diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/utils/AvroUtils.java b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/utils/AvroUtils.java
index 547622452514..5ee0c89f9e43 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/utils/AvroUtils.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/utils/AvroUtils.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.sql.JDBCType;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -908,11 +907,20 @@ private static org.apache.avro.Schema getFieldSchema(
                         .collect(Collectors.toList()));
             break;
 
+          case "CHAR":
+          case "NCHAR":
+            baseType =
+                makeJdbcLogicalStringAvroType(
+                    /*fixedLength=*/ true, (int) fieldType.getLogicalType().getArgument());
+            break;
+
           case "NVARCHAR":
           case "VARCHAR":
           case "LONGNVARCHAR":
           case "LONGVARCHAR":
-            baseType = makeJdbcLogicalStringAvroType(fieldType.getLogicalType());
+            baseType =
+                makeJdbcLogicalStringAvroType(
+                    /*fixedLength=*/ false, (int) fieldType.getLogicalType().getArgument());
             break;
 
           case "DATE":
@@ -1311,14 +1319,12 @@ private static void checkTypeName(Schema.TypeName got, Schema.TypeName expected,
 
   /** Helper factory to build JDBC Logical types for AVRO Schema. */
   private static org.apache.avro.Schema makeJdbcLogicalStringAvroType(
-      Schema.LogicalType<?, ?> logicalType) {
-    JDBCType jdbcType = JDBCType.valueOf(logicalType.getIdentifier());
-    Integer size = logicalType.getArgument();
-
+      boolean fixedLength, int size) {
+    String hiveLogicalType = fixedLength ? "char" : "varchar";
     String schemaJson =
         String.format(
             "{\"type\": \"string\", \"logicalType\": \"%s\", \"maxLength\": %s}",
-            jdbcType.name(), size);
+            hiveLogicalType, size);
     return new org.apache.avro.Schema.Parser().parse(schemaJson);
   }
 }
diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/utils/AvroUtilsTest.java b/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/utils/AvroUtilsTest.java
index 0805168c6f02..c1096cacdaf3 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/utils/AvroUtilsTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/utils/AvroUtilsTest.java
@@ -564,19 +564,23 @@ public void testJdbcLogicalVarCharRowDataToAvroSchema() {
             + " \"type\": \"record\", "
             + " \"fields\": [{ "
             + "   \"name\": \"my_varchar_field\", "
-            + "   \"type\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"logicalType\": \"VARCHAR\", \"maxLength\": 10}"
+            + "   \"type\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"logicalType\": \"varchar\", \"maxLength\": 10}"
             + "  }, "
             + "  { "
             + "   \"name\": \"my_longvarchar_field\", "
-            + "   \"type\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"logicalType\": \"LONGVARCHAR\", \"maxLength\": 50}"
+            + "   \"type\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"logicalType\": \"varchar\", \"maxLength\": 50}"
             + "  }, "
             + "  { "
             + "   \"name\": \"my_nvarchar_field\", "
-            + "   \"type\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"logicalType\": \"NVARCHAR\", \"maxLength\": 10}"
+            + "   \"type\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"logicalType\": \"varchar\", \"maxLength\": 10}"
             + "  }, "
             + "  { "
             + "   \"name\": \"my_longnvarchar_field\", "
-            + "   \"type\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"logicalType\": \"LONGNVARCHAR\", \"maxLength\": 50}"
+            + "   \"type\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"logicalType\": \"varchar\", \"maxLength\": 50}"
+            + "  }, "
+            + "  { "
+            + "   \"name\": \"fixed_length_char_field\", "
+            + "   \"type\": {\"type\": \"string\", \"logicalType\": \"char\", \"maxLength\": 25}"
             + "  } "
             + " ] "
             + "}";
@@ -597,6 +601,10 @@ public void testJdbcLogicalVarCharRowDataToAvroSchema() {
                 Field.of(
                     "my_longnvarchar_field",
                     FieldType.logicalType(JdbcType.StringType.longnvarchar(50))))
+            .addField(
+                Field.of(
+                    "fixed_length_char_field",
+                    FieldType.logicalType(JdbcType.StringType.fixedLengthChar(25))))
             .build();
 
     assertEquals(
@@ -812,6 +820,10 @@ private static class JdbcType<T> implements Schema.LogicalType<T, T> {
 
     private static class StringType extends JdbcType<String> {
 
+      private static StringType fixedLengthChar(int size) {
+        return new StringType(JDBCType.CHAR, size);
+      }
+
       private static StringType varchar(int size) {
         return new StringType(JDBCType.VARCHAR, size);
       }
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/SchemaUtilTest.java b/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/SchemaUtilTest.java
index 07e246635745..18acf049ee3c 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/SchemaUtilTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/SchemaUtilTest.java
@@ -234,17 +234,24 @@ public void testJdbcLogicalTypesMapValidAvroSchemaIT() {
             + "  \"name\": \"longvarchar_col\","
             + "  \"type\": {"
             + "   \"type\": \"string\","
-            + "   \"logicalType\": \"LONGVARCHAR\","
+            + "   \"logicalType\": \"varchar\","
             + "   \"maxLength\": 50"
             + "  }"
             + " }, {"
             + "  \"name\": \"varchar_col\","
             + "  \"type\": {"
             + "   \"type\": \"string\","
-            + "   \"logicalType\": \"VARCHAR\","
+            + "   \"logicalType\": \"varchar\","
             + "   \"maxLength\": 15"
             + "  }"
             + " }, {"
+            + "  \"name\": \"fixedlength_char_col\","
+            + "  \"type\": {"
+            + "   \"type\": \"string\","
+            + "   \"logicalType\": \"char\","
+            + "   \"maxLength\": 25"
+            + "  }"
+            + " }, {"
             + "  \"name\": \"date_col\","
             + "  \"type\": {"
             + "   \"type\": \"int\","
@@ -264,6 +271,7 @@ public void testJdbcLogicalTypesMapValidAvroSchemaIT() {
             .addField(
                 "longvarchar_col", LogicalTypes.variableLengthString(JDBCType.LONGVARCHAR, 50))
             .addField("varchar_col", LogicalTypes.variableLengthString(JDBCType.VARCHAR, 15))
+            .addField("fixedlength_char_col", LogicalTypes.fixedLengthString(JDBCType.CHAR, 25))
             .addField("date_col", LogicalTypes.JDBC_DATE_TYPE)
             .addField("time_col", LogicalTypes.JDBC_TIME_TYPE)
             .build();