From 892b855be87ca430fb10b7305d4a21d4cf89f592 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 08:48:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 01/26] Update musllinux installs

---
 ...ed-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile | 40 +++++++++----------
 ...-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile | 38 +++++++++---------
 compose.yaml                                  |  4 ++
 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
index 3168d54f2ed..2e8e4a3771e 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
@@ -17,40 +17,36 @@
 
 ARG base
 FROM ${base}
+ARG arch
+FROM ${arch}
+ARG build_date
+FROM ${build_date}
 
 ARG python_version=3.13
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache \
+RUN apk update && \
+    apk add --no-cache \
     bash \
-    build-base \
-    bzip2-dev \
-    g++ \
+    curl \
     git \
-    libffi-dev \
-    libnsl-dev \
-    libtirpc-dev \
-    linux-headers \
-    ncurses-dev \
-    openssl-dev \
-    pkgconf \
+    tar \
     tzdata \
-    zlib-dev
+    zstd
 
-# Install Python without GIL
+# Install Python with free-threading from python-build-standalone
+# See available releases at: https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases
 RUN set -e; \
     case "${python_version}" in \
       3.13) python_patch_version="3.13.9";; \
       3.14) python_patch_version="3.14.0";; \
     esac && \
-    wget https://github.com/python/cpython/archive/refs/tags/v${python_patch_version}.tar.gz && \
-    tar -xzf v${python_patch_version}.tar.gz && \
-    rm v${python_patch_version}.tar.gz && \
-    cd cpython-${python_patch_version}/ && \
-    ./configure --disable-gil --with-ensurepip && \
-    make -j && \
-    make install && \
-    cd ../ && \
-    rm -rf cpython-${python_patch_version}/
+    curl -L -o python.tar.zst \
+    https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/download/${build_date}/cpython-${python_patch_version}+${build_date}-${arch}-unknown-linux-musl-freethreaded+lto-full.tar.zst && \
+    mkdir -p /opt/python && \
+    tar -xf python.tar.zst -C /opt/python --strip-components=1 && \
+    rm python.tar.zst
+
+ENV PATH="/opt/python/install/bin:${PATH}"
 
 ENV ARROW_PYTHON_VENV /arrow-dev
 RUN python${python_version}t -m venv ${ARROW_PYTHON_VENV}
diff --git a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
index c6873612b86..430dcaf0143 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
@@ -17,40 +17,38 @@
 
 ARG base
 FROM ${base}
+ARG arch
+FROM ${arch}
+ARG build_date
+FROM ${build_date}
 
 ARG python_version=3.13
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache \
+RUN apk update && \
+    apk add --no-cache \
     bash \
     build-base \
-    bzip2-dev \
+    curl \
     g++ \
     git \
-    libffi-dev \
-    libnsl-dev \
-    libtirpc-dev \
-    linux-headers \
-    ncurses-dev \
-    openssl-dev \
-    pkgconf \
+    tar \
     tzdata \
-    zlib-dev
+    zstd
 
-# Install Python without GIL
+# Install Python with free-threading from python-build-standalone
+# See available releases at: https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases
 RUN set -e; \
     case "${python_version}" in \
       3.13) python_patch_version="3.13.9";; \
       3.14) python_patch_version="3.14.0";; \
     esac && \
-    wget https://github.com/python/cpython/archive/refs/tags/v${python_patch_version}.tar.gz && \
-    tar -xzf v${python_patch_version}.tar.gz && \
-    rm v${python_patch_version}.tar.gz && \
-    cd cpython-${python_patch_version}/ && \
-    ./configure --disable-gil --with-ensurepip && \
-    make -j && \
-    make install && \
-    cd ../ && \
-    rm -rf cpython-${python_patch_version}/
+    curl -L -o python.tar.zst \
+    https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/download/${build_date}/cpython-${python_patch_version}+${build_date}-${arch}-unknown-linux-musl-freethreaded+lto-full.tar.zst && \
+    mkdir -p /opt/python && \
+    tar -xf python.tar.zst -C /opt/python --strip-components=1 && \
+    rm python.tar.zst
+
+ENV PATH="/opt/python/install/bin:${PATH}"
 
 ENV ARROW_PYTHON_VENV /arrow-dev
 RUN python${python_version}t -m venv ${ARROW_PYTHON_VENV}
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index fcdcbe289c1..c8fbd93d133 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -1228,6 +1228,8 @@ services:
       args:
         base: "${ARCH}/alpine:${ALPINE_LINUX}"
         python_version: ${PYTHON}
+        build_date: "20251014"  # python-build-standalone release date
+        arch: ${ARCH_ALIAS}
       context: .
       dockerfile: ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
       cache_from:
@@ -1270,6 +1272,8 @@ services:
       args:
         base: "${ARCH}/alpine:${ALPINE_LINUX}"
         python_version: ${PYTHON}
+        build_date: "20251014"  # python-build-standalone release date
+        arch: ${ARCH_ALIAS}
       context: .
       dockerfile: ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
       cache_from:

From 603f75b5c61fd04538f62a541d7dd50393490455 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:43:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 02/26] Use default args

---
 ...free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile | 9 +++++----
 ...ee-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile | 9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
index 2e8e4a3771e..af7f0776ba0 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
 
