diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 8f3288d488..d7ff7ad64d 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ARCH_SHORT=amd64
 ARCH_CONDA_FORGE=linux_64_
 
 # Default versions for various dependencies
-JDK=8
+JDK=11
 MANYLINUX=2-28
 MAVEN=3.6.3
 PLATFORM=linux/amd64
diff --git a/.github/workflows/java.yml b/.github/workflows/java.yml
index d33247f819..e2457f29c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: ['8', '11', '17', '21', '22']
+        java: ['11', '17', '21', '22']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
index cf3764d5f7..20d088da49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ jobs:
             docs.tgz
 
   java:
-    name: "Java 1.8"
+    name: "Java 11"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - source
diff --git a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
index cb1107d4ec..a5b277560d 100755
--- a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
+++ b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # Requirements
 # - Ruby >= 2.3
 # - Maven >= 3.3.9
-# - JDK >=7
+# - JDK >= 11
 # - gcc >= 4.8
 # - Go >= 1.21
 # - Docker
diff --git a/docs/source/development/releasing.rst b/docs/source/development/releasing.rst
index d370ae27fe..6d6130b8d1 100644
--- a/docs/source/development/releasing.rst
+++ b/docs/source/development/releasing.rst
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ How to Verify Release Candidates
    - GLib and gobject-introspection with headers
       - pkg-config or cmake must be able to find libarrow-glib.so
       - GI_TYPELIB_PATH should be set to the path to the girepository-1.0 directory
-   - Java JRE and JDK (Java 8+)
+   - Java JRE and JDK (Java 11+)
       - the javadoc command must also be accessible
    - Go
    - CMake, ninja-build, libpq (with headers), SQLite (with headers)
diff --git a/java/driver/flight-sql/pom.xml b/java/driver/flight-sql/pom.xml
index 9e8ce65ecd..49d79b114d 100644
--- a/java/driver/flight-sql/pom.xml
+++ b/java/driver/flight-sql/pom.xml
@@ -103,13 +103,6 @@
       <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <!-- To use FlightSeverTestRule from arrow-flight-sql-jdbc-core -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.13.2</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
       <artifactId>flight-sql-jdbc-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/java/driver/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/driver/flightsql/GetObjectsTests.java b/java/driver/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/driver/flightsql/GetObjectsTests.java
index 454527b716..c0beba9e4b 100644
--- a/java/driver/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/driver/flightsql/GetObjectsTests.java
+++ b/java/driver/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/driver/flightsql/GetObjectsTests.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.adbc.core.AdbcDriver;
 import org.apache.arrow.adbc.core.AdbcException;
 import org.apache.arrow.adbc.drivermanager.AdbcDriverManager;
-import org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.FlightServerTestRule;
+import org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.FlightServerTestExtension;
 import org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.utils.MockFlightSqlProducer;
 import org.apache.arrow.flight.FlightProducer;
 import org.apache.arrow.flight.sql.FlightSqlProducer;
@@ -58,19 +58,19 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Schema;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.Text;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.ClassRule;
-import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 
 /** Test functions for returning database catalog information. */
 public class GetObjectsTests {
   private static final BufferAllocator allocator = new RootAllocator(Long.MAX_VALUE);
   private static final MockFlightSqlProducer FLIGHT_SQL_PRODUCER = new MockFlightSqlProducer();
 
-  @ClassRule
-  public static final FlightServerTestRule FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_RULE =
-      FlightServerTestRule.createStandardTestRule(FLIGHT_SQL_PRODUCER);
+  @RegisterExtension
+  public static FlightServerTestExtension FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_EXTENSION =
+      FlightServerTestExtension.createStandardTestExtension(FLIGHT_SQL_PRODUCER);
 
   private static final int BASE_ROW_COUNT = 10;
   private static AdbcConnection connection;
@@ -82,13 +82,14 @@ private enum ExpectedColumnSelection {
     ALL_COLUMNS
   }
 
-  @BeforeClass
+  @BeforeAll
   public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws AdbcException {
-    String uri = String.format("grpc+tcp://%s:%d", "localhost", FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_RULE.getPort());
+    String uri =
+        String.format("grpc+tcp://%s:%d", "localhost", FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_EXTENSION.getPort());
     Map<String, Object> params = new HashMap<>();
     params.put(AdbcDriver.PARAM_URI.getKey(), uri);
-    params.put(AdbcDriver.PARAM_USERNAME.getKey(), FlightServerTestRule.DEFAULT_USER);
-    params.put(AdbcDriver.PARAM_PASSWORD.getKey(), FlightServerTestRule.DEFAULT_PASSWORD);
+    params.put(AdbcDriver.PARAM_USERNAME.getKey(), FlightServerTestExtension.DEFAULT_USER);
+    params.put(AdbcDriver.PARAM_PASSWORD.getKey(), FlightServerTestExtension.DEFAULT_PASSWORD);
     params.put(FlightSqlConnectionProperties.WITH_COOKIE_MIDDLEWARE.getKey(), true);
     AdbcDatabase db =
         AdbcDriverManager.getInstance()
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws AdbcException {
         commandGetTablesWithSchema, commandGetTablesWithSchemaResultProducer);
   }
 
