diff --git a/dev/release/README.md b/dev/release/README.md
index 32735588ed8f..f772f1e42c1e 100644
--- a/dev/release/README.md
+++ b/dev/release/README.md
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ patch release:
 - Created a personal access token in GitHub for changelog automation script.
   - Github PAT should be created with `repo` access
 - Make sure your signing key is added to the following files in SVN:
-  - https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow/KEYS
-  - https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/arrow/KEYS
+  - https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/datafusion/KEYS
+  - https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/datafusion/KEYS
 
 ### How to add signing key
 
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ See instructions at https://infra.apache.org/release-signing.html#generate for g
 Committers can add signing keys in Subversion client with their ASF account. e.g.:
 
 ```bash
-$ svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow
-$ cd arrow
+$ svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/datafusion
+$ cd datafusion
 $ editor KEYS
 $ svn ci KEYS
 ```
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ release.
 
 See [#9697](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/9697) for an example.
 
-Here are the commands that could be used to prepare the `5.1.0` release:
+Here are the commands that could be used to prepare the `38.0.0` release:
 
 ### Update Version
 
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ git fetch apache
 git checkout apache/main
 ```
 
-Update datafusion version in `datafusion/Cargo.toml` to `5.1.0`:
+Update datafusion version in `datafusion/Cargo.toml` to `38.0.0`:
 
 ```
-./dev/update_datafusion_versions.py 5.1.0
+./dev/update_datafusion_versions.py 38.0.0
 ```
 
 Lastly commit the version change:
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Pick numbers in sequential order, with `0` for `rc0`, `1` for `rc1`, etc.
 While the official release artifacts are signed tarballs and zip files, we also
 tag the commit it was created for convenience and code archaeology.
 
-Using a string such as `5.1.0` as the `<version>`, create and push the tag by running these commands:
+Using a string such as `38.0.0` as the `<version>`, create and push the tag by running these commands:
 
 ```shell
 git fetch apache
@@ -181,29 +181,29 @@ git push apache <version>
 Run `create-tarball.sh` with the `<version>` tag and `<rc>` and you found in previous steps:
 
 ```shell
-GH_TOKEN=<TOKEN> ./dev/release/create-tarball.sh 5.1.0 0
+GH_TOKEN=<TOKEN> ./dev/release/create-tarball.sh 38.0.0 0
 ```
 
 The `create-tarball.sh` script
 
-1. creates and uploads all release candidate artifacts to the [arrow
-   dev](https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow) location on the
+1. creates and uploads all release candidate artifacts to the [datafusion
+   dev](https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/datafusion) location on the
    apache distribution svn server
 
 2. provide you an email template to
-   send to dev@arrow.apache.org for release voting.
+   send to dev@datafusion.apache.org for release voting.
 
 ### Vote on Release Candidate artifacts
 
-Send the email output from the script to dev@arrow.apache.org. The email should look like
+Send the email output from the script to dev@datafusion.apache.org. The email should look like
 
 ```
-To: dev@arrow.apache.org
-Subject: [VOTE][DataFusion] Release Apache DataFusion 5.1.0 RC0
+To: dev@datafusion.apache.org
+Subject: [VOTE] Release Apache DataFusion 38.0.0 RC1
 
 Hi,
 
-I would like to propose a release of Apache DataFusion version 5.1.0.
+I would like to propose a release of Apache DataFusion version 38.0.0.
 
 This release candidate is based on commit: a5dd428f57e62db20a945e8b1895de91405958c4 [1]
 The proposed release artifacts and signatures are hosted at [2].
@@ -214,16 +214,16 @@ and vote on the release.
 
 The vote will be open for at least 72 hours.
 
-[ ] +1 Release this as Apache DataFusion 5.1.0
+[ ] +1 Release this as Apache DataFusion 38.0.0
 [ ] +0
-[ ] -1 Do not release this as Apache DataFusion 5.1.0 because...
+[ ] -1 Do not release this as Apache DataFusion 38.0.0 because...
 
 Here is my vote:
 
 +1
 
 [1]: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/tree/a5dd428f57e62db20a945e8b1895de91405958c4
-[2]: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow/apache-datafusion-5.1.0
+[2]: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/datafusion/apache-datafusion-38.0.0
 [3]: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/blob/a5dd428f57e62db20a945e8b1895de91405958c4/CHANGELOG.md
 ```
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ For the release to become "official" it needs at least three PMC members to vote
 The `dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh` is a script in this repository that can assist in the verification process. Run it like:
 
 ```
-./dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh 5.1.0 0
+./dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh 38.0.0 0
 ```
 
