diff --git a/matlab/src/matlab/featherwrite.m b/matlab/src/matlab/featherwrite.m
index c59f7f42368..cc3f45e954a 100644
--- a/matlab/src/matlab/featherwrite.m
+++ b/matlab/src/matlab/featherwrite.m
@@ -23,21 +23,11 @@ function featherwrite(filename, t)
 % specific language governing permissions and limitations
 % under the License.
 
-import arrow.util.table2mlarrow;
+    arguments
+        filename(1, 1) string {mustBeNonmissing, mustBeNonzeroLengthText}
+        t table
+    end
 
-% Validate input arguments.
-narginchk(2, 2);
-filename = convertStringsToChars(filename);
-if ~ischar(filename)
-    error('MATLAB:arrow:InvalidFilenameDatatype', ...
-        'Filename must be a character vector or string scalar.');
-end
-if ~istable(t)
-    error('MATLAB:arrow:InvalidInputTable', 't must be a table.');
-end
-
-[variables, metadata] = table2mlarrow(t);
-
-% Write the table to a Feather file.
-arrow.cpp.call('featherwrite', filename, variables, metadata);
+    writer = arrow.internal.io.feather.Writer(filename);
+    writer.write(t);
 end
diff --git a/matlab/test/tfeather.m b/matlab/test/tfeather.m
index a32b78fdcd6..e4c988e1dda 100755
--- a/matlab/test/tfeather.m
+++ b/matlab/test/tfeather.m
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ function ErrorIfInvalidFilenameDatatype(testCase)
             
             t = createTable;
             
-            testCase.verifyError(@() featherwrite({filename}, t), 'MATLAB:arrow:InvalidFilenameDatatype');
+            testCase.verifyError(@() featherwrite({table}, t), 'MATLAB:validation:UnableToConvert');
             testCase.verifyError(@() featherread({filename}), 'MATLAB:arrow:InvalidFilenameDatatype');
         end
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function ErrorIfTooManyInputs(testCase)
         end
 
         function ErrorIfTooFewInputs(testCase)
-            testCase.verifyError(@() featherwrite(), 'MATLAB:narginchk:notEnoughInputs');
+            testCase.verifyError(@() featherwrite(), 'MATLAB:minrhs');
             testCase.verifyError(@() featherread(), 'MATLAB:narginchk:notEnoughInputs');
         end
         
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ function ErrorIfMultiColVarExist(testCase)
             
             t = table(age, smoker, height, weight, bloodPressure);
             
-            testCase.verifyError(@() featherwrite(filename, t), 'MATLAB:arrow:UnsupportedVariableType');
+            testCase.verifyError(@() featherwrite(filename, t), 'arrow:array:InvalidShape');
         end
         
         function UnsupportedMATLABDatatypes(testCase)
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ function UnsupportedMATLABDatatypes(testCase)
                                         calendarDuration(5, 3, 2)];
             actualTable = addvars(actualTable, calendarDurationVariable);
 
-            testCase.verifyError(@() featherwrite(filename, actualTable) ,'MATLAB:arrow:UnsupportedVariableType');
+            testCase.verifyError(@() featherwrite(filename, actualTable) ,'arrow:array:UnsupportedMATLABType');
         end
         
         function NumericComplexUnsupported(testCase)
@@ -216,8 +216,7 @@ function NumericComplexUnsupported(testCase)
             actualTable.double(2) = exp(9) + 5i;
             actualTable.int64(2) = 1.0418e+03;
            
-            expectedTable = featherRoundTrip(filename, actualTable);
-            testCase.verifyNotEqual(actualTable, expectedTable);
+            testCase.verifyError(@() featherwrite(filename, actualTable) ,'arrow:array:ComplexNumeric');
         end
     end
 end