 ARG base
 FROM ${base}
-ARG arch
-FROM ${arch}
-ARG build_date
-FROM ${build_date}
+
+ARG python_version=3.13
+ARG python_patch_version=3.13.9
+ARG build_date=20251014
+ARG arch=aarch64
 
 ARG python_version=3.13
 
diff --git a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
index 430dcaf0143..46a8aafd1f0 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
 
 ARG base
 FROM ${base}
-ARG arch
-FROM ${arch}
-ARG build_date
-FROM ${build_date}
+
+ARG python_version=3.13
+ARG python_patch_version=3.13.9
+ARG build_date=20251014
+ARG arch=aarch64
 
 ARG python_version=3.13
 

From b6d5b69f4e7bc8e316e78f65c20bfa7b04bc9dee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 09:51:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 03/26] Update windows wheels dockerfiles to use MSIX

---
 ...e-threaded-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile | 53 -------------------
 .../python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile    | 17 +++++-
 compose.yaml                                  | 17 +-----
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 77a64fd5c24..00000000000
--- a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-# NOTE: You must update PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_IMAGE_REVISION in .env
-# when you update this file.
-
-ARG base
-# https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/wiki/DL3006
-# (Hadolint does not expand variables and thinks '${base}' is an untagged image)
-# hadolint ignore=DL3006
-FROM ${base}
-
-ARG python=3.13
-
-RUN (if "%python%"=="3.13" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.13.1") & \
-    (if "%python%"=="3.14" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.14.0")
-
-SHELL ["powershell", "-NoProfile", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
-RUN $version = $env:PYTHON_VERSION; \
-    $filename = 'python-' + $version + '-amd64.exe'; \
-    $url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/' + $version + '/' + $filename; \
-    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $filename; \
-    Start-Process -FilePath $filename -ArgumentList '/quiet', 'Include_freethreaded=1' -Wait
-
-ENV PYTHON_CMD="py -${python}t"
-
-SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
-RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -U pip setuptools
-
-COPY python/requirements-wheel-build.txt C:/arrow/python/
-# Cython wheels for 3.13 free-threaded are not released yet
-RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install \
-    --extra-index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple \
-    --pre \
-    --prefer-binary \
-    cython
-RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -r C:/arrow/python/requirements-wheel-build.txt
-
-ENV PYTHON="${python}t"
diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
index 48d3937a0ed..b8674f5a87d 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,22 @@ RUN (if "%python%"=="3.10" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.10.11" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py
     (if "%python%"=="3.13" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.13.9" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.13") & \
     (if "%python%"=="3.14" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.14.0" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.14")
 
-RUN choco install -r -y --pre --no-progress python --version=%PYTHON_VERSION%
+SHELL ["powershell", "-NoProfile", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
+# Install Python install manager (MSIX)
+RUN $msix_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix'; \
+    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $msix_url -OutFile 'python.msix'; \
+    Add-AppxPackage .\python.msix
+
+# Use python_abi_tag env var to select regular or free-threaded Python
+ARG python_abi_tag=cp310
+ENV PYTHON_ABI_TAG=${python_abi_tag}
+RUN if ($env:PYTHON_ABI_TAG -match 't$') { \
+        pymanager install --version $env:PYTHON_VERSION --variant freethreaded \
+    } else { \
+        pymanager install --version $env:PYTHON_VERSION \
+    }
+
+SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
 RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -U pip setuptools
 
 COPY python/requirements-wheel-build.txt C:/arrow/python/
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index c8fbd93d133..31343036795 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -1388,6 +1388,7 @@ services:
       args:
         base: ${REPO}:python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base-vcpkg-${VCPKG}-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_IMAGE_REVISION}
         python: ${PYTHON}
+        python_abi_tag: ${PYTHON_ABI_TAG}
       context: .
       dockerfile: ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
       # This should make the pushed images reusable, but the image gets rebuilt.
@@ -1398,22 +1399,6 @@ services:
     volumes: *python-wheel-windows-vs2022-volumes
     command: arrow\\ci\\scripts\\python_wheel_windows_build.bat
 
-  python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-vs2022:
-    image: ${REPO}:python-${PYTHON}-free-threaded-wheel-windows-vs2022-vcpkg-${VCPKG}-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_IMAGE_REVISION}
-    build:
-      args:
-        base: ${REPO}:python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base-vcpkg-${VCPKG}-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_IMAGE_REVISION}
-        python: ${PYTHON}
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
-      # This should make the pushed images reusable, but the image gets rebuilt.
-      # Uncomment if no local cache is available.
-      # cache_from:
-      #   - mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:ltsc2022
-      #   - ${REPO}:python-${PYTHON}-free-threaded-wheel-windows-vs2022-vcpkg-${VCPKG}-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_IMAGE_REVISION}
-    volumes: *python-wheel-windows-vs2022-volumes
-    command: arrow\\ci\\scripts\\python_wheel_windows_build.bat
-
   python-wheel-windows-test-base:
     image: ${REPO}:python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_TEST_IMAGE_REVISION}
     build:

From ddc9ae07b70f8365f3c5a6bb2b2a69e9c0dafe08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 09:54:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 04/26] Remove free threaded win wheels from services (only
 build, not test - todo)

---
 compose.yaml | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index 31343036795..2d45454783a 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ x-hierarchy:
   - python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests
   - python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base:
     - python-wheel-windows-vs2022
-    - python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-vs2022
   - python-wheel-windows-test-base:
     - python-wheel-windows-test
     - python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-test