 #### If the release is not approved
@@ -249,11 +249,11 @@ NOTE: steps in this section can only be done by PMC members.
 ### After the release is approved
 
 Move artifacts to the release location in SVN, e.g.
-https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/datafusion/datafusion-5.1.0/, using
+https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/datafusion/datafusion-38.0.0/, using
 the `release-tarball.sh` script:
 
 ```shell
-./dev/release/release-tarball.sh 5.1.0 0
+./dev/release/release-tarball.sh 38.0.0 0
 ```
 
 Congratulations! The release is now official!
@@ -263,9 +263,9 @@ Congratulations! The release is now official!
 Tag the same release candidate commit with the final release tag
 
 ```
-git co apache/5.1.0-rc0
-git tag 5.1.0
-git push apache 5.1.0
+git co apache/38.0.0-rc0
+git tag 38.0.0
+git push apache 38.0.0
 ```
 
 ### Publish on Crates.io
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ of the following crates:
 Download and unpack the official release tarball
 
 Verify that the Cargo.toml in the tarball contains the correct version
-(e.g. `version = "5.1.0"`) and then publish the crates by running the script `release-crates.sh`
+(e.g. `version = "38.0.0"`) and then publish the crates by running the script `release-crates.sh`
 in a directory extracted from the source tarball that was voted on. Note that this script doesn't
 work if run in a Git repo.
 
@@ -413,10 +413,9 @@ https://crates.io/crates/datafusion-substrait/28.0.0
 
 ### Add the release to Apache Reporter
 
-Add the release to https://reporter.apache.org/addrelease.html?arrow with a version name prefixed with `RS-DATAFUSION-`,
-for example `RS-DATAFUSION-14.0.0`.
+Add the release to https://reporter.apache.org/addrelease.html?datafusion using the version number e.g. 38.0.0.
 
-The release information is used to generate a template for a board report (see example
+The release information is used to generate a template for a board report (see example from Apache Arrow project
 [here](https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/14357)).
 
 ### Delete old RCs and Releases
@@ -431,13 +430,13 @@ Release candidates should be deleted once the release is published.
 Get a list of DataFusion release candidates:
 
 ```bash
-svn ls https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow | grep datafusion
+svn ls https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/datafusion
 ```
 
 Delete a release candidate:
 
 ```bash
-svn delete -m "delete old DataFusion RC" https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/datafusion/apache-datafusion-7.1.0-rc1/
+svn delete -m "delete old DataFusion RC" https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/datafusion/apache-datafusion-38.0.0-rc1/
 ```
 
 #### Deleting old releases from `release` svn
@@ -447,35 +446,25 @@ Only the latest release should be available. Delete old releases after publishin
 Get a list of DataFusion releases:
 
 ```bash
-svn ls https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/arrow | grep datafusion
+svn ls https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/datafusion
 ```
 
 Delete a release:
 
 ```bash
-svn delete -m "delete old DataFusion release" https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/datafusion/datafusion-7.0.0
+svn delete -m "delete old DataFusion release" https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/datafusion/datafusion-37.0.0
 ```
 
-### Publish the User Guide to the Arrow Site
-
-- Run the `build.sh` in the `docs` directory from the release tarball.
-- Clone the [arrow-site](https://github.com/apache/arrow-site) repository
-- Checkout the `asf-site` branch
-- Copy content from `docs/build/html/*` to the `datafusion` directory in arrow-site
-- Create a PR against the `asf-site` branch ([example](https://github.com/apache/arrow-site/pull/237))
-- Once the PR is merged, the content will be published to https://datafusion.apache.org/ by GitHub Pages (this
-  can take some time).
-
 ### Optional: Write a blog post announcing the release
 
-We typically crowdsource release announcements by collaborating on a Google document, usually starting
+We typically crowd source release announcements by collaborating on a Google document, usually starting
 with a copy of the previous release announcement.
 
