diff --git a/plugins/outputs/parquet/parquet.go b/plugins/outputs/parquet/parquet.go
index 39e459cb1c4bf..7961e03c645d3 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/parquet/parquet.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/parquet/parquet.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type metricGroup struct {
 type Parquet struct {
 	Directory          string          `toml:"directory"`
 	RotationInterval   config.Duration `toml:"rotation_interval"`
-	TimestampFieldName *string         `toml:"timestamp_field_name"`
+	TimestampFieldName string          `toml:"timestamp_field_name"`
 	Log                telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 
 	metricGroups map[string]*metricGroup
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (p *Parquet) rotateIfNeeded(name string) error {
 func (p *Parquet) createRecord(metrics []telegraf.Metric, builder *array.RecordBuilder, schema *arrow.Schema) (arrow.Record, error) {
 	for index, col := range schema.Fields() {
 		for _, m := range metrics {
-			if p.TimestampFieldName != nil && *p.TimestampFieldName != "" && col.Name == *p.TimestampFieldName {
+			if p.TimestampFieldName != "" && col.Name == p.TimestampFieldName {
 				builder.Field(index).(*array.Int64Builder).Append(m.Time().UnixNano())
 				continue
 			}
@@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ func (p *Parquet) createSchema(metrics []telegraf.Metric) (*arrow.Schema, error)
 		})
 	}
 
-	if p.TimestampFieldName != nil && *p.TimestampFieldName != "" {
+	if p.TimestampFieldName != "" {
 		fields = append(fields, arrow.Field{
-			Name: *p.TimestampFieldName,
+			Name: p.TimestampFieldName,
 			Type: arrow.PrimitiveTypes.Int64,
 		})
 	}
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func goToArrowType(value interface{}) (arrow.DataType, error) {
 func init() {
 	outputs.Add("parquet", func() telegraf.Output {
 		return &Parquet{
-			TimestampFieldName: &defaultTimestampFieldName,
+			TimestampFieldName: defaultTimestampFieldName,
 		}
 	})
 }
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/parquet/parquet_test.go b/plugins/outputs/parquet/parquet_test.go
index 0c54a068f135b..e4ab820d3e4f8 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/parquet/parquet_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/parquet/parquet_test.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func TestCases(t *testing.T) {
 			testDir := t.TempDir()
 			plugin := &Parquet{
 				Directory:          testDir,
-				TimestampFieldName: &defaultTimestampFieldName,
+				TimestampFieldName: defaultTimestampFieldName,
 			}
 			require.NoError(t, plugin.Init())
 			require.NoError(t, plugin.Connect())
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func TestRotation(t *testing.T) {
 	plugin := &Parquet{
 		Directory:          testDir,
 		RotationInterval:   config.Duration(1 * time.Second),
-		TimestampFieldName: &defaultTimestampFieldName,
+		TimestampFieldName: defaultTimestampFieldName,
 	}
 
 	require.NoError(t, plugin.Init())
@@ -210,3 +210,37 @@ func TestOmitTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 1, int(metadata.NumRows))
 	require.Equal(t, 1, metadata.Schema.NumColumns())
 }
+
+func TestTimestampDifferentName(t *testing.T) {
+	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{
+		testutil.MustMetric(
+			"test",
+			map[string]string{},
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"value": 1.0,
+			},
+			time.Now(),
+		),
+	}
+
+	testDir := t.TempDir()
+	plugin := &Parquet{
+		Directory:          testDir,
+		TimestampFieldName: "time",
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, plugin.Init())
+	require.NoError(t, plugin.Connect())
+	require.NoError(t, plugin.Write(metrics))
+	require.NoError(t, plugin.Close())
+
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(testDir)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, files, 1)
+	reader, err := file.OpenParquetFile(filepath.Join(testDir, files[0].Name()), false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer reader.Close()
+
+	metadata := reader.MetaData()
+	require.Equal(t, 1, int(metadata.NumRows))
+	require.Equal(t, 2, metadata.Schema.NumColumns())
+}