diff --git a/parquet/file/file_reader_test.go b/parquet/file/file_reader_test.go
index 1927ca87..e5c96bb7 100644
--- a/parquet/file/file_reader_test.go
+++ b/parquet/file/file_reader_test.go
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/csv"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/apache/arrow-go/v18/arrow"
@@ -940,3 +942,149 @@ func TestListColumns(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestEncryptFile(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := "../../tools"
+	require.DirExists(t, dir)
+
+	footerKeyID := "footer_key"
+	footerKey := "0123456789012345"
+
+	enc := parquet.NewFileEncryptionProperties(footerKey, parquet.WithFooterKeyID(footerKeyID))
+	props := parquet.NewWriterProperties(
+		parquet.WithCompression(compress.Codecs.Uncompressed),
+		parquet.WithEncryptionProperties(enc),
+	)
+	filename := filepath.Join(dir, "arrowgo_encrypted_uniform.parquet")
+	outFile, err := os.Create(filename)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, outFile)
+	defer outFile.Close()
+
+	fields := make(schema.FieldList, 0)
+	// {"id": [1, 2, 3], "name": ["alice", "bob", "charlie"]}
+	fields = append(fields,
+		schema.NewInt32Node("id", parquet.Repetitions.Required, -1),
+		schema.NewByteArrayNode("name", parquet.Repetitions.Required, -1),
+	)
+	schema, err := schema.NewGroupNode("schema", parquet.Repetitions.Required, fields, -1)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	writer := file.NewParquetWriter(outFile, schema, file.WithWriterProps(props))
+	defer writer.Close()
+
+	rgr := writer.AppendBufferedRowGroup()
+	defer rgr.Close()
+
+	ccwID, err := rgr.Column(0)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	ccwName, err := rgr.Column(1)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	ids := []int32{1, 2, 3}
+	names := []parquet.ByteArray{
+		[]byte("alice"),
+		[]byte("bob"),
+		[]byte("charlie"),
+	}
+
+	_, err = ccwID.(*file.Int32ColumnChunkWriter).WriteBatch(ids, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = ccwName.(*file.ByteArrayColumnChunkWriter).WriteBatch(names, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
+type keyIDRetriever map[string]string
+
+// PutKey adds a key with the given string ID that can be retrieved
+func (s keyIDRetriever) PutKey(keyID, key string) {
+	s[keyID] = key
+}
+
+// GetKey expects the keymetadata to match one of the keys that were added
+// with PutKey and panics if the key cannot be found.
+func (s keyIDRetriever) GetKey(keyMetadata []byte) string {
+	var mdMap map[string]any
+	err := json.Unmarshal(keyMetadata, &mdMap)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("parquet: invalid key metadata: %w", err))
+	}
+	keyMetadataStr, ok := mdMap["masterKeyID"].(string)
+	if !ok {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("parquet: masterKeyID missing from key metadata"))
+	}
+	k, ok := s[keyMetadataStr]
+	if !ok {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("parquet: key missing for id %s", keyMetadata))
+	}
+	return k
+}
+
+func TestDecryptFile(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := "../../tools"
+	require.DirExists(t, dir)
+
+	footerKeyID := "footer_key"
+	footerKey := "0123456789012345"
+
+	stringKr := make(keyIDRetriever)
+	stringKr.PutKey(footerKeyID, footerKey)
+	decryptProps := parquet.NewFileDecryptionProperties(parquet.WithKeyRetriever(stringKr))
+	// decryptProps := parquet.NewFileDecryptionProperties(parquet.WithFooterKey(footerKey))
+
+	props := parquet.NewReaderProperties(memory.DefaultAllocator)
+	props.FileDecryptProps = decryptProps.Clone("")
+
+	fileReader, err := file.OpenParquetFile(path.Join(dir, "pyarrow_encrypted_uniform.parquet"), false, file.WithReadProps(props))
+	// fileReader, err := file.OpenParquetFile(path.Join(dir, "arrowgo_encrypted_uniform.parquet"), false, file.WithReadProps(props))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer fileReader.Close()
+
+	// get metadata
+	fileMetadata := fileReader.MetaData()
+	// get number of rowgroups
+	numRowGroups := len(fileMetadata.RowGroups)
+	// number of columns
+	numColumns := fileMetadata.Schema.NumColumns()
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, numColumns)
+
+	for r := range numRowGroups {
+		rowGroupReader := fileReader.RowGroup(r)
+		numRows := rowGroupReader.NumRows()
+		colReader, err := rowGroupReader.Column(0)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		int32ColReader, ok := colReader.(*file.Int32ColumnChunkReader)
+		require.True(t, ok)
+
+		values := make([]int32, numRows)
+		defLvls := make([]int16, numRows)
+		repLvls := make([]int16, numRows)
+
+		total, read, err := int32ColReader.ReadBatch(numRows, values, defLvls, repLvls)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, numRows, int64(total))
