diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/scalar_test.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/scalar_test.cc
index cba817f67b1..a7ba5980feb 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/scalar_test.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/scalar_test.cc
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "arrow/array.h"
 #include "arrow/array/util.h"
 #include "arrow/buffer.h"
+#include "arrow/compute/cast.h"
 #include "arrow/memory_pool.h"
 #include "arrow/scalar.h"
 #include "arrow/status.h"
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@
 
 namespace arrow {
 
+using compute::Cast;
+using compute::CastOptions;
+
 using internal::checked_cast;
 using internal::checked_pointer_cast;
 
@@ -862,9 +866,9 @@ TEST(TestTimestampScalars, MakeScalar) {
 
 TEST(TestTimestampScalars, Cast) {
   auto convert = [](TimeUnit::type in, TimeUnit::type out, int64_t value) -> int64_t {
-    auto scalar =
-        TimestampScalar(value, timestamp(in)).CastTo(timestamp(out)).ValueOrDie();
-    return internal::checked_pointer_cast<TimestampScalar>(scalar)->value;
+    EXPECT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto casted, Cast(TimestampScalar(value, timestamp(in)),
+                                           timestamp(out), CastOptions::Unsafe()));
+    return internal::checked_pointer_cast<TimestampScalar>(casted.scalar())->value;
   };
 
   EXPECT_EQ(convert(TimeUnit::SECOND, TimeUnit::MILLI, 1), 1000);