diff --git a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfig.java b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfig.java
index 5ee65a120b926..36683ae4d3d56 100644
--- a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfig.java
+++ b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfig.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public BaseAllocator getAllocator() {
    *
    * @return <code>true</code> to include field metadata, <code>false</code> to exclude it.
    */
-  public boolean getIncludeMetadata() {
+  public boolean shouldIncludeMetadata() {
     return includeMetadata;
   }
 }
diff --git a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowUtils.java b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowUtils.java
index a363c14af88f4..e46afb98a0a0b 100644
--- a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowUtils.java
+++ b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowUtils.java
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ public static Schema jdbcToArrowSchema(ResultSetMetaData rsmd, JdbcToArrowConfig
       final FieldType fieldType;
 
       final Map<String, String> metadata;
-      if (config.getIncludeMetadata()) {
-        metadata = new HashMap<String, String>();
+      if (config.shouldIncludeMetadata()) {
+        metadata = new HashMap<>();
         metadata.put(Constants.SQL_CATALOG_NAME_KEY, rsmd.getCatalogName(i));
         metadata.put(Constants.SQL_TABLE_NAME_KEY, rsmd.getTableName(i));
         metadata.put(Constants.SQL_COLUMN_NAME_KEY, columnName);
diff --git a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfigTest.java b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfigTest.java
index a7a2596de01b0..1265678a31230 100644
--- a/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfigTest.java
+++ b/java/adapter/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adapter/jdbc/JdbcToArrowConfigTest.java
@@ -96,19 +96,19 @@ public void testConfig() {
     JdbcToArrowConfigBuilder builder = new JdbcToArrowConfigBuilder(allocator, calendar, false);
 
     JdbcToArrowConfig config = builder.build();
-    assertFalse(config.getIncludeMetadata());
+    assertFalse(config.shouldIncludeMetadata());
 
     builder.setIncludeMetadata(true);
     config = builder.build();
-    assertTrue(config.getIncludeMetadata());
+    assertTrue(config.shouldIncludeMetadata());
 
     config = new JdbcToArrowConfigBuilder(allocator, calendar, true).build();
-    assertTrue(config.getIncludeMetadata());
+    assertTrue(config.shouldIncludeMetadata());
 
     config = new JdbcToArrowConfig(allocator, calendar, true);
-    assertTrue(config.getIncludeMetadata());
+    assertTrue(config.shouldIncludeMetadata());
 
     config = new JdbcToArrowConfig(allocator, calendar, false);
-    assertFalse(config.getIncludeMetadata());
+    assertFalse(config.shouldIncludeMetadata());
   }
 }