+		require.Equal(t, numRows, int64(read))
+		expected := []int32{1, 2, 3}
+		require.Equal(t, expected, values)
+
+		colReader, err = rowGroupReader.Column(1)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		byteArrayColReader, ok := colReader.(*file.ByteArrayColumnChunkReader)
+		require.True(t, ok)
+
+		byteArrayValues := make([]parquet.ByteArray, numRows)
+		defLvls = make([]int16, numRows)
+		repLvls = make([]int16, numRows)
+
+		total, read, err = byteArrayColReader.ReadBatch(numRows, byteArrayValues, defLvls, repLvls)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, numRows, int64(total))
+		require.Equal(t, numRows, int64(read))
+		expectedByteArray := []parquet.ByteArray{
+			[]byte("alice"),
+			[]byte("bob"),
+			[]byte("charlie"),
+		}
+		require.Equal(t, expectedByteArray, byteArrayValues)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tools/arrowgo_encrypted_uniform.parquet b/tools/arrowgo_encrypted_uniform.parquet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30d178dc
Binary files /dev/null and b/tools/arrowgo_encrypted_uniform.parquet differ
diff --git a/tools/pyarrow_encrypted_uniform.parquet b/tools/pyarrow_encrypted_uniform.parquet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca2f4c1b
Binary files /dev/null and b/tools/pyarrow_encrypted_uniform.parquet differ
diff --git a/tools/read_encrypted_parquet.py b/tools/read_encrypted_parquet.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c103cf51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/read_encrypted_parquet.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import base64
+import pyarrow as pa
+import pyarrow.parquet as pq
+import pyarrow.parquet.encryption as pe
+
+KEY_ID = "footer_key"
+
+class MockKmsClient(pe.KmsClient):
+    def __init__(self, kms_connection_configuration):
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def wrap_key(self, key_bytes, master_key_identifier):
+        return base64.b64encode(key_bytes)
+
+    def unwrap_key(self, wrapped_key, master_key_identifier):
+        return base64.b64decode(wrapped_key)
+
+crypto_factory = pe.CryptoFactory(lambda config: MockKmsClient(config))
+kms_connection_config = pe.KmsConnectionConfig()
+decryption_config = pe.DecryptionConfiguration()
+decryption_properties = crypto_factory.file_decryption_properties(kms_connection_config, decryption_config)
+
+# Read back stats
+# input_file = "pyarrow_encrypted_uniform.parquet"
+input_file = "arrowgo_encrypted_uniform.parquet"
+print(f"\nReading {input_file}")
+with pq.ParquetFile(
+        input_file,
+        decryption_properties=decryption_properties) as f:
+    # meta data
+    rg = f.metadata.row_group(0)
+    # per-column stats
+    for col_idx in range(f.metadata.num_columns):
+        col = rg.column(col_idx)
+        statistics = "None" if col.statistics is None else str(col.statistics)
+        print(f"Column '{col.path_in_schema}' statistics:\n  {statistics}")
+    
+    # read the table
+    table = f.read()
+    print("\nDecrypted table:")
+    print(table)
+
+print(f"\nSuccessfully read and decrypted {input_file}")    
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diff --git a/tools/write_encrypted_parquet.py b/tools/write_encrypted_parquet.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e3be95e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/write_encrypted_parquet.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import base64
+import pyarrow as pa
+import pyarrow.parquet as pq
+import pyarrow.parquet.encryption as pe
+
+KEY_ID = "footer_key"
+
+class MockKmsClient(pe.KmsClient):
+    def __init__(self, kms_connection_configuration):
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def wrap_key(self, key_bytes, master_key_identifier):
+        return base64.b64encode(key_bytes)
+
+    def unwrap_key(self, wrapped_key, master_key_identifier):
+        return base64.b64decode(wrapped_key)
+
+# ── Write the file ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+table = pa.table({"id": [1, 2, 3], "name": ["alice", "bob", "charlie"]})
+
+crypto_factory = pe.CryptoFactory(lambda config: MockKmsClient(config))
+kms_connection_config = pe.KmsConnectionConfig()
+encryption_config = pe.EncryptionConfiguration(
+        KEY_ID,
+        uniform_encryption=True,
+        plaintext_footer=False)
+
+enc_props = crypto_factory.file_encryption_properties(
+    kms_connection_config,
+    encryption_config
+)
+
+output_file = "pyarrow_encrypted_uniform.parquet"
+pq.write_table(table, output_file, compression="none", encryption_properties=enc_props)
+
+print(f"Successfully written {output_file}")
+print(f"   Key ID: {KEY_ID}")
+print("   → This file MUST be readable by any correct arrow-go implementation")
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