diff --git a/parquet/src/encryption/encrypt.rs b/parquet/src/encryption/encrypt.rs
index f6ae9004f164..d69e3c02500a 100644
--- a/parquet/src/encryption/encrypt.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/encryption/encrypt.rs
@@ -275,14 +275,14 @@ impl EncryptionPropertiesBuilder {
     }
 
     /// Build the encryption properties
-    pub fn build(self) -> Result<FileEncryptionProperties> {
-        Ok(FileEncryptionProperties {
+    pub fn build(self) -> Result<Arc<FileEncryptionProperties>> {
+        Ok(Arc::new(FileEncryptionProperties {
             encrypt_footer: self.encrypt_footer,
             footer_key: self.footer_key,
             column_keys: self.column_keys,
             aad_prefix: self.aad_prefix,
             store_aad_prefix: self.store_aad_prefix,
-        })
+        }))
     }
 }
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ impl FileEncryptor {
     }
 
     /// Get the encryptor's file encryption properties
-    pub fn properties(&self) -> &FileEncryptionProperties {
+    pub fn properties(&self) -> &Arc<FileEncryptionProperties> {
         &self.properties
     }
 
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ pub(crate) fn encrypt_thrift_object_to_vec<T: WriteThrift>(
 
 /// Get the crypto metadata for a column from the file encryption properties
 pub(crate) fn get_column_crypto_metadata(
-    properties: &FileEncryptionProperties,
+    properties: &Arc<FileEncryptionProperties>,
     column: &ColumnDescPtr,
 ) -> Option<ColumnCryptoMetaData> {
     if properties.column_keys.is_empty() {
diff --git a/parquet/src/file/properties.rs b/parquet/src/file/properties.rs
index d7771b42e24a..38a5a804c0b7 100644
--- a/parquet/src/file/properties.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/file/properties.rs
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ pub struct WriterPropertiesBuilder {
     statistics_truncate_length: Option<usize>,
     coerce_types: bool,
     #[cfg(feature = "encryption")]
-    file_encryption_properties: Option<FileEncryptionProperties>,
+    file_encryption_properties: Option<Arc<FileEncryptionProperties>>,
 }
 
 impl Default for WriterPropertiesBuilder {
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ impl WriterPropertiesBuilder {
             statistics_truncate_length: self.statistics_truncate_length,
             coerce_types: self.coerce_types,
             #[cfg(feature = "encryption")]
-            file_encryption_properties: self.file_encryption_properties.map(Arc::new),
+            file_encryption_properties: self.file_encryption_properties,
         }
     }
 
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ impl WriterPropertiesBuilder {
     #[cfg(feature = "encryption")]
     pub fn with_file_encryption_properties(
         mut self,
-        file_encryption_properties: FileEncryptionProperties,
+        file_encryption_properties: Arc<FileEncryptionProperties>,
     ) -> Self {
         self.file_encryption_properties = Some(file_encryption_properties);
         self
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ impl From<WriterProperties> for WriterPropertiesBuilder {
             statistics_truncate_length: props.statistics_truncate_length,
             coerce_types: props.coerce_types,
             #[cfg(feature = "encryption")]
-            file_encryption_properties: props.file_encryption_properties.map(Arc::unwrap_or_clone),
+            file_encryption_properties: props.file_encryption_properties,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/parquet/src/file/writer.rs b/parquet/src/file/writer.rs
index f85ca67412ac..b5a0ef4e5523 100644
--- a/parquet/src/file/writer.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/file/writer.rs
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ impl<W: Write + Send> SerializedFileWriter<W> {
     /// Writes magic bytes at the beginning of the file.
     #[cfg(feature = "encryption")]
     fn start_file(properties: &WriterPropertiesPtr, buf: &mut TrackedWrite<W>) -> Result<()> {
-        let magic = get_file_magic(properties.file_encryption_properties.as_deref());
+        let magic = get_file_magic(properties.file_encryption_properties.as_ref());
 
         buf.write_all(magic)?;
         Ok(())
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ impl<W: Write + Send> PageWriter for SerializedPageWriter<'_, W> {
 /// as a Parquet file.
 #[cfg(feature = "encryption")]
 pub(crate) fn get_file_magic(
-    file_encryption_properties: Option<&FileEncryptionProperties>,
+    file_encryption_properties: Option<&Arc<FileEncryptionProperties>>,
 ) -> &'static [u8; 4] {
     match file_encryption_properties.as_ref() {
         Some(encryption_properties) if encryption_properties.encrypt_footer() => {
diff --git a/parquet/tests/encryption/encryption_async.rs b/parquet/tests/encryption/encryption_async.rs
index bd8877559405..51acd7374879 100644
--- a/parquet/tests/encryption/encryption_async.rs
+++ b/parquet/tests/encryption/encryption_async.rs
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ async fn verify_encryption_test_file_read_async(
 async fn read_and_roundtrip_to_encrypted_file_async(
     path: &str,
     decryption_properties: Arc<FileDecryptionProperties>,
-    encryption_properties: FileEncryptionProperties,
+    encryption_properties: Arc<FileEncryptionProperties>,
 ) -> Result<(), ParquetError> {
     let temp_file = tempfile::tempfile().unwrap();
     let mut file = File::open(&path).await.unwrap();
diff --git a/parquet/tests/encryption/encryption_util.rs b/parquet/tests/encryption/encryption_util.rs
index 345078d28d93..7f4cc5a9da45 100644
--- a/parquet/tests/encryption/encryption_util.rs
+++ b/parquet/tests/encryption/encryption_util.rs
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ pub(crate) fn read_encrypted_file(
 pub(crate) fn read_and_roundtrip_to_encrypted_file(
     file: &File,
     decryption_properties: Arc<FileDecryptionProperties>,
-    encryption_properties: FileEncryptionProperties,
+    encryption_properties: Arc<FileEncryptionProperties>,
 ) {
     // read example data
     let (batches, metadata) =