 Run the following commands to get the number of commits and number of unique contributors for inclusion in the blog post.
 
 ```bash
-git log --pretty=oneline 10.0.0..11.0.0 datafusion datafusion-cli datafusion-examples | wc -l
-git shortlog -sn 10.0.0..11.0.0 datafusion datafusion-cli datafusion-examples | wc -l
+git log --pretty=oneline 37.0.0..38.0.0 datafusion datafusion-cli datafusion-examples | wc -l
+git shortlog -sn 37.0.0..38.0.0 datafusion datafusion-cli datafusion-examples | wc -l
 ```
 
 Once there is consensus on the contents of the post, create a PR to add a blog post to the
diff --git a/dev/release/create-tarball.sh b/dev/release/create-tarball.sh
index e345773287cf..693d069a9323 100755
--- a/dev/release/create-tarball.sh
+++ b/dev/release/create-tarball.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 # Adapted from https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/tree/master/dev/release/create-tarball.sh
 
 # This script creates a signed tarball in
-# dev/dist/apache-arrow-datafusion-<version>-<sha>.tar.gz and uploads it to
-# the "dev" area of the dist.apache.arrow repository and prepares an
-# email for sending to the dev@arrow.apache.org list for a formal
+# dev/dist/apache-datafusion-<version>-<sha>.tar.gz and uploads it to
+# the "dev" area of the dist.apache.datafusion repository and prepares an
+# email for sending to the dev@datafusion.apache.org list for a formal
 # vote.
 #
 # See release/README.md for full release instructions
@@ -65,21 +65,21 @@ tag="${version}-rc${rc}"
 echo "Attempting to create ${tarball} from tag ${tag}"
 release_hash=$(cd "${SOURCE_TOP_DIR}" && git rev-list --max-count=1 ${tag})
 
-release=apache-arrow-datafusion-${version}
+release=apache-datafusion-${version}
 distdir=${SOURCE_TOP_DIR}/dev/dist/${release}-rc${rc}
 tarname=${release}.tar.gz
 tarball=${distdir}/${tarname}
-url="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow/${release}-rc${rc}"
+url="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/datafusion/${release}-rc${rc}"
 
 if [ -z "$release_hash" ]; then
     echo "Cannot continue: unknown git tag: ${tag}"
 fi
 
-echo "Draft email for dev@arrow.apache.org mailing list"
+echo "Draft email for dev@datafusion.apache.org mailing list"
 echo ""
 echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
 cat <<MAIL
-To: dev@arrow.apache.org
+To: dev@datafusion.apache.org
 Subject: [VOTE][RUST][DataFusion] Release Apache DataFusion ${version} RC${rc}
 Hi,
 
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ echo "Signing tarball and creating checksums"
 gpg --armor --output ${tarball}.asc --detach-sig ${tarball}
 # create signing with relative path of tarball
 # so that they can be verified with a command such as
-#  shasum --check apache-arrow-datafusion-4.1.0-rc2.tar.gz.sha512
+#  shasum --check apache-datafusion-38.0.0-rc1.tar.gz.sha512
 (cd ${distdir} && shasum -a 256 ${tarname}) > ${tarball}.sha256
 (cd ${distdir} && shasum -a 512 ${tarname}) > ${tarball}.sha512
 
 
-echo "Uploading to apache dist/dev to ${url}"
-svn co --depth=empty https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow ${SOURCE_TOP_DIR}/dev/dist
+echo "Uploading to datafusion dist/dev to ${url}"
+svn co --depth=empty https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/datafusion ${SOURCE_TOP_DIR}/dev/dist
 svn add ${distdir}
 svn ci -m "Apache DataFusion ${version} ${rc}" ${distdir}
diff --git a/dev/release/publish_homebrew.sh b/dev/release/publish_homebrew.sh
index 1cf7160d4284..20955953e85a 100644
--- a/dev/release/publish_homebrew.sh
+++ b/dev/release/publish_homebrew.sh
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ else # Fallback
   num_processing_units=1
 fi
 
