diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractFieldWriter.java b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractFieldWriter.java
index 6c2368117f7..01d5f493345 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractFieldWriter.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractFieldWriter.java
@@ -233,6 +233,15 @@ public MapWriter map(String name, boolean keysSorted) {
   }
   </#if>
 
+  <#if lowerName?contains("decimal")>
+
+  @Override
+  public ${capName}Writer ${lowerName}(<#list minor.typeParams as typeParam>${typeParam.type} ${typeParam.name}<#if typeParam_has_next>, </#if></#list>) {
+    fail("${capName}(" + <#list minor.typeParams as typeParam>"${typeParam.name}: " + ${typeParam.name} + ", " + </#list>")");
+    return null;
+  }
+  </#if>
+
   @Override
   public ${capName}Writer ${lowerName}(String name) {
     fail("${capName}");
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/BaseWriter.java b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/BaseWriter.java
index 35df256b324..718ee227f49 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/BaseWriter.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/BaseWriter.java
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ public interface StructWriter extends BaseWriter {
     <#if minor.typeParams?? >
     ${capName}Writer ${lowerName}(String name<#list minor.typeParams as typeParam>, ${typeParam.type} ${typeParam.name}</#list>);
     </#if>
+    <#if lowerName?contains("decimal")>
+    ${capName}Writer ${lowerName}(<#list minor.typeParams as typeParam>${typeParam.type} ${typeParam.name}<#if typeParam_has_next>, </#if></#list>);
+    </#if>
     ${capName}Writer ${lowerName}(String name);
     </#list></#list>
 
@@ -83,6 +86,9 @@ public interface ListWriter extends BaseWriter {
     <#assign upperName = minor.class?upper_case />
     <#assign capName = minor.class?cap_first />
     ${capName}Writer ${lowerName}();
+    <#if lowerName?contains("decimal")>
+    ${capName}Writer ${lowerName}(<#list minor.typeParams as typeParam>${typeParam.type} ${typeParam.name}<#if typeParam_has_next>, </#if></#list>);
+    </#if>
     </#list></#list>
   }
 
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionListWriter.java b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionListWriter.java
index eeb964c055f..af8e19d15b3 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionListWriter.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionListWriter.java
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ public void setPosition(int index) {
   public ${minor.class}Writer ${lowerName}(String name<#list minor.typeParams as typeParam>, ${typeParam.type} ${typeParam.name}</#list>) {
     return writer.${lowerName}(name<#list minor.typeParams as typeParam>, ${typeParam.name}</#list>);
   }
+  <#if lowerName?contains("decimal")>
+  @Override
+  public ${capName}Writer ${lowerName}(<#list minor.typeParams as typeParam>${typeParam.type} ${typeParam.name}<#if typeParam_has_next>, </#if></#list>) {
+    return writer.${lowerName}(<#list minor.typeParams as typeParam>${typeParam.name}<#if typeParam_has_next>, </#if></#list>);
+  }
+  </#if>
   </#if>
 
   @Override
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionMapWriter.java b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionMapWriter.java
index 606f880377b..938f009047b 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionMapWriter.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/UnionMapWriter.java
@@ -183,6 +183,29 @@ public Decimal256Writer decimal256() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public DecimalWriter decimal(int scale, int precision) {
+    switch (mode) {
+      case KEY:
+        return entryWriter.decimal(MapVector.KEY_NAME, scale, precision);
+      case VALUE:
+        return entryWriter.decimal(MapVector.VALUE_NAME, scale, precision);
+      default:
+        return this;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Decimal256Writer decimal256(int scale, int precision) {
+    switch (mode) {
+      case KEY:
+        return entryWriter.decimal256(MapVector.KEY_NAME, scale, precision);
+      case VALUE:
+        return entryWriter.decimal256(MapVector.VALUE_NAME, scale, precision);
+      default:
+        return this;
+    }
+  }
 
