diff --git a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java
index 7fe69d2d7fc..18a0de77664 100644
--- a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java
+++ b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java
@@ -7192,6 +7192,64 @@ void testParquetWriteToFileUncompressedNoStats() throws IOException {
     }
   }
 
+  /** Return a column where DECIMAL64 has been up-casted to DECIMAL128 */
+  private ColumnVector castDecimal64To128(ColumnView c) {
+    DType dtype = c.getType();
+    switch (dtype.getTypeId()) {
+      case DECIMAL64:
+        return c.castTo(DType.create(DType.DTypeEnum.DECIMAL128, dtype.getScale()));
+      case STRUCT:
+      case LIST:
+      {
+        ColumnView[] oldViews = c.getChildColumnViews();
+        assert oldViews != null;
+        ColumnVector[] newChildren = new ColumnVector[oldViews.length];
+        try {
+          for (int i = 0; i < oldViews.length; i++) {
+            newChildren[i] = castDecimal64To128(oldViews[i]);
+          }
+          try (ColumnView newView = new ColumnView(dtype, c.getRowCount(),
+              Optional.of(c.getNullCount()), c.getValid(), c.getOffsets(), newChildren)) {
+            return newView.copyToColumnVector();
+          }
+        } finally {
+          for (ColumnView v : oldViews) {
+            v.close();
+          }
+          for (ColumnVector v : newChildren) {
+            if (v != null) {
+              v.close();
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      default:
+        if (c instanceof ColumnVector) {
+          return ((ColumnVector) c).incRefCount();
+        } else {
+          return c.copyToColumnVector();
+        }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Return a new Table with any DECIMAL64 columns up-casted to DECIMAL128 */
+  private Table castDecimal64To128(Table t) {
+    final int numCols = t.getNumberOfColumns();
+    ColumnVector[] cols = new ColumnVector[numCols];
+    try {
+      for (int i = 0; i < numCols; i++) {
+        cols[i] = castDecimal64To128(t.getColumn(i));
+      }
+      return new Table(cols);
+    } finally {
+      for (ColumnVector c : cols) {
+        if (c != null) {
+          c.close();
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testArrowIPCWriteToFileWithNamesAndMetadata() throws IOException {
     File tempFile = File.createTempFile("test-names-metadata", ".arrow");
@@ -7203,7 +7261,9 @@ void testArrowIPCWriteToFileWithNamesAndMetadata() throws IOException {
       try (TableWriter writer = Table.writeArrowIPCChunked(options, tempFile.getAbsoluteFile())) {
         writer.write(table0);
       }
-      try (StreamedTableReader reader = Table.readArrowIPCChunked(tempFile)) {
+      // Reading from Arrow converts decimals to DECIMAL128
+      try (StreamedTableReader reader = Table.readArrowIPCChunked(tempFile);
+           Table expected = castDecimal64To128(table0)) {
         boolean done = false;
         int count = 0;
         while (!done) {
@@ -7211,7 +7271,7 @@ void testArrowIPCWriteToFileWithNamesAndMetadata() throws IOException {
             if (t == null) {
               done = true;
             } else {
-              assertTablesAreEqual(table0, t);
+              assertTablesAreEqual(expected, t);
               count++;
             }
           }
@@ -7243,7 +7303,9 @@ void testArrowIPCWriteToBufferChunked() {
         writer.write(table0);
         writer.write(table0);
       }
-      try (StreamedTableReader reader = Table.readArrowIPCChunked(new MyBufferProvider(consumer))) {
+      // Reading from Arrow converts decimals to DECIMAL128
+      try (StreamedTableReader reader = Table.readArrowIPCChunked(new MyBufferProvider(consumer));
+           Table expected = castDecimal64To128(table0)) {
         boolean done = false;
         int count = 0;
         while (!done) {
@@ -7251,7 +7313,7 @@ void testArrowIPCWriteToBufferChunked() {
             if (t == null) {
               done = true;
             } else {
-              assertTablesAreEqual(table0, t);
+              assertTablesAreEqual(expected, t);
               count++;
             }
           }