diff --git a/cpp/cmake_modules/FindGTest.cmake b/cpp/cmake_modules/FindGTest.cmake
index e47faf0dd89d2..3c5d2b67e4494 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake_modules/FindGTest.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake_modules/FindGTest.cmake
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ endif ()
 
 if (GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR AND GTEST_LIBRARIES)
   set(GTEST_FOUND TRUE)
-  get_filename_component( GTEST_LIBS ${GTEST_LIBRARIES} DIRECTORY )
+  get_filename_component( GTEST_LIBS ${GTEST_LIBRARIES} PATH )
   set(GTEST_LIB_NAME libgtest)
   set(GTEST_STATIC_LIB ${GTEST_LIBS}/${GTEST_LIB_NAME}.a)
   set(GTEST_SHARED_LIB ${GTEST_LIBS}/${GTEST_LIB_NAME}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
diff --git a/cpp/cmake_modules/FindParquet.cmake b/cpp/cmake_modules/FindParquet.cmake
index 76c2d1dbee941..d16e6c98f8d1c 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake_modules/FindParquet.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake_modules/FindParquet.cmake
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ endif ()
 
 if (PARQUET_INCLUDE_DIR AND PARQUET_LIBRARIES)
   set(PARQUET_FOUND TRUE)
-  get_filename_component( PARQUET_LIBS ${PARQUET_LIBRARIES} DIRECTORY )
+  get_filename_component( PARQUET_LIBS ${PARQUET_LIBRARIES} PATH )
   set(PARQUET_LIB_NAME libparquet)
   set(PARQUET_STATIC_LIB ${PARQUET_LIBS}/${PARQUET_LIB_NAME}.a)
   set(PARQUET_SHARED_LIB ${PARQUET_LIBS}/${PARQUET_LIB_NAME}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})