-  @AfterClass
+  @AfterAll
   public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
     AutoCloseables.close(connection, FLIGHT_SQL_PRODUCER, allocator);
   }
diff --git a/java/driver/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/driver/flightsql/MutualTlsTest.java b/java/driver/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/driver/flightsql/MutualTlsTest.java
index f98a7c3470..17fa13fb24 100644
--- a/java/driver/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/driver/flightsql/MutualTlsTest.java
+++ b/java/driver/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/driver/flightsql/MutualTlsTest.java
@@ -30,21 +30,21 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.adbc.core.AdbcException;
 import org.apache.arrow.adbc.core.AdbcStatusCode;
 import org.apache.arrow.adbc.drivermanager.AdbcDriverManager;
-import org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.FlightServerTestRule;
+import org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.FlightServerTestExtension;
 import org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.authentication.UserPasswordAuthentication;
 import org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.utils.FlightSqlTestCertificates;
 import org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.utils.MockFlightSqlProducer;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.util.AutoCloseables;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.ClassRule;
-import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 
 public class MutualTlsTest {
 
-  @ClassRule public static final FlightServerTestRule FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_RULE;
+  @RegisterExtension public static FlightServerTestExtension FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_EXTENSION;
 
   private static final String USER_1 = "user1";
   private static final String PASS_1 = "pass1";
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ public class MutualTlsTest {
     UserPasswordAuthentication authentication =
         new UserPasswordAuthentication.Builder().user(USER_1, PASS_1).build();
 
-    FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_RULE =
-        new FlightServerTestRule.Builder()
+    FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_EXTENSION =
+        new FlightServerTestExtension.Builder()
             .authentication(authentication)
             .useEncryption(certKey.cert, certKey.key)
             .useMTlsClientVerification(FlightSqlTestCertificates.exampleCACert())
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class MutualTlsTest {
   private BufferAllocator allocator;
   private Map<String, Object> params;
 
-  @Before
+  @BeforeEach
   public void setUp() {
     allocator = new RootAllocator(Long.MAX_VALUE);
     params = new HashMap<>();
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public void setUp() {
     params.put(AdbcDriver.PARAM_PASSWORD.getKey(), PASS_1);
   }
 
-  @After
+  @AfterEach
   public void tearDown() throws Exception {
     AutoCloseables.close(allocator);
   }
@@ -147,6 +147,6 @@ private String getUri(boolean withTls) {
     String protocol = String.format("grpc%s", withTls ? "+tls" : "+tcp");
     return String.format(
         "%s://%s:%d",
-        protocol, FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_RULE.getHost(), FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_RULE.getPort());
+        protocol, FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_EXTENSION.getHost(), FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_EXTENSION.getPort());
   }
 }
diff --git a/java/driver/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/driver/flightsql/TlsTest.java b/java/driver/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/driver/flightsql/TlsTest.java
index 0301f3d8fb..bcfff64dd0 100644
--- a/java/driver/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/driver/flightsql/TlsTest.java
+++ b/java/driver/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/driver/flightsql/TlsTest.java
@@ -30,21 +30,21 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.adbc.core.AdbcException;
 import org.apache.arrow.adbc.core.AdbcStatusCode;
 import org.apache.arrow.adbc.drivermanager.AdbcDriverManager;
-import org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.FlightServerTestRule;
+import org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.FlightServerTestExtension;
 import org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.authentication.UserPasswordAuthentication;
 import org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.utils.FlightSqlTestCertificates;
 import org.apache.arrow.driver.jdbc.utils.MockFlightSqlProducer;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.util.AutoCloseables;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.ClassRule;
-import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 
 public class TlsTest {
 
-  @ClassRule public static final FlightServerTestRule FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_RULE;
+  @RegisterExtension public static FlightServerTestExtension FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_EXTENSION;
 
   private static final String USER_1 = "user1";
   private static final String PASS_1 = "pass1";
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ public class TlsTest {
     UserPasswordAuthentication authentication =
         new UserPasswordAuthentication.Builder().user(USER_1, PASS_1).build();
 
-    FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_RULE =
-        new FlightServerTestRule.Builder()
+    FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_EXTENSION =
+        new FlightServerTestExtension.Builder()
             .authentication(authentication)
             .useEncryption(certKey.cert, certKey.key)
             .producer(new MockFlightSqlProducer())
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class TlsTest {
   private BufferAllocator allocator;
   private Map<String, Object> params;
 
-  @Before
+  @BeforeEach
   public void setUp() {
     allocator = new RootAllocator(Long.MAX_VALUE);
     params = new HashMap<>();
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public void setUp() {
     params.put(AdbcDriver.PARAM_PASSWORD.getKey(), PASS_1);
   }
 
