diff --git a/.github/workflows/jarbuild.yml b/.github/workflows/jarbuild.yml
index ae2981cd6d..286cc8b910 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jarbuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jarbuild.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 name: JarBuild
-on: 
+on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       arrow_branch:
diff --git a/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/LargeListVector.java b/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/LargeListVector.java
index ed075352c9..b44f96c9d0 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/LargeListVector.java
+++ b/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/LargeListVector.java
@@ -305,15 +305,29 @@ public void exportCDataBuffers(List<ArrowBuf> buffers, ArrowBuf buffersPtr, long
 
   /** Set the reader and writer indexes for the inner buffers. */
   private void setReaderAndWriterIndex() {
+    final long requiredOffsetBufferCapacity = (long) (valueCount + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH;
     validityBuffer.readerIndex(0);
     offsetBuffer.readerIndex(0);
     if (valueCount == 0) {
       validityBuffer.writerIndex(0);
-      offsetBuffer.writerIndex(0);
+      ensureEmptyOffsetBufferCapacity(requiredOffsetBufferCapacity);
     } else {
       validityBuffer.writerIndex(getValidityBufferSizeFromCount(valueCount));
-      offsetBuffer.writerIndex((valueCount + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH);
     }
+    // IPC serializers use readerIndex and writerIndex to determine readable bytes. Even when the
+    // list is empty, the Arrow layout requires the offset buffer to contain offset[0].
+    offsetBuffer.writerIndex(requiredOffsetBufferCapacity);
+  }
+
+  private void ensureEmptyOffsetBufferCapacity(long requiredCapacity) {
+    if (offsetBuffer.capacity() >= requiredCapacity) {
+      return;
+    }
+    long previousOffsetAllocationSizeInBytes = offsetAllocationSizeInBytes;
+    ArrowBuf oldOffsetBuffer = offsetBuffer;
+    offsetBuffer = allocateOffsetBuffer(requiredCapacity);
+    offsetAllocationSizeInBytes = previousOffsetAllocationSizeInBytes;
+    oldOffsetBuffer.getReferenceManager().release();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/ListVector.java b/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/ListVector.java
index 3daeb6d77b..84b1e2b882 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/ListVector.java
+++ b/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/ListVector.java
@@ -263,15 +263,29 @@ public void exportCDataBuffers(List<ArrowBuf> buffers, ArrowBuf buffersPtr, long
 
   /** Set the reader and writer indexes for the inner buffers. */
   private void setReaderAndWriterIndex() {
+    final long requiredOffsetBufferCapacity = (long) (valueCount + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH;
     validityBuffer.readerIndex(0);
     offsetBuffer.readerIndex(0);
     if (valueCount == 0) {
       validityBuffer.writerIndex(0);
-      offsetBuffer.writerIndex(0);
+      ensureEmptyOffsetBufferCapacity(requiredOffsetBufferCapacity);
     } else {
       validityBuffer.writerIndex(getValidityBufferSizeFromCount(valueCount));
-      offsetBuffer.writerIndex((valueCount + 1) * OFFSET_WIDTH);
     }
+    // IPC serializers use readerIndex and writerIndex to determine readable bytes. Even when the
+    // list is empty, the Arrow layout requires the offset buffer to contain offset[0].
+    offsetBuffer.writerIndex(requiredOffsetBufferCapacity);
+  }
+
+  private void ensureEmptyOffsetBufferCapacity(long requiredCapacity) {
+    if (offsetBuffer.capacity() >= requiredCapacity) {
+      return;
+    }
+    long previousOffsetAllocationSizeInBytes = offsetAllocationSizeInBytes;
+    ArrowBuf oldOffsetBuffer = offsetBuffer;
+    offsetBuffer = allocateOffsetBuffer(requiredCapacity);
+    offsetAllocationSizeInBytes = previousOffsetAllocationSizeInBytes;
+    oldOffsetBuffer.getReferenceManager().release();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestLargeListVector.java b/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestLargeListVector.java
index 101d942d2a..1d089c93e3 100644
--- a/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestLargeListVector.java
+++ b/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestLargeListVector.java
@@ -955,6 +955,36 @@ public void testGetBufferSizeFor() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testEmptyLargeListOffsetBuffer() {
+    try (LargeListVector list = LargeListVector.empty("list", allocator)) {
+      list.addOrGetVector(FieldType.nullable(MinorType.INT.getType()));
+      list.allocateNew();
+      list.setValueCount(0);
+
+      assertEmptyLargeListOffsetBuffer(list);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testUnallocatedEmptyLargeListOffsetBuffer() {
+    try (LargeListVector list = LargeListVector.empty("list", allocator)) {
+      list.addOrGetVector(FieldType.nullable(MinorType.INT.getType()));
+      list.setValueCount(0);
+
+      assertEmptyLargeListOffsetBuffer(list);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private ArrowBuf assertEmptyLargeListOffsetBuffer(LargeListVector list) {
+    List<ArrowBuf> buffers = list.getFieldBuffers();
+    ArrowBuf offsetBuffer = buffers.get(1);
+    assertEquals(LargeListVector.OFFSET_WIDTH, offsetBuffer.readableBytes());
+    assertTrue(offsetBuffer.capacity() >= LargeListVector.OFFSET_WIDTH);
+    assertEquals(0L, offsetBuffer.getLong(0));
+    return offsetBuffer;
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testIsEmpty() {
     try (final LargeListVector vector = LargeListVector.empty("list", allocator)) {
diff --git a/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestListVector.java b/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestListVector.java
index 1d6fa39f9e..f128358394 100644
--- a/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestListVector.java
+++ b/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestListVector.java
@@ -1135,6 +1135,36 @@ public void testGetBufferSizeFor() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testEmptyListOffsetBuffer() {
+    try (ListVector list = ListVector.empty("list", allocator)) {
+      list.addOrGetVector(FieldType.nullable(MinorType.INT.getType()));
+      list.allocateNew();
+      list.setValueCount(0);
+
+      assertEmptyListOffsetBuffer(list);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testUnallocatedEmptyListOffsetBuffer() {
+    try (ListVector list = ListVector.empty("list", allocator)) {
+      list.addOrGetVector(FieldType.nullable(MinorType.INT.getType()));
+      list.setValueCount(0);
+
+      assertEmptyListOffsetBuffer(list);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private ArrowBuf assertEmptyListOffsetBuffer(ListVector list) {
+    List<ArrowBuf> buffers = list.getFieldBuffers();
+    ArrowBuf offsetBuffer = buffers.get(1);
+    assertEquals(BaseRepeatedValueVector.OFFSET_WIDTH, offsetBuffer.readableBytes());
+    assertTrue(offsetBuffer.capacity() >= BaseRepeatedValueVector.OFFSET_WIDTH);
+    assertEquals(0, offsetBuffer.getInt(0));
+    return offsetBuffer;
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testIsEmpty() {
     try (final ListVector vector = ListVector.empty("list", allocator)) {