diff --git a/.env b/.env
index d3e1c1d63..5606f73aa 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ MAVEN=3.9.9
 # Versions for various dependencies used to build artifacts
 # Keep in sync with apache/arrow
 ARROW_REPO_ROOT=./arrow
-PYTHON=3.9
+PYTHON=3.12
 VCPKG="f7423ee180c4b7f40d43402c2feb3859161ef625" # 2024.06.15 Release
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index b125c3c98..0a4fd13c9 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ services:
     # Usage:
     #   docker compose build vcpkg-jni
     #   docker compose run vcpkg-jni
-    image: ${REPO}:${ARCH}-vcpkg-jni-${VCPKG}
+    image: ${REPO}:${ARCH}-vcpkg-jni-${PYTHON}-${VCPKG}
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: ci/docker/vcpkg-jni.dockerfile
       cache_from:
-        - ${REPO}:${ARCH}-vcpkg-jni-${VCPKG}
+        - ${REPO}:${ARCH}-vcpkg-jni-${PYTHON}-${VCPKG}
       args:
-        base: ${ARROW_REPO}:${ARCH}-python-${PYTHON}-wheel-manylinux-2014-vcpkg-${VCPKG}
+        base: ${ARROW_REPO}:${ARCH}-python-${PYTHON}-wheel-manylinux-2-28-vcpkg-${VCPKG}
     volumes:
       - .:/arrow-java:delegated
       - ${ARROW_REPO_ROOT}:/arrow:delegated
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 49e0c47c6..f6c9053db 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
-    <version>34</version>
+    <version>35</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.arrow</groupId>
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ under the License.
   </issueManagement>
 
   <properties>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1695310533</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <target.gen.source.path>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources</target.gen.source.path>
     <dep.junit.platform.version>1.9.0</dep.junit.platform.version>
     <dep.junit.jupiter.version>5.12.2</dep.junit.jupiter.version>
@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@ under the License.
     <!--
       Downgrade maven-jar-plugin until https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/issues/332
       is addressed
+      maven-jar-plugin 4.0.0-beta-2-SNAPSHOT upgraded to plexus-archive 4.10.2 fixing the issue.
+      We have to wait new maven-jar-plugin release, and a new Apache POM release providing it
     -->
     <version.maven-jar-plugin>3.2.2</version.maven-jar-plugin>
   </properties>