARROW_TMPDIR}/java"
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index ff9ee941a6..291ff87fc8 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
-    <version>31</version>
+    <version>18</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.arrow.adbc</groupId>