diff --git a/java/flight/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/flight/sql/example/FlightSqlExample.java b/java/flight/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/flight/sql/example/FlightSqlExample.java
index 04dff1fc14985..bb7444856668c 100644
--- a/java/flight/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/flight/sql/example/FlightSqlExample.java
+++ b/java/flight/flight-sql/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/flight/sql/example/FlightSqlExample.java
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ public void createPreparedStatement(final ActionCreatePreparedStatementRequest r
     // Running on another thread
     Future<?> unused = executorService.submit(() -> {
       try {
-        final ByteString preparedStatementHandle = copyFrom(request.getQuery().getBytes(UTF_8));
+        final ByteString preparedStatementHandle = copyFrom(request.getQuery().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
         // Ownership of the connection will be passed to the context. Do NOT close!
         final Connection connection = dataSource.getConnection();
         final PreparedStatement preparedStatement = connection.prepareStatement(request.getQuery(),