diff --git a/java/gandiva/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/gandiva/evaluator/BaseEvaluatorTest.java b/java/gandiva/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/gandiva/evaluator/BaseEvaluatorTest.java
index 2fd5a246329d4..2f44855ead66e 100644
--- a/java/gandiva/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/gandiva/evaluator/BaseEvaluatorTest.java
+++ b/java/gandiva/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/gandiva/evaluator/BaseEvaluatorTest.java
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ void releaseRecordBatch(ArrowRecordBatch recordBatch) {
     List<ArrowBuf> buffers = recordBatch.getBuffers();
     recordBatch.close();
     for (ArrowBuf buf : buffers) {
-      buf.release();
+      buf.getReferenceManager().release();
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/java/memory/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/ArrowBuf.java b/java/memory/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/ArrowBuf.java
index 02f780a77f774..36890bbdf540d 100644
--- a/java/memory/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/ArrowBuf.java
+++ b/java/memory/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/ArrowBuf.java
@@ -136,11 +136,15 @@ private void ensureAccessible() {
    * @return netty compliant {@link NettyArrowBuf}
    */
   public NettyArrowBuf asNettyBuffer() {
-    return new NettyArrowBuf((UnsafeDirectLittleEndian)referenceManager.getUnderlying(),
-      this,
-      referenceManager.getByteBufAllocator(),
-      referenceManager.getOffsetForBuffer(this),
-      length);
+    final NettyArrowBuf nettyArrowBuf = new NettyArrowBuf(
+            (UnsafeDirectLittleEndian)referenceManager.getUnderlying(),
+            this,
+            referenceManager.getByteBufAllocator(),
+            referenceManager.getOffsetForBuffer(this),
+            length);
+    nettyArrowBuf.readerIndex(readerIndex);
+    nettyArrowBuf.writerIndex(writerIndex);
+    return nettyArrowBuf;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/java/memory/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/NettyArrowBuf.java b/java/memory/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/NettyArrowBuf.java
index 01a5641ccfc24..8fc3f48747b84 100644
--- a/java/memory/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/NettyArrowBuf.java
+++ b/java/memory/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/NettyArrowBuf.java
@@ -174,6 +174,16 @@ public int capacity() {
     return arrowBuf.capacity();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public NettyArrowBuf slice() {
+    return arrowBuf.slice().asNettyBuffer();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public NettyArrowBuf slice(int index, int length) {
+    return arrowBuf.slice(index, length).asNettyBuffer();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void close() {
     arrowBuf.close();
@@ -200,13 +210,17 @@ public int writerIndex() {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public int readableBytes() {
-    return arrowBuf.readableBytes();
+  public NettyArrowBuf readerIndex(int readerIndex) {
+    super.readerIndex(readerIndex);
+    //arrowBuf.readerIndex(readerIndex);
+    return this;
   }
 
   @Override
-  public int writableBytes() {
-    return arrowBuf.writableBytes();
+  public NettyArrowBuf writerIndex(int writerIndex) {
+    super.writerIndex(writerIndex);
+    //arrowBuf.writerIndex(writerIndex);
+    return this;
   }
 
   @Override