diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/encryption/test_encryption_util.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/encryption/test_encryption_util.cc
index 4fa215312f265..cf863da60a1d6 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/encryption/test_encryption_util.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/encryption/test_encryption_util.cc
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ ColumnData<Int64Type> GenerateSampleData<Int64Type>(int rows) {
     int64_t value = i * 1000 * 1000;
     value *= 1000 * 1000;
     int16_t definition_level = 1;
-    int16_t repetition_level = 0;
+    int16_t repetition_level = 1;
     if ((i % 2) == 0) {
-      repetition_level = 1;  // start of a new record
+      repetition_level = 0;  // start of a new record
     }
     int64_col.values.push_back(value);
     int64_col.definition_levels.push_back(definition_level);
diff --git a/cpp/submodules/parquet-testing b/cpp/submodules/parquet-testing
index a7f1d288e693d..c7cf1374cf284 160000
--- a/cpp/submodules/parquet-testing
+++ b/cpp/submodules/parquet-testing
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a7f1d288e693dbb08e3199851c4eb2140ff8dff2
+Subproject commit c7cf1374cf284c0c73024cd1437becea75558bf8