diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ipc/JsonFileReader.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ipc/JsonFileReader.java
index 5ae970a2e7d..f6383e2d536 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ipc/JsonFileReader.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ipc/JsonFileReader.java
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ protected ArrowBuf read(BufferAllocator allocator, int count) throws IOException
 
         for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
           parser.nextToken();
-          buf.writeLong(parser.getLongValue());
+          String value = parser.getValueAsString();
+          buf.writeLong(Long.valueOf(value));
         }
 
         return buf;
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ protected ArrowBuf read(BufferAllocator allocator, int count) throws IOException
 
         for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
           parser.nextToken();
-          BigInteger value = parser.getBigIntegerValue();
+          BigInteger value = new BigInteger(parser.getValueAsString());
           buf.writeLong(value.longValue());
         }
 
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ipc/JsonFileWriter.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ipc/JsonFileWriter.java
index dfd57c5ab00..8ccd7c0c625 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ipc/JsonFileWriter.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/ipc/JsonFileWriter.java
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ private void writeValueToGenerator(
           generator.writeNumber(IntVector.get(buffer, index));
           break;
         case BIGINT:
-          generator.writeNumber(BigIntVector.get(buffer, index));
+          generator.writeString(String.valueOf(BigIntVector.get(buffer, index)));
           break;
         case UINT1:
           generator.writeNumber(UInt1Vector.getNoOverflow(buffer, index));
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ private void writeValueToGenerator(
           generator.writeNumber(UInt4Vector.getNoOverflow(buffer, index));
           break;
         case UINT8:
-          generator.writeNumber(UInt8Vector.getNoOverflow(buffer, index));
+          generator.writeString(UInt8Vector.getNoOverflow(buffer, index).toString());
           break;
         case FLOAT4:
           generator.writeNumber(Float4Vector.get(buffer, index));