diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/file/file-metadata-test.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/file/file-metadata-test.cc
index 0c9d376860703..79e2bb1a2e948 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/file/file-metadata-test.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/file/file-metadata-test.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ TEST(Metadata, TestBuildAccess) {
   parquet::schema::NodePtr root;
   parquet::SchemaDescriptor schema;
 
-  std::shared_ptr<WriterProperties> props = WriterProperties::Builder().build();
+  WriterProperties::Builder prop_builder;
+
+  std::shared_ptr<WriterProperties> props =
+      prop_builder.version(ParquetVersion::PARQUET_2_0)->build();
 
   fields.push_back(parquet::schema::Int32("int_col", Repetition::REQUIRED));
   fields.push_back(parquet::schema::Float("float_col", Repetition::REQUIRED));
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ TEST(Metadata, TestBuildAccess) {
   ASSERT_EQ(nrows, f_accessor->num_rows());
   ASSERT_LE(0, f_accessor->size());
   ASSERT_EQ(2, f_accessor->num_row_groups());
-  ASSERT_EQ(DEFAULT_WRITER_VERSION, f_accessor->version());
+  ASSERT_EQ(ParquetVersion::PARQUET_2_0, f_accessor->version());
   ASSERT_EQ(DEFAULT_CREATED_BY, f_accessor->created_by());
   ASSERT_EQ(3, f_accessor->num_schema_elements());
 
@@ -110,8 +113,8 @@ TEST(Metadata, TestBuildAccess) {
   ASSERT_EQ(DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_TYPE, rg1_column2->compression());
   ASSERT_EQ(nrows / 2, rg1_column1->num_values());
   ASSERT_EQ(nrows / 2, rg1_column2->num_values());
-  ASSERT_EQ(2, rg1_column1->encodings().size());
-  ASSERT_EQ(2, rg1_column2->encodings().size());
+  ASSERT_EQ(3, rg1_column1->encodings().size());
+  ASSERT_EQ(3, rg1_column2->encodings().size());
   ASSERT_EQ(512, rg1_column1->total_compressed_size());
   ASSERT_EQ(512, rg1_column2->total_compressed_size());
   ASSERT_EQ(600, rg1_column1->total_uncompressed_size());
@@ -142,8 +145,8 @@ TEST(Metadata, TestBuildAccess) {
   ASSERT_EQ(nrows / 2, rg2_column2->num_values());
   ASSERT_EQ(DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_TYPE, rg2_column1->compression());
   ASSERT_EQ(DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_TYPE, rg2_column2->compression());
-  ASSERT_EQ(2, rg2_column1->encodings().size());
-  ASSERT_EQ(2, rg2_column2->encodings().size());
+  ASSERT_EQ(3, rg2_column1->encodings().size());
+  ASSERT_EQ(3, rg2_column2->encodings().size());
   ASSERT_EQ(512, rg2_column1->total_compressed_size());
   ASSERT_EQ(512, rg2_column2->total_compressed_size());
   ASSERT_EQ(600, rg2_column1->total_uncompressed_size());
diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/file/metadata.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/file/metadata.cc
index 2e2264904b251..a262b637c367f 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/file/metadata.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/file/metadata.cc
@@ -358,8 +358,17 @@ int FileMetaData::num_row_groups() const {
   return impl_->num_row_groups();
 }
 
-int32_t FileMetaData::version() const {
-  return impl_->version();
+ParquetVersion::type FileMetaData::version() const {
+  switch (impl_->version()) {
+    case 1:
+      return ParquetVersion::PARQUET_1_0;
+    case 2:
+      return ParquetVersion::PARQUET_2_0;
+    default:
+      // Improperly set version, assuming Parquet 1.0
+      break;
+  }
+  return ParquetVersion::PARQUET_1_0;
 }
 
 const FileMetaData::Version& FileMetaData::writer_version() const {
@@ -656,7 +665,17 @@ class FileMetaDataBuilder::FileMetaDataBuilderImpl {
     }
     metadata_->__set_num_rows(total_rows);
     metadata_->__set_row_groups(row_groups);
-    metadata_->__set_version(properties_->version());
+
+    int32_t file_version = 0;
+    switch (properties_->version()) {
+      case ParquetVersion::PARQUET_1_0:
+        file_version = 1;
+      case ParquetVersion::PARQUET_2_0:
+        file_version = 2;
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+    metadata_->__set_version(file_version);
     metadata_->__set_created_by(properties_->created_by());
     parquet::schema::SchemaFlattener flattener(
         static_cast<parquet::schema::GroupNode*>(schema_->schema_root().get()),
diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/file/metadata.h b/cpp/src/parquet/file/metadata.h
index 43419d2786266..942aa39f6b52f 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/file/metadata.h
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/file/metadata.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class PARQUET_EXPORT FileMetaData {
   int num_columns() const;
   int64_t num_rows() const;
   int num_row_groups() const;
-  int32_t version() const;
+  ParquetVersion::type version() const;
   const std::string& created_by() const;
   int num_schema_elements() const;
   std::unique_ptr<RowGroupMetaData> RowGroup(int i) const;