diff --git a/datafusion-examples/build.gradle b/datafusion-examples/build.gradle
index 32bdd01..504af6b 100644
--- a/datafusion-examples/build.gradle
+++ b/datafusion-examples/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':datafusion-java')
     implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.13'
     implementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.0'
-    implementation 'org.apache.arrow:arrow-format:16.1.0'
+    implementation 'org.apache.arrow:arrow-format:18.0.0'
     implementation 'org.apache.arrow:arrow-vector:14.0.0'
 }
 
diff --git a/datafusion-java/build.gradle b/datafusion-java/build.gradle
index 6ef6359..95d8889 100644
--- a/datafusion-java/build.gradle
+++ b/datafusion-java/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
     api 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.13'
-    api 'org.apache.arrow:arrow-format:16.1.0'
+    api 'org.apache.arrow:arrow-format:18.0.0'
     api 'org.apache.arrow:arrow-vector:13.0.0'
     implementation 'org.apache.arrow:arrow-c-data:14.0.2'
     runtimeOnly 'org.apache.arrow:arrow-memory-unsafe:14.0.2'