diff --git a/dev/tasks/macros.jinja b/dev/tasks/macros.jinja
index e7099a5163e91..4cf4830cf650e 100644
--- a/dev/tasks/macros.jinja
+++ b/dev/tasks/macros.jinja
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@ on:
 {%- macro github_test_r_src_pkg() -%}
   source("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/arrow/HEAD/ci/etc/rprofile")
 
+  # always remove arrow (mainly for self-hosted runners)
+  try(remove.packages("arrow"), silent = TRUE)
+
   install.packages(
     "arrow",
     repos = c(getOption("arrow.dev_repo"), getOption("repos")),
diff --git a/dev/tasks/r/github.macos.autobrew.yml b/dev/tasks/r/github.macos.autobrew.yml
index 1633682a430b4..fd5492873db40 100644
--- a/dev/tasks/r/github.macos.autobrew.yml
+++ b/dev/tasks/r/github.macos.autobrew.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 jobs:
   autobrew:
-    name: "Autobrew {{ "${{ matrix.platform }}" }}"
+    name: "Autobrew {{ '${{ matrix.platform }} R ${{ matrix.r-version }}' }}"
     runs-on: {{ "${{ matrix.platform }}" }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/dev/tasks/r/github.packages.yml b/dev/tasks/r/github.packages.yml
index d1a95f64caa51..090735f0fa11a 100644
--- a/dev/tasks/r/github.packages.yml
+++ b/dev/tasks/r/github.packages.yml
@@ -137,36 +137,45 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         platform:
           - windows-latest
-          # This is newer than what CRAN builds on, but Travis is no longer an option for us, so...
-          - macos-10.15
+          - macos-10.13 # self-hosted
           # - devops-managed # No M1 until the runner application runs native
         r_version:
           - { rtools: 40, r: "4.1" }
           - { rtools: 42, r: "4.2" }
     steps:
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        if: matrix.platform != 'macos-10.13'
         with:
           r-version: {{ '${{ matrix.r_version.r }}' }}
           rtools-version: {{ '${{ matrix.r_version.rtools }}' }}
           Ncpus: 2
+      - name: Setup R Self-Hosted
+        if: matrix.platform == 'macos-10.13'
+        run: |
+          # rig is a system utility that allows for switching
+          # between pre-installed R version on the self-hosted runners
+          rig default {{ '${{ matrix.r_version.r }}' }}
+          rig system setup-user-lib
+          rig system add-pak 
       {{ macros.github_setup_local_r_repo(false, true)|indent }}
+      - name: Prepare Dependency Installation
+
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          tar -xzf repo/src/contrib/arrow_*.tar.gz arrow/DESCRIPTION
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+           working-directory: 'arrow'
+           extra-packages: cpp11
       - name: Build Binary
         id: build
         shell: Rscript {0}
         env:
+          NOT_CRAN: "true" # actions/setup-r sets this implicitly
           ARROW_R_DEV: TRUE
         run: |
           on_windows <- tolower(Sys.info()[["sysname"]]) == "windows"
 
-          # Install dependencies by installing (yesterday's) binary, then removing it
-          install.packages(c("arrow", "cpp11"),
-            type = "binary",
-            repos = c("https://nightlies.apache.org/arrow/r", "https://cloud.r-project.org")
-          )
-
-          cat("Remove old arrow version.\n")
-          remove.packages("arrow")
-
           # Build
           Sys.setenv(MAKEFLAGS = paste0("-j", parallel::detectCores()))
           INSTALL_opts <- "--build"
@@ -175,6 +184,9 @@ jobs:
             INSTALL_opts <- c(INSTALL_opts, "--strip")
           }
 
+          # always remove arrow (mainly for self-hosted runners)
+          try(remove.packages("arrow"), silent = TRUE)
+
           cat("Install arrow from dev repo.\n")
           install.packages(
             "arrow",
diff --git a/r/tools/autobrew b/r/tools/autobrew
index 55fe9576086f4..d895b57eaf9d7 100644
--- a/r/tools/autobrew
+++ b/r/tools/autobrew
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fi
 # Hardcode this for my custom autobrew build
 rm -f $BREWDIR/lib/*.dylib
 AWS_LIBS="-laws-cpp-sdk-config -laws-cpp-sdk-transfer -laws-cpp-sdk-identity-management -laws-cpp-sdk-cognito-identity -laws-cpp-sdk-sts -laws-cpp-sdk-s3 -laws-cpp-sdk-core -laws-c-event-stream -laws-checksums -laws-c-common -laws-crt-cpp -laws-c-io -laws-c-s3 -laws-c-auth -laws-c-http -laws-c-cal -laws-c-compression -laws-c-mqtt -lpthread -lcurl"
-PKG_LIBS="-lparquet -larrow_dataset -larrow -larrow_bundled_dependencies -lthrift -lbrotlienc -lbrotlidec -lbrotlicommon -llz4 -lsnappy -lzstd $AWS_LIBS"
+PKG_LIBS="-lparquet -larrow_dataset -larrow -larrow_bundled_dependencies -lthrift -lbrotlienc-static -lbrotlidec-static -lbrotlicommon-static -llz4 -lsnappy -lzstd $AWS_LIBS"
 PKG_DIRS="-L$BREWDIR/lib"
 
 # Prevent CRAN builder from linking against old libs in /usr/local/lib