From c9013611372c1a03f3e06d03296c141c818b6b1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 10:29:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 05/26] Bring bach win free-threaded service and only use the
 same dockerfile

---
 .../python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile    |  6 +++---
 compose.yaml                                  | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
index b8674f5a87d..420ce3fdfb4 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ RUN $msix_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix'; \
     Add-AppxPackage .\python.msix
 
 # Use python_abi_tag env var to select regular or free-threaded Python
-ARG python_abi_tag=cp310
-ENV PYTHON_ABI_TAG=${python_abi_tag}
-RUN if ($env:PYTHON_ABI_TAG -match 't$') { \
+ARG freethreaded=0
+ENV PYTHON_MODE=${freethreaded}
+RUN if ($env:PYTHON_MODE -eq '1') { \
         pymanager install --version $env:PYTHON_VERSION --variant freethreaded \
     } else { \
         pymanager install --version $env:PYTHON_VERSION \
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index 2d45454783a..0d9937dfe8f 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ x-hierarchy:
   - python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests
   - python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base:
     - python-wheel-windows-vs2022
+    - python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-vs2022
   - python-wheel-windows-test-base:
     - python-wheel-windows-test
     - python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-test
@@ -1387,7 +1388,7 @@ services:
       args:
         base: ${REPO}:python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base-vcpkg-${VCPKG}-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_IMAGE_REVISION}
         python: ${PYTHON}
-        python_abi_tag: ${PYTHON_ABI_TAG}
+        freethreaded: 0
       context: .
       dockerfile: ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
       # This should make the pushed images reusable, but the image gets rebuilt.
@@ -1398,6 +1399,23 @@ services:
     volumes: *python-wheel-windows-vs2022-volumes
     command: arrow\\ci\\scripts\\python_wheel_windows_build.bat
 
+  python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-vs2022:
+    image: ${REPO}:python-${PYTHON}-free-threaded-wheel-windows-vs2022-vcpkg-${VCPKG}-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_IMAGE_REVISION}
+    build:
+      args:
+        base: ${REPO}:python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base-vcpkg-${VCPKG}-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_IMAGE_REVISION}
+        python: ${PYTHON}
+        freethreaded: 1
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
+      # This should make the pushed images reusable, but the image gets rebuilt.
+      # Uncomment if no local cache is available.
+      # cache_from:
+      #   - mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:ltsc2022
+      #   - ${REPO}:python-${PYTHON}-free-threaded-wheel-windows-vs2022-vcpkg-${VCPKG}-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_IMAGE_REVISION}
+    volumes: *python-wheel-windows-vs2022-volumes
+    command: arrow\\ci\\scripts\\python_wheel_windows_build.bat
+
   python-wheel-windows-test-base:
     image: ${REPO}:python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_TEST_IMAGE_REVISION}
     build:

From c1ac11d1d6fa5fd330a1e3acf8a7412476d058d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 13:03:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 06/26] Update windows test wheels dockerfiles to use MSIX

---
 ...eaded-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile | 59 -------------------
 ...ython-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile | 29 +++++++--
 compose.yaml                                  |  4 +-
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index ab257b271e5..00000000000
--- a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-# NOTE: You must update PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_TEST_IMAGE_REVISION in .env
-# when you update this file.
-
-ARG base
-# https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/wiki/DL3006
-# (Hadolint does not expand variables and thinks '${base}' is an untagged image)
-# hadolint ignore=DL3006
-FROM ${base}
-
-ARG python=3.13
-
-# hadolint ignore=SC1072
-RUN (if "%python%"=="3.13" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.13.1") & \
-    (if "%python%"=="3.14" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.14.0")
-
-SHELL ["powershell", "-NoProfile", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
-RUN $version = $env:PYTHON_VERSION; \
-    $filename = 'python-' + $version + '-amd64.exe'; \
-    $url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/' + $version + '/' + $filename; \
-    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $filename; \
-    Start-Process -FilePath $filename -ArgumentList '/quiet', 'Include_freethreaded=1' -Wait
-
-ENV PYTHON_CMD="py -${python}t"
-
-SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
-RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -U pip setuptools & \
-    if "%python%"=="3.13" ( \
-        setx REQUIREMENTS_FILE "requirements-wheel-test-3.13t.txt" \
-    ) else ( \
-        setx REQUIREMENTS_FILE "requirements-wheel-test.txt" \
-    )
-
-COPY python/requirements-wheel-test-3.13t.txt python/requirements-wheel-test.txt C:/arrow/python/
-# Cython and Pandas wheels for free-threaded are not released yet
-RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install \
-    --extra-index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple \
-    --pre \
-    --prefer-binary \
-    -r C:/arrow/python/%REQUIREMENTS_FILE%
-
-ENV PYTHON="${python}t"
-ENV PYTHON_GIL=0
diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
index e5d1c517587..612bcb5e478 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
@@ -34,12 +34,31 @@ RUN (if "%python%"=="3.10" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.10.11" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py
     (if "%python%"=="3.13" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.13.9" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.13") & \
     (if "%python%"=="3.14" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.14.0" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.14")
 
