diff --git a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
index 3c8e123f28..c59fa0fdc2 100755
--- a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
+++ b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
@@ -966,14 +966,7 @@ print(version.text)
         "-Djavadoc=${javadoc_path}"
   done
 
-  local test_arguments=()
-  if [[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" && "$(uname -m)" == "x86_64" ]]; then
-    show_info "Skipping testDriverJni: JNI binaries are not available for macOS/x86_64"
-    test_arguments+=('-Dtest=!VerifyReleaseCandidateTest#testDriverJni')
-  fi
-
   mvn "${maven_arguments[@]}" test \
-      "${test_arguments[@]}" \
       "-Dadbc.version=${java_version}" \
       -f "${SOURCE_DIR}/verify/java/pom.xml"
 }
diff --git a/dev/release/verify/java/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/verify/VerifyReleaseCandidateTest.java b/dev/release/verify/java/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/verify/VerifyReleaseCandidateTest.java
index 83f6d5512d..03c4abfcc2 100644
--- a/dev/release/verify/java/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/verify/VerifyReleaseCandidateTest.java
+++ b/dev/release/verify/java/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/adbc/verify/VerifyReleaseCandidateTest.java
@@ -85,6 +85,17 @@ void testDriverJdbcAdapter() throws Exception {
   @Test
   void testDriverJni() {
     var driver = new JniDriver(allocator);
+    if (OS.MAC.isCurrentOs() && "x86_64".equalsIgnoreCase(System.getProperty("os.arch"))) {
+      // JNI binaries are not available for macOS x86_64.
+      ExceptionInInitializerError exception =
+          assertThrows(
+              ExceptionInInitializerError.class, () -> driver.load().driver("nonexistent").open());
+      assertThat(exception)
+          .hasRootCauseInstanceOf(RuntimeException.class)
+          .hasRootCauseMessage("ADBC JNI driver not supported on architecture x86_64");
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (OS.WINDOWS.isCurrentOs() && "aarch64".equalsIgnoreCase(System.getProperty("os.arch"))) {
       // JNI binaries are not available for Windows ARM64.
       ExceptionInInitializerError exception =