-url="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua?path=arrow/arrow-datafusion-${version}/apache-arrow-datafusion-${version}.tar.gz"
-sha256="$(curl https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/arrow/arrow-datafusion-${version}/apache-arrow-datafusion-${version}.tar.gz.sha256 | cut -d' ' -f1)"
+url="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua?path=datafusion/datafusion-${version}/apache-datafusion-${version}.tar.gz"
+sha256="$(curl https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/datafusion/datafusion-${version}/apache-datafusion-${version}.tar.gz.sha256 | cut -d' ' -f1)"
 
 pushd "$(brew --repository homebrew/core)"
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fi
 echo "Updating working copy"
 git fetch --all --prune --tags --force -j$num_processing_units
 
-branch=apache-arrow-datafusion-${version}
+branch=apache-datafusion-${version}
 echo "Creating branch: ${branch}"
 git branch -D ${branch} || :
 git checkout -b ${branch} origin/master
diff --git a/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt b/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt
index ce5635b6daf4..897a35172c9d 100644
--- a/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt
+++ b/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt
@@ -15,84 +15,8 @@ ci/etc/*.patch
 ci/vcpkg/*.patch
 CHANGELOG.md
 datafusion/CHANGELOG.md
-python/CHANGELOG.md
-conbench/benchmarks.json
-conbench/requirements.txt
-conbench/requirements-test.txt
-conbench/.flake8
-conbench/.isort.cfg
 dev/requirements*.txt
-dev/archery/MANIFEST.in
-dev/archery/requirements*.txt
-dev/archery/archery/tests/fixtures/*
-dev/archery/archery/crossbow/tests/fixtures/*
 dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt
-dev/tasks/homebrew-formulae/apache-arrow.rb
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow-apt-source/debian/apache-arrow-apt-source.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow-apt-source/debian/compat
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow-apt-source/debian/control
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow-apt-source/debian/rules
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow-apt-source/debian/source/format
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/compat
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/control.in
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/gir1.2-arrow-1.0.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/gir1.2-arrow-cuda-1.0.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/gir1.2-arrow-dataset-1.0.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/gir1.2-gandiva-1.0.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/gir1.2-parquet-1.0.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/gir1.2-plasma-1.0.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-dev.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-glib-dev.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-glib-doc.doc-base
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-glib-doc.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-glib-doc.links
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-glib400.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-cuda-dev.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-cuda-glib-dev.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-cuda-glib400.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-cuda400.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-dataset-dev.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-dataset-glib-dev.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-dataset-glib-doc.doc-base
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-dataset-glib-doc.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-dataset-glib-doc.links
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-dataset-glib400.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-dataset400.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-flight-dev.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-flight400.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-python-dev.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-python-flight-dev.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-python-flight400.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow-python400.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libarrow400.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libgandiva-dev.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libgandiva-glib-dev.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libgandiva-glib-doc.doc-base
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libgandiva-glib-doc.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libgandiva-glib-doc.links
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libgandiva-glib400.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libgandiva400.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libparquet-dev.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libparquet-glib-dev.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libparquet-glib-doc.doc-base
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libparquet-glib-doc.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libparquet-glib-doc.links
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libparquet-glib400.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libparquet400.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libplasma-dev.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libplasma-glib-dev.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libplasma-glib-doc.doc-base
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libplasma-glib-doc.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libplasma-glib-doc.links
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libplasma-glib400.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/libplasma400.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/patches/series
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/plasma-store-server.install
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/rules
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/source/format
-dev/tasks/linux-packages/apache-arrow/debian/watch
-dev/tasks/requirements*.txt
-dev/tasks/conda-recipes/*
 pax_global_header
 MANIFEST.in
 __init__.pxd
@@ -109,8 +33,6 @@ requirements.txt
 .gitattributes
 rust-toolchain
 benchmarks/queries/q*.sql
-python/rust-toolchain
-python/requirements*.txt
 **/testdata/*
 benchmarks/queries/*
 benchmarks/expected-plans/*
diff --git a/dev/release/release-crates.sh b/dev/release/release-crates.sh
index 00ce77a86749..b9bda68b780b 100644
--- a/dev/release/release-crates.sh
+++ b/dev/release/release-crates.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # This script publishes datafusion crates to crates.io.
 #
 # This script should only be run after the release has been approved
-# by the arrow PMC committee.
+# by the Apache DataFusion PMC committee.
 #
 # See release/README.md for full release instructions
 