+SHELL ["powershell", "-NoProfile", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
+# Install Python install manager (MSIX)
+RUN $msix_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix'; \
+    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $msix_url -OutFile 'python.msix'; \
+    Add-AppxPackage .\python.msix
+
+# Use python_abi_tag env var to select regular or free-threaded Python
+ARG freethreaded=0
+ENV PYTHON_MODE=${freethreaded}
+RUN if ($env:PYTHON_MODE -eq '1') { \
+        pymanager install --version $env:PYTHON_VERSION --variant freethreaded \
+    } else { \
+        pymanager install --version $env:PYTHON_VERSION \
+    }
+
+SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
 # hadolint ignore=DL3059
-RUN choco install -r -y --pre --no-progress --force python --version=%PYTHON_VERSION%
-# hadolint ignore=DL3059
-RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -U pip setuptools
+RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -U pip setuptools & \
+    if "%python%"=="3.13" ( \
+        setx REQUIREMENTS_FILE "requirements-wheel-test-3.13t.txt" \
+    ) else ( \
+        setx REQUIREMENTS_FILE "requirements-wheel-test.txt" \
+    )
 
-COPY python/requirements-wheel-test.txt C:/arrow/python/
-RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -r C:/arrow/python/requirements-wheel-test.txt
+COPY python/requirements-wheel-test-3.13t.txt python/requirements-wheel-test.txt C:/arrow/python/
+RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -r C:/arrow/python/%REQUIREMENTS_FILE%
 
 ENV PYTHON=$python
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index 0d9937dfe8f..f4bbdb0d676 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -1429,6 +1429,7 @@ services:
       args:
         base: ${REPO}:python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_TEST_IMAGE_REVISION}
         python: ${PYTHON}
+        freethreaded: 0
       context: .
       dockerfile: ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
     volumes: *python-wheel-windows-vs2022-volumes
@@ -1440,8 +1441,9 @@ services:
       args:
         base: ${REPO}:python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_TEST_IMAGE_REVISION}
         python: ${PYTHON}
+        freethreaded: 1
       context: .
-      dockerfile: ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
+      dockerfile: ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
     volumes: *python-wheel-windows-vs2022-volumes
     command: arrow\\ci\\scripts\\python_wheel_windows_test.bat
 

From d6ffdd32841b7c3e1231e19b97932bfeb8496dbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 15:47:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 07/26] Try moving install of MSIX to base dockerfile

---
 .../python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile | 17 +++++------------
 .../python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile | 10 +++++++---
 .../python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile      | 17 +++++------------
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
index 612bcb5e478..7d983c78197 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
@@ -34,22 +34,15 @@ RUN (if "%python%"=="3.10" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.10.11" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py
     (if "%python%"=="3.13" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.13.9" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.13") & \
     (if "%python%"=="3.14" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.14.0" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.14")
 
-SHELL ["powershell", "-NoProfile", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
-# Install Python install manager (MSIX)
-RUN $msix_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix'; \
-    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $msix_url -OutFile 'python.msix'; \
-    Add-AppxPackage .\python.msix
-
 # Use python_abi_tag env var to select regular or free-threaded Python
 ARG freethreaded=0
 ENV PYTHON_MODE=${freethreaded}
-RUN if ($env:PYTHON_MODE -eq '1') { \
-        pymanager install --version $env:PYTHON_VERSION --variant freethreaded \
-    } else { \
-        pymanager install --version $env:PYTHON_VERSION \
-    }
+RUN if "%PYTHON_MODE%"=="1" ( \
+        pymanager install --version %PYTHON_VERSION% --variant freethreaded \
+    ) else ( \
+        pymanager install --version %PYTHON_VERSION% \
+    )
 
-SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
 # hadolint ignore=DL3059
 RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -U pip setuptools & \
     if "%python%"=="3.13" ( \
diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile
index 99dd27b987a..16ffbd55b44 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile
@@ -74,13 +74,17 @@ RUN `
 
 # Install choco CLI
 #
-# Switch into Powershell just for this command because choco only provides a
-# Powershell installation script. After, we switch back to cmd.
+# Switch into Powershell just for this command because choco and Python install manager (MSIX)
+# only provide a Powershell installation script. After, we switch back to cmd.
 #
 # See https://chocolatey.org/install#completely-offline-install
 SHELL ["powershell", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
 RUN `
-  Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
+  Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1')) & \
+  $msix_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix'; \
+  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $msix_url -OutFile 'python.msix'; \
+  Add-AppxPackage .\python.msix
+
 SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
 
 # Install CMake and other tools
diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
index 420ce3fdfb4..a0e9e796a8e 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
@@ -29,22 +29,15 @@ RUN (if "%python%"=="3.10" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.10.11" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py
     (if "%python%"=="3.13" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.13.9" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.13") & \
     (if "%python%"=="3.14" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.14.0" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.14")
 
-SHELL ["powershell", "-NoProfile", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
-# Install Python install manager (MSIX)
-RUN $msix_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix'; \
-    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $msix_url -OutFile 'python.msix'; \
-    Add-AppxPackage .\python.msix
-
 # Use python_abi_tag env var to select regular or free-threaded Python
 ARG freethreaded=0
 ENV PYTHON_MODE=${freethreaded}
-RUN if ($env:PYTHON_MODE -eq '1') { \
-        pymanager install --version $env:PYTHON_VERSION --variant freethreaded \
-    } else { \
-        pymanager install --version $env:PYTHON_VERSION \
-    }
+RUN if "%PYTHON_MODE%"=="1" ( \
+        pymanager install --version %PYTHON_VERSION% --variant freethreaded \
+    ) else ( \
+        pymanager install --version %PYTHON_VERSION% \
+    )
 
-SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
 RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -U pip setuptools
 
 COPY python/requirements-wheel-build.txt C:/arrow/python/

From 836718a92e719dd3de12c2280c3be081c2d39d4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 10:48:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 08/26] Add MSIX to the test base dockerfile also

---
 ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
index bd1da7b14b3..bd48e5b3bea 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ RUN `
 # See https://chocolatey.org/install#completely-offline-install
 SHELL ["powershell", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
 RUN `
-    Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
+    Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1')) & \
+    $msix_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix'; \
+    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $msix_url -OutFile 'python.msix'; \
+    Add-AppxPackage .\python.msix
 SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
 
 # Install git, wget, minio

From b773837e97eefb3a18a49549066dca24eb56c2ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 12:27:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 09/26] Use proper powershell syntax

---
 .../python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile      | 8 +++++---
 ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile     | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
index bd48e5b3bea..bcfa564f08b 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ RUN `
 # See https://chocolatey.org/install#completely-offline-install
 SHELL ["powershell", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
 RUN `
-    Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1')) & \
-    $msix_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix'; \
-    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $msix_url -OutFile 'python.msix'; \
+    Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; `
+    [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; `
+    iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1')); `
+    $msix_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix'; `
+    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $msix_url -OutFile 'python.msix'; `
     Add-AppxPackage .\python.msix
 SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
 
diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile
index 16ffbd55b44..179ff9337e2 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile
@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ RUN `
 # See https://chocolatey.org/install#completely-offline-install
 SHELL ["powershell", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
 RUN `
-  Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1')) & \
-  $msix_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix'; \
-  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $msix_url -OutFile 'python.msix'; \
+  Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; `
+  [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; `
+  iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1')); `
+  $msix_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix'; `
+  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $msix_url -OutFile 'python.msix'; `
   Add-AppxPackage .\python.msix
 
 SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]

From 8dbd304439c049dd934fa32b44707b8d1278bc0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 15:28:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 10/26] Try if curl works

---
 ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
index bcfa564f08b..b0007e48536 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ RUN `
     Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; `
     [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; `
     iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1')); `
-    $msix_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix'; `
-    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $msix_url -OutFile 'python.msix'; `
+    curl -L -o python.msix https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix; `
     Add-AppxPackage .\python.msix
 SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
 

From e9d67d591bff374f7b3ef64671ea1dd4ac63d231 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 19:30:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 11/26] Move curl command outside Poweshell

---
 ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
index b0007e48536..5c3cb33fd42 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ RUN `
     || IF "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="3010" EXIT 0) `
     && del /q vs_buildtools.exe
 
-# Install choco CLI
+# Download python.msix
+RUN curl -L -o python.msix https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix
+
+# Install choco CLI and MSIX package
 #
 # We switch into Powershell just for this command and switch back to cmd
 # See https://chocolatey.org/install#completely-offline-install
@@ -49,7 +52,6 @@ RUN `
     Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; `
     [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; `
     iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1')); `
-    curl -L -o python.msix https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix; `
     Add-AppxPackage .\python.msix
 SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
 

From ecda84db8aef32be9e87a7b4e8f1785138e491ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 08:39:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 12/26] Change url and decouple choco and pymanager install

---
 ...-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile | 24 ++++++++++++-------
 ...ython-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile | 16 +++++++++----
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
index 5c3cb33fd42..849bf61121f 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
@@ -40,19 +40,25 @@ RUN `
     || IF "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="3010" EXIT 0) `
     && del /q vs_buildtools.exe
 
-# Download python.msix
-RUN curl -L -o python.msix https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix
-
-# Install choco CLI and MSIX package
+# Install choco CLI
 #
-# We switch into Powershell just for this command and switch back to cmd
+# We switch into Powershell just for this two commands and switch back to cmd
 # See https://chocolatey.org/install#completely-offline-install
 SHELL ["powershell", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
 RUN `
-    Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; `
-    [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; `
-    iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1')); `
-    Add-AppxPackage .\python.msix
+  Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; `
+  [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; `
+  iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
+
+# Install the Python install manager
+#
+# See https://docs.python.org/dev/using/windows.html#python-install-manager and
+# https://www.python.org/ftp/python/pymanager/
+RUN `
+  $pymanager_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/pymanager/python-manager-25.0.msix'; `
+  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $pymanager_url -OutFile 'C:\Windows\pymanager.msix'; `
+  Add-AppxPackage C:\Windows\pymanager.msix
+
 SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
 
 # Install git, wget, minio
diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile
index 179ff9337e2..5457a5ecd9e 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile
@@ -75,17 +75,23 @@ RUN `
 # Install choco CLI
 #
 # Switch into Powershell just for this command because choco and Python install manager (MSIX)
-# only provide a Powershell installation script. After, we switch back to cmd.
+# only provide a Powershell installation scripts. After, we switch back to cmd.
 #
 # See https://chocolatey.org/install#completely-offline-install
 SHELL ["powershell", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
 RUN `
   Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; `
   [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; `
-  iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1')); `
-  $msix_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/installer/python.msix'; `
-  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $msix_url -OutFile 'python.msix'; `
-  Add-AppxPackage .\python.msix
+  iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
+
+# Install the Python install manager
+#
+# See https://docs.python.org/dev/using/windows.html#python-install-manager and
+# https://www.python.org/ftp/python/pymanager/
+RUN `
+  $pymanager_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/pymanager/python-manager-25.0.msix'; `
+  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $pymanager_url -OutFile 'C:\Windows\pymanager.msix'; `
+  Add-AppxPackage C:\Windows\pymanager.msix
 
 SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
 

From bf5c373f4bbccc67514f14e72a04614f6dc01c2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 10:59:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 13/26] Revert "Update windows test wheels dockerfiles to use
 MSIX"

This reverts commit 6c57b1dafa4a87931f6d9358e8c5730825722ae7.
---
 ...eaded-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile | 59 +++++++++++++++++++
 ...ython-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile | 22 ++-----
 compose.yaml                                  |  4 +-
 3 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab257b271e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# NOTE: You must update PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_TEST_IMAGE_REVISION in .env
+# when you update this file.
+
+ARG base
+# https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/wiki/DL3006
+# (Hadolint does not expand variables and thinks '${base}' is an untagged image)
+# hadolint ignore=DL3006
+FROM ${base}
+
+ARG python=3.13
+
+# hadolint ignore=SC1072
+RUN (if "%python%"=="3.13" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.13.1") & \
+    (if "%python%"=="3.14" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.14.0")
+
+SHELL ["powershell", "-NoProfile", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
+RUN $version = $env:PYTHON_VERSION; \
+    $filename = 'python-' + $version + '-amd64.exe'; \
+    $url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/' + $version + '/' + $filename; \
+    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $filename; \
+    Start-Process -FilePath $filename -ArgumentList '/quiet', 'Include_freethreaded=1' -Wait
+
+ENV PYTHON_CMD="py -${python}t"
+
+SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
+RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -U pip setuptools & \
+    if "%python%"=="3.13" ( \
+        setx REQUIREMENTS_FILE "requirements-wheel-test-3.13t.txt" \
+    ) else ( \
+        setx REQUIREMENTS_FILE "requirements-wheel-test.txt" \
+    )
+
+COPY python/requirements-wheel-test-3.13t.txt python/requirements-wheel-test.txt C:/arrow/python/
+# Cython and Pandas wheels for free-threaded are not released yet
+RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install \
+    --extra-index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple \
+    --pre \
+    --prefer-binary \
+    -r C:/arrow/python/%REQUIREMENTS_FILE%
+
+ENV PYTHON="${python}t"
+ENV PYTHON_GIL=0
diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
index 7d983c78197..e5d1c517587 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
@@ -34,24 +34,12 @@ RUN (if "%python%"=="3.10" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.10.11" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py
     (if "%python%"=="3.13" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.13.9" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.13") & \
     (if "%python%"=="3.14" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.14.0" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.14")
 
-# Use python_abi_tag env var to select regular or free-threaded Python
-ARG freethreaded=0
-ENV PYTHON_MODE=${freethreaded}
-RUN if "%PYTHON_MODE%"=="1" ( \
-        pymanager install --version %PYTHON_VERSION% --variant freethreaded \
-    ) else ( \
-        pymanager install --version %PYTHON_VERSION% \
-    )
-
 # hadolint ignore=DL3059
-RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -U pip setuptools & \
-    if "%python%"=="3.13" ( \
-        setx REQUIREMENTS_FILE "requirements-wheel-test-3.13t.txt" \
-    ) else ( \
-        setx REQUIREMENTS_FILE "requirements-wheel-test.txt" \
-    )
+RUN choco install -r -y --pre --no-progress --force python --version=%PYTHON_VERSION%
+# hadolint ignore=DL3059
+RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -U pip setuptools
 
-COPY python/requirements-wheel-test-3.13t.txt python/requirements-wheel-test.txt C:/arrow/python/
-RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -r C:/arrow/python/%REQUIREMENTS_FILE%
+COPY python/requirements-wheel-test.txt C:/arrow/python/
+RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -r C:/arrow/python/requirements-wheel-test.txt
 
 ENV PYTHON=$python
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index f4bbdb0d676..0d9937dfe8f 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -1429,7 +1429,6 @@ services:
       args:
         base: ${REPO}:python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_TEST_IMAGE_REVISION}
         python: ${PYTHON}
-        freethreaded: 0
       context: .
       dockerfile: ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
     volumes: *python-wheel-windows-vs2022-volumes
@@ -1441,9 +1440,8 @@ services:
       args:
         base: ${REPO}:python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_TEST_IMAGE_REVISION}
         python: ${PYTHON}
-        freethreaded: 1
       context: .
-      dockerfile: ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
+      dockerfile: ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
     volumes: *python-wheel-windows-vs2022-volumes
     command: arrow\\ci\\scripts\\python_wheel_windows_test.bat
 

From d13d7ddbaadda203948ca4238972fc6b45dc57c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 11:02:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 14/26] Remove pymanager install from base test dockerfile

---
 .../python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile     | 9 ---------
 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
index 849bf61121f..ece8804270b 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
@@ -50,15 +50,6 @@ RUN `
   [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; `
   iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
 
-# Install the Python install manager
-#
-# See https://docs.python.org/dev/using/windows.html#python-install-manager and
-# https://www.python.org/ftp/python/pymanager/
-RUN `
-  $pymanager_url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/pymanager/python-manager-25.0.msix'; `
-  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $pymanager_url -OutFile 'C:\Windows\pymanager.msix'; `
-  Add-AppxPackage C:\Windows\pymanager.msix
-
 SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
 
