diff --git a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowTestHelper.java b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowTestHelper.java
index ec8e61bc8ce87..c3a90dad702a7 100644
--- a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowTestHelper.java
+++ b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowTestHelper.java
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.TinyIntVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.VarBinaryVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.VarCharVector;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.VectorSchemaRoot;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo.Field;
 
 /**
  * This is a Helper class which has functionalities to read and assert the values from the given FieldVector object.
@@ -166,6 +168,17 @@ public static void assertNullValues(BaseValueVector vector, int rowCount) {
     }
   }
 
+  public static void assertFieldMetadataIsEmpty(VectorSchemaRoot schema) {
+    assertNotNull(schema);
+    assertNotNull(schema.getSchema());
+    assertNotNull(schema.getSchema().getFields());
+
+    for (Field field : schema.getSchema().getFields()) {
+      assertNotNull(field.getMetadata());
+      assertEquals(0, field.getMetadata().size());
+    }
+  }
+
   public static byte[] hexStringToByteArray(String s) {
     int len = s.length();
     byte[] data = new byte[len / 2];
diff --git a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowCharSetTest.java b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowCharSetTest.java
index f77ead43d6919..5fdb9bab7f83f 100644
--- a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowCharSetTest.java
+++ b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowCharSetTest.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.AbstractJdbcToArrowTest;
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.JdbcToArrow;
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.JdbcToArrowConfig;
+import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.JdbcToArrowTestHelper;
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.Table;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.VarCharVector;
@@ -132,6 +133,8 @@ public void testJdbcToArroValues() throws SQLException, IOException {
    * @param root VectorSchemaRoot for test
    */
   public void testDataSets(VectorSchemaRoot root) {
+    JdbcToArrowTestHelper.assertFieldMetadataIsEmpty(root);
+
     assertVarcharVectorValues((VarCharVector) root.getVector(CLOB), table.getRowCount(),
         getCharArrayWithCharSet(table.getValues(), CLOB, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
 
diff --git a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowDataTypesTest.java b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowDataTypesTest.java
index ef08133de9395..a6ae99c589aff 100644
--- a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowDataTypesTest.java
+++ b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowDataTypesTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.AbstractJdbcToArrowTest;
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.JdbcToArrow;
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.JdbcToArrowConfig;
+import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.JdbcToArrowTestHelper;
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.Table;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.BigIntVector;
@@ -158,6 +159,8 @@ public void testJdbcToArroValues() throws SQLException, IOException {
    * @param root VectorSchemaRoot for test
    */
   public void testDataSets(VectorSchemaRoot root) {
+    JdbcToArrowTestHelper.assertFieldMetadataIsEmpty(root);
+
     switch (table.getType()) {
       case BIGINT:
         assertBigIntVectorValues((BigIntVector) root.getVector(table.getVector()), table.getValues().length,
diff --git a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowNullTest.java b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowNullTest.java
index 0ebfd50868480..84d3ff4891878 100644
--- a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowNullTest.java
+++ b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowNullTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.AbstractJdbcToArrowTest;
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.JdbcToArrow;
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.JdbcToArrowConfig;
+import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.JdbcToArrowTestHelper;
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.Table;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.BigIntVector;
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@ public void testJdbcToArroValues() throws SQLException, IOException {
    * @param root VectorSchemaRoot for test
    */
   public void testDataSets(VectorSchemaRoot root) {
+    JdbcToArrowTestHelper.assertFieldMetadataIsEmpty(root);
+
     switch (table.getType()) {
       case NULL:
         sqlToArrowTestNullValues(table.getVectors(), root, table.getRowCount());
diff --git a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowTest.java b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowTest.java
index c1b1f78ac2510..bcce042e5eacc 100644
--- a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowTest.java
+++ b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowTest.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.AbstractJdbcToArrowTest;
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.JdbcToArrow;
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.JdbcToArrowConfig;
+import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.JdbcToArrowTestHelper;
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.Table;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.BigIntVector;
@@ -149,6 +150,8 @@ public void testJdbcToArroValues() throws SQLException, IOException {
    * @param root VectorSchemaRoot for test
    */
   public void testDataSets(VectorSchemaRoot root) {
+    JdbcToArrowTestHelper.assertFieldMetadataIsEmpty(root);
+
     assertBigIntVectorValues((BigIntVector) root.getVector(BIGINT), table.getRowCount(),
             getLongValues(table.getValues(), BIGINT));
 
diff --git a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowTimeZoneTest.java b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowTimeZoneTest.java
index 09ec25bc78145..91d6514e078f8 100644
--- a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowTimeZoneTest.java
+++ b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/h2/JdbcToArrowTimeZoneTest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.AbstractJdbcToArrowTest;
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.JdbcToArrow;
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.JdbcToArrowConfig;
+import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.JdbcToArrowTestHelper;
 import org.apache.arrow.adapter.jdbc.Table;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.DateMilliVector;
@@ -125,6 +126,8 @@ public void testJdbcToArroValues() throws SQLException, IOException {
    * @param root VectorSchemaRoot for test
    */
   public void testDataSets(VectorSchemaRoot root) {
+    JdbcToArrowTestHelper.assertFieldMetadataIsEmpty(root);
+
     switch (table.getType()) {
       case EST_DATE:
       case GMT_DATE: