diff --git a/dev/release/post-11-bump-versions-test.rb b/dev/release/post-11-bump-versions-test.rb
index 4b6933d6102a9..78d9320bfb312 100644
--- a/dev/release/post-11-bump-versions-test.rb
+++ b/dev/release/post-11-bump-versions-test.rb
@@ -197,6 +197,15 @@ def test_version_post_tag
     ]
     if release_type == :major
       expected_changes += [
+        {
+          path: "docs/source/index.rst",
+          hunks: [
+            [
+              "-   Go <https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/arrow/go/v#{@snapshot_major_version}>",
+              "+   Go <https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/arrow/go/v#{@next_major_version}>",
+            ],
+          ],
+        },
         {
           path: "r/pkgdown/assets/versions.json",
           hunks: [
@@ -212,6 +221,15 @@ def test_version_post_tag
             ],
           ],
         },
+        {
+          path: "r/_pkgdown.yml",
+          hunks: [
+            [
+              "-          [Go](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/arrow/go/v#{@snapshot_major_version}) <br>",
+              "+          [Go](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/arrow/go/v#{@next_major_version}) <br>",
+            ],
+          ],
+        },
       ]
     else
       expected_changes += [
diff --git a/dev/release/utils-prepare.sh b/dev/release/utils-prepare.sh
index 8e4c8a84ae8fd..51367087228a4 100644
--- a/dev/release/utils-prepare.sh
+++ b/dev/release/utils-prepare.sh
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ update_versions() {
     DESCRIPTION
   rm -f DESCRIPTION.bak
   git add DESCRIPTION
+  
   # Replace dev version with release version
   sed -i.bak -E -e \
     "/^<!--/,/^# arrow /s/^# arrow .+/# arrow ${base_version}/" \
@@ -139,6 +140,13 @@ update_versions() {
   fi
   rm -f NEWS.md.bak
   git add NEWS.md
+
+  # godoc link must reference current version, will reference v0.0.0 (2018) otherwise
+  sed -i.bak -E -e \
+    "s|(github\\.com/apache/arrow/go)/v[0-9]+|\1/v${major_version}|g" \
+    _pkgdown.yml
+  rm -f _pkgdown.yml.bak
+  git add _pkgdown.yml
   popd
 
   pushd "${ARROW_DIR}/ruby"
@@ -164,6 +172,15 @@ update_versions() {
   git add .
   popd
 
+  pushd "${ARROW_DIR}/docs/source"
+  # godoc link must reference current version, will reference v0.0.0 (2018) otherwise
+  sed -i.bak -E -e \
+    "s|(github\\.com/apache/arrow/go)/v[0-9]+|\1/v${major_version}|g" \
+    index.rst
+  rm -f index.rst.bak
+  git add index.rst
+  popd
+
   pushd "${ARROW_DIR}"
   ${PYTHON:-python3} "dev/release/utils-update-docs-versions.py" \
                      . \
diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
index e6e82c13d7eff..2ca63c5ebdbc4 100644
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Implementations
    C/GLib <c_glib/index>
    C++ <cpp/index>
    C# <https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/main/csharp/README.md>
-   Go <https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/arrow/go>
+   Go <https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/arrow/go/v16>
    Java <java/index>
    JavaScript <js/index>
    Julia <https://arrow.apache.org/julia/>
diff --git a/r/_pkgdown.yml b/r/_pkgdown.yml
index 84111e599c457..e9513b8c16b26 100644
--- a/r/_pkgdown.yml
+++ b/r/_pkgdown.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ home:
           [C GLib](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/c_glib) <br>
           [C++](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/cpp) <br>
           [C#](https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/main/csharp/README.md) <br>
-          [Go](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/arrow/go) <br>
+          [Go](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/arrow/go/v16) <br>
           [Java](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/java) <br>
           [JavaScript](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/js) <br>
           [Julia](https://github.com/apache/arrow-julia/blob/main/README.md) <br>