 # Install git, wget, minio

From 730729f63077c787c98cdfe188b2370e0aefb7ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 11:04:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 15/26] Revert unnecessary changes on the choco install in base
 test

---
 ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
index ece8804270b..05db8cd5723 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
@@ -42,14 +42,11 @@ RUN `
 
 # Install choco CLI
 #
-# We switch into Powershell just for this two commands and switch back to cmd
+# We switch into Powershell just for this command and switch back to cmd
 # See https://chocolatey.org/install#completely-offline-install
 SHELL ["powershell", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
 RUN `
-  Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; `
-  [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; `
-  iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
-
+  Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
 SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
 
 # Install git, wget, minio

From 59dce602e1ed93ed60acdedeca3b40f9e7207fe8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 14:21:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 16/26] Fix wrong tab

---
 ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
index 05db8cd5723..bd1da7b14b3 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022-base.dockerfile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ RUN `
 # See https://chocolatey.org/install#completely-offline-install
 SHELL ["powershell", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
 RUN `
-  Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
+    Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
 SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
 
 # Install git, wget, minio

From 834d8cb00037f31e37b7bd5f1afa95213606a9b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alenka Frim <AlenkaF@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:18:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 17/26] Update
 ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Co-authored-by: Raúl Cumplido <raulcumplido@gmail.com>
---
 ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile
index 5457a5ecd9e..e63b8fc9945 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base.dockerfile
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ RUN `
 
 # Install choco CLI
 #
-# Switch into Powershell just for this command because choco and Python install manager (MSIX)
+# Switch into Powershell just for the following commands because choco and Python install manager (MSIX)
 # only provide a Powershell installation scripts. After, we switch back to cmd.
 #
 # See https://chocolatey.org/install#completely-offline-install

From 080f9a46ba5ce9e84fad0add15903ce1c4fc5d61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:24:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 18/26] Remove duplicated rows

---
 ...python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile | 2 --
 ...thon-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile | 2 --
 2 files changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
index af7f0776ba0..c2deef14064 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ ARG python_patch_version=3.13.9
 ARG build_date=20251014
 ARG arch=aarch64
 
-ARG python_version=3.13
-
 RUN apk update && \
     apk add --no-cache \
     bash \
diff --git a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
index 46a8aafd1f0..18c2d156c17 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ ARG python_patch_version=3.13.9
 ARG build_date=20251014
 ARG arch=aarch64
 
-ARG python_version=3.13
-
 RUN apk update && \
     apk add --no-cache \
     bash \

From 258bf1e0b9c3aabdd2deeb03df9680bab5c57f65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 09:13:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 19/26] Try removing defaults already parametered

---
 ...python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile | 2 --
 ...thon-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile | 2 --
 2 files changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
index c2deef14064..5c620e09d66 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ ARG base
 FROM ${base}
 
 ARG python_version=3.13
-ARG python_patch_version=3.13.9
-ARG build_date=20251014
 ARG arch=aarch64
 
 RUN apk update && \
diff --git a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
index 18c2d156c17..57d094cc2a9 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ ARG base
 FROM ${base}
 
 ARG python_version=3.13
-ARG python_patch_version=3.13.9
-ARG build_date=20251014
 ARG arch=aarch64
 
 RUN apk update && \

From 52ac61e6a9b1c86e5c10eb2082bd63860cb61879 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 09:21:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 20/26] Remove mapping to patch versions

---
 ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile | 5 -----
 ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile      | 5 -----
 2 files changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
index e5d1c517587..ba2e358c742 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ FROM ${base}
 
 # Define the full version number otherwise choco falls back to patch number 0 (3.10 => 3.10.0)
 ARG python=3.10
-RUN (if "%python%"=="3.10" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.10.11" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.10") & \
-    (if "%python%"=="3.11" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.11.9" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.11") & \
-    (if "%python%"=="3.12" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.12.10" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.12") & \
-    (if "%python%"=="3.13" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.13.9" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.13") & \
-    (if "%python%"=="3.14" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.14.0" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.14")
 
 # hadolint ignore=DL3059
 RUN choco install -r -y --pre --no-progress --force python --version=%PYTHON_VERSION%
diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
index a0e9e796a8e..7939668ea73 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ FROM ${base}
 
 # Define the full version number otherwise choco falls back to patch number 0 (3.10 => 3.10.0)
 ARG python=3.10
-RUN (if "%python%"=="3.10" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.10.11" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.10") & \
-    (if "%python%"=="3.11" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.11.9" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.11") & \
-    (if "%python%"=="3.12" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.12.10" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.12") & \
-    (if "%python%"=="3.13" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.13.9" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.13") & \
-    (if "%python%"=="3.14" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.14.0" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.14")
 
 # Use python_abi_tag env var to select regular or free-threaded Python
 ARG freethreaded=0

From 0450baff092154b932c8fbf7a24b55f8ef331014 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 10:16:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 21/26] Include python_variant suggestion

---
 ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile | 10 +++-------
 compose.yaml                                     |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
index 7939668ea73..9ce0fe31317 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
@@ -25,13 +25,9 @@ FROM ${base}
 ARG python=3.10
 
