diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/meson.build b/cpp/src/arrow/meson.build
index c1efd9df763..b2eef9d7ed2 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/meson.build
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/meson.build
@@ -293,7 +293,10 @@ if needs_csv
 endif
 
 if needs_json or needs_integration
-    rapidjson_dep = dependency('rapidjson', include_type: 'system')
+    rapidjson_dep = dependency(
+        'RapidJSON',
+        fallback: ['rapidjson', 'rapidjson_dep'],
+    )
 else
     rapidjson_dep = disabler()
 endif
diff --git a/cpp/subprojects/packagefiles/rapidjson/meson.build b/cpp/subprojects/packagefiles/rapidjson/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a407ed79014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/subprojects/packagefiles/rapidjson/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# 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.
+
+project('rapidjson', 'cpp')
+
+rapidjson_dep = declare_dependency(include_directories: 'include')
diff --git a/cpp/subprojects/rapidjson.wrap b/cpp/subprojects/rapidjson.wrap
index 8295f198525..d48fd999ba8 100644
--- a/cpp/subprojects/rapidjson.wrap
+++ b/cpp/subprojects/rapidjson.wrap
@@ -16,15 +16,12 @@
 # under the License.
 
 [wrap-file]
-directory = rapidjson-1.1.0
-source_url = https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson/archive/v1.1.0.tar.gz
-source_filename = rapidjson-1.1.0.tar.gz
-source_hash = bf7ced29704a1e696fbccf2a2b4ea068e7774fa37f6d7dd4039d0787f8bed98e
-patch_filename = rapidjson_1.1.0-2_patch.zip
-patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v2/rapidjson_1.1.0-2/get_patch
-patch_hash = c1480d0ecef09dbaa4b4d85d86090205386fb2c7e87f4f158b20dbbda14c9afc
-source_fallback_url = https://github.com/mesonbuild/wrapdb/releases/download/rapidjson_1.1.0-2/rapidjson-1.1.0.tar.gz
-wrapdb_version = 1.1.0-2
+directory = rapidjson-232389d4f1012dddec4ef84861face2d2ba85709
+source_url = https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson/archive/232389d4f1012dddec4ef84861face2d2ba85709.tar.gz
+source_filename = rapidjson-232389d4f1012dddec4ef84861face2d2ba85709.tar.gz
+source_hash = b9290a9a6d444c8e049bd589ab804e0ccf2b05dc5984a19ed5ae75d090064806
+source_fallback_url = https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/thirdparty/7.0.0/rapidjson-232389d4f1012dddec4ef84861face2d2ba85709.tar.gz
+patch_directory = rapidjson
 
 [provide]
 rapidjson = rapidjson_dep