diff --git a/dev/release/release-tarball.sh b/dev/release/release-tarball.sh
index 74a4bab3aecd..bd858d23a767 100755
--- a/dev/release/release-tarball.sh
+++ b/dev/release/release-tarball.sh
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 # Adapted from https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/tree/master/dev/release/release-tarball.sh
 
 # This script copies a tarball from the "dev" area of the
-# dist.apache.arrow repository to the "release" area
+# dist.apache.datafusion repository to the "release" area
 #
 # This script should only be run after the release has been approved
-# by the arrow PMC committee.
+# by the Apache DataFusion PMC committee.
 #
 # See release/README.md for full release instructions
 #
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fi
 version=$1
 rc=$2
 
-tmp_dir=tmp-apache-arrow-datafusion-dist
+tmp_dir=tmp-apache-datafusion-dist
 
 echo "Recreate temporary directory: ${tmp_dir}"
 rm -rf ${tmp_dir}
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ mkdir -p ${tmp_dir}
 echo "Clone dev dist repository"
 svn \
   co \
-  https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow/apache-arrow-datafusion-${version}-rc${rc} \
+  https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/datafusion/apache-datafusion-${version}-rc${rc} \
   ${tmp_dir}/dev
 
 echo "Clone release dist repository"
-svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/arrow ${tmp_dir}/release
+svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/datafusion ${tmp_dir}/release
 
 echo "Copy ${version}-rc${rc} to release working copy"
-release_version=arrow-datafusion-${version}
+release_version=datafusion-${version}
 mkdir -p ${tmp_dir}/release/${release_version}
 cp -r ${tmp_dir}/dev/* ${tmp_dir}/release/${release_version}/
 svn add ${tmp_dir}/release/${release_version}
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ echo "Clean up"
 rm -rf ${tmp_dir}
 
 echo "Success! The release is available here:"
-echo "  https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/arrow/${release_version}"
+echo "  https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/datafusion/${release_version}"
diff --git a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
index 45e984dec3a0..2c0bd216b3ac 100755
--- a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
+++ b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 SOURCE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]:-$0}")" && pwd)"
 ARROW_DIR="$(dirname $(dirname ${SOURCE_DIR}))"
-ARROW_DIST_URL='https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow'
+ARROW_DIST_URL='https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/datafusion'
 
 download_dist_file() {
   curl \
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ download_dist_file() {
 }
 
 download_rc_file() {
-  download_dist_file apache-arrow-datafusion-${VERSION}-rc${RC_NUMBER}/$1
+  download_dist_file apache-datafusion-${VERSION}-rc${RC_NUMBER}/$1
 }
 
 import_gpg_keys() {
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ test_source_distribution() {
 
 TEST_SUCCESS=no
 
-setup_tempdir "arrow-${VERSION}"
+setup_tempdir "datafusion-${VERSION}"
 echo "Working in sandbox ${ARROW_TMPDIR}"
 cd ${ARROW_TMPDIR}
 
-dist_name="apache-arrow-datafusion-${VERSION}"
+dist_name="apache-datafusion-${VERSION}"
 import_gpg_keys
 fetch_archive ${dist_name}
 tar xf ${dist_name}.tar.gz
diff --git a/dev/update_arrow_deps.py b/dev/update_arrow_deps.py
index b685ad2738b1..268ded38f6e8 100755
--- a/dev/update_arrow_deps.py
+++ b/dev/update_arrow_deps.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-# Script that updates the arrow dependencies in datafusion and ballista, locally
+# Script that updates the arrow dependencies in datafusion locally
 #
 # installation:
 # pip install tomlkit requests