 # Use python_abi_tag env var to select regular or free-threaded Python
-ARG freethreaded=0
-ENV PYTHON_MODE=${freethreaded}
-RUN if "%PYTHON_MODE%"=="1" ( \
-        pymanager install --version %PYTHON_VERSION% --variant freethreaded \
-    ) else ( \
-        pymanager install --version %PYTHON_VERSION% \
-    )
+ARG python_variant=default
+ENV PYTHON_VARIANT=${python_variant}
+RUN pymanager install --version %PYTHON_VERSION% --variant %PYTHON_VARIANT%
 
 RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -U pip setuptools
 
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index 0d9937dfe8f..84481e1af76 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ services:
       args:
         base: ${REPO}:python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base-vcpkg-${VCPKG}-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_IMAGE_REVISION}
         python: ${PYTHON}
-        freethreaded: 0
+        python_variant: default
       context: .
       dockerfile: ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
       # This should make the pushed images reusable, but the image gets rebuilt.
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ services:
       args:
         base: ${REPO}:python-wheel-windows-vs2022-base-vcpkg-${VCPKG}-${PYTHON_WHEEL_WINDOWS_IMAGE_REVISION}
         python: ${PYTHON}
-        freethreaded: 1
+        python_variant: freethreaded
       context: .
       dockerfile: ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
       # This should make the pushed images reusable, but the image gets rebuilt.

From 2c9e5329112644b6c678ac9a8d0c791a5b06ccd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 13:01:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 22/26] Add build_date arg

---
 .../python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile | 1 +
 ...ython-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
index 5c620e09d66..e2e4eb8f991 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-imports.dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ FROM ${base}
 
 ARG python_version=3.13
 ARG arch=aarch64
+ARG build_date
 
 RUN apk update && \
     apk add --no-cache \
diff --git a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
index 57d094cc2a9..53ae58c7933 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-musllinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ FROM ${base}
 
 ARG python_version=3.13
 ARG arch=aarch64
+ARG build_date
 
 RUN apk update && \
     apk add --no-cache \

From b0d30cbc2792ab354c2dd756c4c3ae0631d9cbe8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 11:05:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 23/26] Fix win dockerfile

---
 ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
index 9ce0fe31317..4f71352eaca 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ ARG python=3.10
 
 # Use python_abi_tag env var to select regular or free-threaded Python
 ARG python_variant=default
+ENV PYTHON_VERSION=${python}
 ENV PYTHON_VARIANT=${python_variant}
 RUN pymanager install --version %PYTHON_VERSION% --variant %PYTHON_VARIANT%
 
-RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -U pip setuptools
+RUN py -%PYTHON_VERSION% -m pip install -U pip setuptools
 
 COPY python/requirements-wheel-build.txt C:/arrow/python/
-RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -r C:/arrow/python/requirements-wheel-build.txt
+RUN py -%PYTHON_VERSION% -m pip install -r C:/arrow/python/requirements-wheel-build.txt
 
 ENV PYTHON=${python}

From b4b42fbf32730a538228c741d985d5b8c4ac7b6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 12:27:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 24/26] Fix error - win test still using choco not pymanager

---
 ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
index ba2e358c742..cc29f1d7f05 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ FROM ${base}
 
 # Define the full version number otherwise choco falls back to patch number 0 (3.10 => 3.10.0)
 ARG python=3.10
+RUN (if "%python%"=="3.10" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.10.11" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.10") & \
+    (if "%python%"=="3.11" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.11.9" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.11") & \
+    (if "%python%"=="3.12" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.12.10" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.12") & \
+    (if "%python%"=="3.13" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.13.7" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.13") & \
+    (if "%python%"=="3.14" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.14.0" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.14")
 
 # hadolint ignore=DL3059
 RUN choco install -r -y --pre --no-progress --force python --version=%PYTHON_VERSION%
@@ -37,4 +42,4 @@ RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -U pip setuptools
 COPY python/requirements-wheel-test.txt C:/arrow/python/
 RUN %PYTHON_CMD% -m pip install -r C:/arrow/python/requirements-wheel-test.txt
 
-ENV PYTHON=$python
+ENV PYTHON=${python}

From a356a46da7b8903503b78c550aa8a3055d513d6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 12:27:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 25/26] Fix typo

---
 ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
index cc29f1d7f05..73a9e167fea 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-test-vs2022.dockerfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ARG python=3.10
 RUN (if "%python%"=="3.10" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.10.11" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.10") & \
     (if "%python%"=="3.11" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.11.9" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.11") & \
     (if "%python%"=="3.12" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.12.10" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.12") & \
-    (if "%python%"=="3.13" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.13.7" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.13") & \
+    (if "%python%"=="3.13" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.13.9" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.13") & \
     (if "%python%"=="3.14" setx PYTHON_VERSION "3.14.0" && setx PYTHON_CMD "py -3.14")
 
 # hadolint ignore=DL3059

From cf0c16911f86f24ef56768c8d80cf68d6eacb1d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlenkaF <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:51:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 26/26] Remove old comment

---
 ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
index 4f71352eaca..d4d5e57cd2c 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-wheel-windows-vs2022.dockerfile
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ FROM ${base}
 # Define the full version number otherwise choco falls back to patch number 0 (3.10 => 3.10.0)
 ARG python=3.10
 
-# Use python_abi_tag env var to select regular or free-threaded Python
 ARG python_variant=default
 ENV PYTHON_VERSION=${python}
 ENV PYTHON_VARIANT=${python_variant}