   @Override
   public StructWriter struct() {
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/PromotableWriter.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/PromotableWriter.java
index 7fd0def9673..cc698f04e19 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/PromotableWriter.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/impl/PromotableWriter.java
@@ -289,6 +289,9 @@ private boolean requiresArrowType(MinorType type) {
   protected FieldWriter getWriter(MinorType type, ArrowType arrowType) {
     if (state == State.UNION) {
       if (requiresArrowType(type)) {
+        if (arrowType == null) {
+          arrowType = type.getType();
+        }
         ((UnionWriter) writer).getWriter(type, arrowType);
       } else {
         ((UnionWriter) writer).getWriter(type);
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/Types.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/Types.java
index ed099890e1b..31a11ce2386 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/Types.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/types/Types.java
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ public FieldWriter getNewFieldWriter(ValueVector vector) {
         return new DenseUnionWriter((DenseUnionVector) vector);
       }
     },
-    MAP(null) {
+    MAP(new Map(false)) {
       @Override
       public FieldVector getNewVector(
           Field field, BufferAllocator allocator, CallBack schemaChangeCallback) {
diff --git a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestMapVector.java b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestMapVector.java
index 213ffced273..ec56b08d407 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestMapVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/TestMapVector.java
@@ -22,14 +22,17 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.ArrowBuf;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.ListVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.MapVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.StructVector;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl.UnionListWriter;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl.UnionMapReader;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl.UnionMapWriter;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.reader.FieldReader;
@@ -1204,4 +1207,66 @@ public void testMakeTransferPairPreserveNullability() {
     assertEquals(intField, vec.getField().getChildren().get(0));
     assertEquals(intField, res.getField().getChildren().get(0));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSimpleMapVectorWithDecimals() {
+    try (final MapVector vector = MapVector.empty("v", allocator, false)) {
+      vector.allocateNew();
+      UnionMapWriter mapWriter = vector.getWriter();
+
+      mapWriter.setPosition(0);
+      mapWriter.startMap();
+      mapWriter.startEntry();
+      mapWriter.key().decimal(1, 2).writeDecimal(BigDecimal.valueOf(10, 1));
+      mapWriter.value().decimal(1, 2).writeDecimal(BigDecimal.valueOf(20, 1));
+      mapWriter.endEntry();
+      mapWriter.endMap();
+
+      vector.setValueCount(1);
+      assertEquals(vector.getChildrenFromFields().size(), 1);
+      StructVector structVector = (StructVector) vector.getChildrenFromFields().get(0);
+      assertEquals(structVector.getChildrenFromFields().size(), 2);
+      DecimalVector keyVector = (DecimalVector) structVector.getChildrenFromFields().get(0);
+      DecimalVector valueVector = (DecimalVector) structVector.getChildrenFromFields().get(1);
+      assertEquals(keyVector.getObject(0), BigDecimal.valueOf(10, 1));
+      assertEquals(valueVector.getObject(0), BigDecimal.valueOf(20, 1));
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWritingDecimals() {
+    try (ListVector vector = ListVector.empty("v", allocator)) {
+      UnionListWriter listWriter = vector.getWriter();
+      listWriter.allocate();
+
+      listWriter.setPosition(0);
+      listWriter.startList();
+      listWriter.map().startMap();
+      listWriter.map().startEntry();
+      listWriter.map().key().integer().writeInt(10);
+      listWriter.map().value().integer().writeInt(20);
+      listWriter.map().endEntry();
+      listWriter.map().startEntry();
+      listWriter.map().key().decimal(1, 2).writeDecimal(BigDecimal.valueOf(2.0));
+      listWriter.map().value().decimal(1, 2).writeDecimal(BigDecimal.valueOf(3.0));
+      listWriter.map().endEntry();
+      listWriter.map().endMap();
+      listWriter.endList();
+
+      listWriter.setValueCount(1);
+      vector.setValueCount(1);
+
+      assertEquals(vector.getChildrenFromFields().size(), 1);
+      MapVector mapVector = (MapVector) vector.getChildrenFromFields().get(0);
+      assertEquals(mapVector.getChildrenFromFields().size(), 1);
+      StructVector structVector = (StructVector) mapVector.getChildrenFromFields().get(0);
+      assertEquals(structVector.getChildrenFromFields().size(), 2);
+      assertEquals(structVector.getChildrenFromFields().get(0).getObject(0), 10);
+      assertEquals(
+          structVector.getChildrenFromFields().get(0).getObject(1), BigDecimal.valueOf(2.0));
+      assertEquals(structVector.getChildrenFromFields().get(1).getObject(0), 20);
+      assertEquals(
+          structVector.getChildrenFromFields().get(1).getObject(1), BigDecimal.valueOf(3.0));
+    }
+  }
 }