diff --git a/.env b/.env
index d3e1c1d63..a7783537d 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ ARCH_SHORT=amd64
 
 # Default repository to pull and push images from
 REPO=ghcr.io/apache/arrow-java-dev
-ARROW_REPO=apache/arrow-dev
+ARROW_REPO=ghcr.io/apache/arrow-dev
 
 # The setup attempts to generate coredumps by default, in order to disable the
 # coredump generation set it to 0
@@ -53,5 +53,4 @@ MAVEN=3.9.9
 # Versions for various dependencies used to build artifacts
 # Keep in sync with apache/arrow
 ARROW_REPO_ROOT=./arrow
-PYTHON=3.9
-VCPKG="f7423ee180c4b7f40d43402c2feb3859161ef625" # 2024.06.15 Release
+VCPKG="4334d8b4c8916018600212ab4dd4bbdc343065d1"    # 2025.09.17 Release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rc.yml b/.github/workflows/rc.yml
index eec334409..3c69d580b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rc.yml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         platform:
-          - { runs_on: macos-13, arch: "x86_64"}
+          - { runs_on: macos-15-intel, arch: "x86_64"}
           - { runs_on: macos-14, arch: "aarch_64" }
     env:
       MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: "14.0"
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ jobs:
           brew uninstall llvm || :
 
           # We can remove this when we drop support for
-          # macos-13. because macos-14 or later uses /opt/homebrew/
+          # macos-15-initel. because macos-14 or later with arm64 uses /opt/homebrew/
           # not /usr/local/.
           #
           # Ensure updating python@XXX with the "--overwrite" option.
diff --git a/ci/docker/vcpkg-jni.dockerfile b/ci/docker/vcpkg-jni.dockerfile
index 55fa35e0d..d6bd322a3 100644
--- a/ci/docker/vcpkg-jni.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/vcpkg-jni.dockerfile
@@ -18,24 +18,10 @@
 ARG base
 FROM ${base}
 
-# Install the libraries required by Gandiva to run
-# Use enable llvm[enable-rtti] in the vcpkg.json to avoid link problems in Gandiva
-RUN vcpkg install \
-        --clean-after-build \
-        --x-install-root=${VCPKG_ROOT}/installed \
-        --x-manifest-root=/arrow/ci/vcpkg \
-        --x-feature=dev \
-        --x-feature=flight \
-        --x-feature=gcs \
-        --x-feature=json \
-        --x-feature=parquet \
-        --x-feature=gandiva \
-        --x-feature=s3
-
 # Install Java
 # We need Java for JNI headers, but we don't invoke Maven in this build.
 ARG java=11
-RUN yum install -y java-$java-openjdk-devel && yum clean all
+RUN dnf install -y java-$java-openjdk-devel && dnf clean all
 
 # For ci/scripts/{cpp,java}_*.sh
 ENV ARROW_HOME=/tmp/local \
diff --git a/ci/scripts/jni_macos_build.sh b/ci/scripts/jni_macos_build.sh
index f7543b6f7..7f927d193 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/jni_macos_build.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/jni_macos_build.sh
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ github_actions_group_begin "Checking shared dependencies for libraries"
 pushd "${dist_dir}"
 archery linking check-dependencies \
   --allow CoreFoundation \
+  --allow Network \
   --allow Security \
   --allow libSystem \
   --allow libarrow_cdata_jni \
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index b125c3c98..7e9c45d15 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ services:
     # Usage:
     #   docker compose build vcpkg-jni
     #   docker compose run vcpkg-jni
-    image: ${REPO}:${ARCH}-vcpkg-jni-${VCPKG}
+    image: ${REPO}:${ARCH}-vcpkg-jni-${PYTHON}-${VCPKG}
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: ci/docker/vcpkg-jni.dockerfile
       cache_from:
-        - ${REPO}:${ARCH}-vcpkg-jni-${VCPKG}
+        - ${REPO}:${ARCH}-vcpkg-jni-${PYTHON}-${VCPKG}
       args:
-        base: ${ARROW_REPO}:${ARCH}-python-${PYTHON}-wheel-manylinux-2014-vcpkg-${VCPKG}
+        base: ${ARROW_REPO}:${ARCH}-cpp-jni-${VCPKG}
     volumes:
       - .:/arrow-java:delegated
       - ${ARROW_REPO_ROOT}:/arrow:delegated
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 49e0c47c6..f6c9053db 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
-    <version>34</version>
+    <version>35</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ under the License.
   </issueManagement>
 
   <properties>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1695310533</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <target.gen.source.path>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources</target.gen.source.path>
     <dep.junit.platform.version>1.9.0</dep.junit.platform.version>
     <dep.junit.jupiter.version>5.12.2</dep.junit.jupiter.version>
@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@ under the License.
     <!--
       Downgrade maven-jar-plugin until https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/issues/332
       is addressed
+      maven-jar-plugin 4.0.0-beta-2-SNAPSHOT upgraded to plexus-archive 4.10.2 fixing the issue.
+      We have to wait new maven-jar-plugin release, and a new Apache POM release providing it
     -->
     <version.maven-jar-plugin>3.2.2</version.maven-jar-plugin>
   </properties>