diff --git a/java/dataset/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/dataset/TestAllTypes.java b/java/dataset/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/dataset/TestAllTypes.java
index eb73663191414..f21c14c14f72b 100644
--- a/java/dataset/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/dataset/TestAllTypes.java
+++ b/java/dataset/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/dataset/TestAllTypes.java
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ private VectorSchemaRoot generateAllTypesVector(BufferAllocator allocator) {
     List<Field> childFields = new ArrayList<>();
     childFields.add(
         new Field(
-            "int-child", new FieldType(false, new ArrowType.Int(32, true), null, null), null));
+            "int-child", FieldType.nullable(new ArrowType.Int(32, true)), null));
     Field structField =
         new Field(
-            "struct", new FieldType(true, ArrowType.Struct.INSTANCE, null, null), childFields);
+            "struct", FieldType.nullable(ArrowType.Struct.INSTANCE), childFields);
     Field[] fields =
         new Field[] {
           Field.nullablePrimitive("null", ArrowType.Null.INSTANCE),