diff --git a/.github/workflows/jarbuild.yml b/.github/workflows/jarbuild.yml
index 181f8b738a..af988ed4f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jarbuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jarbuild.yml
@@ -406,8 +406,19 @@ jobs:
           path: ~/.m2
           key: binaries-build-${{ hashFiles('**/*.java', '**/pom.xml') }}
           restore-keys: binaries-build-
+      - name: Set up Maven 3.9.16
+        run: |
+          archive="${RUNNER_TEMP}/apache-maven-3.9.16-bin.tar.gz"
+          curl --fail --location --silent --show-error \
+            https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.16/apache-maven-3.9.16-bin.tar.gz \
+            --output "${archive}"
+          echo "831a8591fe20c8243b1dbe7d71e3244f31d1665b0804b2e825e38cbbe5ce0cafb8338851f90780735568773e0a6cd07bbec107cda0b896b008b861075358b6f6  ${archive}" | shasum -a 512 -c -
+          tar -xzf "${archive}" -C "${RUNNER_TEMP}"
+          echo "${RUNNER_TEMP}/apache-maven-3.9.16/bin" >> "${GITHUB_PATH}"
       - name: Build bundled JAR and docs
         run: |
+          java -version
+          mvn -version
           ci/scripts/jni_full_build.sh . jni binaries
       - name: Prepare docs
         run: |
@@ -478,8 +489,19 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
           pattern: release-*
+      - name: Set up Maven 3.9.16
+        run: |
+          archive="${RUNNER_TEMP}/apache-maven-3.9.16-bin.tar.gz"
+          curl --fail --location --silent --show-error \
+            https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.16/apache-maven-3.9.16-bin.tar.gz \
+            --output "${archive}"
+          echo "831a8591fe20c8243b1dbe7d71e3244f31d1665b0804b2e825e38cbbe5ce0cafb8338851f90780735568773e0a6cd07bbec107cda0b896b008b861075358b6f6  ${archive}" | shasum -a 512 -c -
+          tar -xzf "${archive}" -C "${RUNNER_TEMP}"
+          echo "${RUNNER_TEMP}/apache-maven-3.9.16/bin" >> "${GITHUB_PATH}"
       - name: Verify
         run: |
+          java -version
+          mvn -version
           mv release-source/* ./
           tar_gz=$(echo apache-arrow-java-*.tar.gz)
           version=${tar_gz#apache-arrow-java-}