diff --git a/dev/archery/archery/templates/release_curation.txt.j2 b/dev/archery/archery/templates/release_curation.txt.j2
index 0796f451625f1..8e72290366bdd 100644
--- a/dev/archery/archery/templates/release_curation.txt.j2
+++ b/dev/archery/archery/templates/release_curation.txt.j2
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 {% for commit in noissue -%}
  - {{ commit.url }} {{ commit.title }}
 {% endfor %}
-### JIRA issues in version {{ release.version }} without a linked patch: {{ nopatch|length }}
+### GitHub issues in version {{ release.version }} without a linked patch: {{ nopatch|length }}
 {% for issue in nopatch -%}
  - https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/{{ issue.key }}
 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/dev/release/02-source-test.rb b/dev/release/02-source-test.rb
index 1d0fd19d01b84..b9e6a8505b72b 100644
--- a/dev/release/02-source-test.rb
+++ b/dev/release/02-source-test.rb
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def test_vote
 
 I would like to propose the following release candidate (RC0) of Apache
 Arrow version #{@release_version}. This is a release consisting of #{n_resolved_issues}
-resolved JIRA issues[1].
+resolved GitHub issues[1].
 
 This release candidate is based on commit:
 #{@current_commit} [2]
diff --git a/dev/release/02-source.sh b/dev/release/02-source.sh
index 1e54d6d10db76..e9cd7126361cd 100755
--- a/dev/release/02-source.sh
+++ b/dev/release/02-source.sh
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Hi,
 
 I would like to propose the following release candidate (RC${rc}) of Apache
 Arrow version ${version}. This is a release consisting of ${n_resolved_issues}
-resolved JIRA issues[1].
+resolved GitHub issues[1].
 
 This release candidate is based on commit:
 ${release_hash} [2]