-  @After
+  @AfterEach
   public void tearDown() throws Exception {
     AutoCloseables.close(allocator);
   }
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public void testClientTlsOnGoodHostnameOverride() throws Exception {
     params.put(AdbcDriver.PARAM_URI.getKey(), getUri(true));
     params.put(
         FlightSqlConnectionProperties.TLS_OVERRIDE_HOSTNAME.getKey(),
-        FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_RULE.getHost());
+        FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_EXTENSION.getHost());
     try (InputStream stream = Files.newInputStream(Paths.get(TLS_ROOT_CERTS_PATH))) {
       params.put(FlightSqlConnectionProperties.TLS_ROOT_CERTS.getKey(), stream);
       AdbcDatabase db =
@@ -174,6 +174,6 @@ private String getUri(boolean withTls) {
     String protocol = String.format("grpc%s", withTls ? "+tls" : "+tcp");
     return String.format(
         "%s://%s:%d",
-        protocol, FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_RULE.getHost(), FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_RULE.getPort());
+        protocol, FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_EXTENSION.getHost(), FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_EXTENSION.getPort());
   }
 }
diff --git a/java/driver/jdbc-validation-mssqlserver/pom.xml b/java/driver/jdbc-validation-mssqlserver/pom.xml
index 218ab68660..3a23709249 100644
--- a/java/driver/jdbc-validation-mssqlserver/pom.xml
+++ b/java/driver/jdbc-validation-mssqlserver/pom.xml
@@ -72,17 +72,4 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>jdk8</id>
-      <activation>
-        <jdk>1.8</jdk>
-      </activation>
-
-      <properties>
-        <dep.mssql-jdbc.version>12.4.1.jre8</dep.mssql-jdbc.version>
-      </properties>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 7129c92d68..75f5fba0d6 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
-    <version>18</version>
+    <version>33</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.arrow.adbc</groupId>
@@ -96,9 +96,13 @@
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
-    <dep.arrow.version>15.0.0</dep.arrow.version>
+    <dep.arrow.version>18.0.0</dep.arrow.version>
     <dep.org.checkerframework.version>3.48.1</dep.org.checkerframework.version>
-    <adbc.version>0.15.0-SNAPSHOT</adbc.version>
+    <!-- org.apache:apache overrides -->
+    <minimalJavaBuildVersion>11</minimalJavaBuildVersion>
+    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <surefire.version>3.5.1</surefire.version>
+    <version.maven-javadoc-plugin>3.10.1</version.maven-javadoc-plugin>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -116,32 +120,32 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.arrow.adbc</groupId>
         <artifactId>adbc-core</artifactId>
-        <version>${adbc.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.arrow.adbc</groupId>
         <artifactId>adbc-driver-flight-sql</artifactId>
-        <version>${adbc.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.arrow.adbc</groupId>
         <artifactId>adbc-driver-jdbc</artifactId>
-        <version>${adbc.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.arrow.adbc</groupId>
         <artifactId>adbc-driver-validation</artifactId>
-        <version>${adbc.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.arrow.adbc</groupId>
         <artifactId>adbc-driver-manager</artifactId>
-        <version>${adbc.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.arrow.adbc</groupId>
         <artifactId>adbc-sql</artifactId>
-        <version>${adbc.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Linting and static analysis -->
@@ -170,11 +174,6 @@
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.5.1</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
           <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -186,11 +185,9 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.13.0</version>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.8</source>
-          <target>1.8</target>
+          <argLine>--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED</argLine>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
@@ -236,11 +233,9 @@
   <reporting>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <!-- Will only work with JDK 17 (JDK 21 is broken and JDK 8 emits the
-             wrong stylesheet) -->
+        <!-- Will only work with JDK 17 (JDK 21 is broken) -->
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.10.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- Ignore missing @return, @throws -->
           <doclint>all,-missing</doclint>
@@ -248,9 +243,7 @@
             <link>https://arrow.apache.org/docs/java/reference/</link>
           </links>
           <!-- Stop it from trying to document the tests -->
-          <release>8</release>
           <show>public</show>
-          <source>1.8</source>
         </configuration>
         <reportSets>
           <reportSet>
@@ -272,39 +265,6 @@
   </reporting>
 
   <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>jdk8</id>
-      <activation>
-        <jdk>8</jdk>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-
-    <profile>
-      <id>jdk9+</id>
-      <activation>
-        <jdk>[9,]</jdk>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-            <configuration>
-              <argLine>--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED</argLine>
-            </configuration>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-
     <profile>
       <id>errorprone</id>
       <build>
@@ -312,11 +272,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.13.0</version>
             <configuration>
-              <source>1.8</source>
-              <target>1.8</target>
-              <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
               <compilerArgs combine.children="append">
                 <arg>-XDcompilePolicy=simple</arg>
                 <arg>-Xplugin:ErrorProne -Xep:NullAway:ERROR -XepOpt:NullAway:AnnotatedPackages=com.uber</arg>