diff --git a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-manylinux-test-unittests.dockerfile b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-manylinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
index 52ea8421997fa..313f83618b821 100644
--- a/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-manylinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/python-free-threaded-wheel-manylinux-test-unittests.dockerfile
@@ -42,3 +42,5 @@ RUN ${PYTHON} -m pip install \
     Cython
 RUN ${PYTHON} -m pip install "meson-python==0.13.1" "meson==1.2.1" "wheel" "versioneer[toml]"
 RUN ${PYTHON} -m pip install --no-build-isolation -r /arrow/python/requirements-wheel-test.txt
+
+ENV PATH "/arrow-dev/bin:${PATH}"