diff --git a/dev/release/binary-task.rb b/dev/release/binary-task.rb
index ddbf86320d0..e7b618ba334 100644
--- a/dev/release/binary-task.rb
+++ b/dev/release/binary-task.rb
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ def define_docs_tasks
                               :docs,
                               "#{rc_dir}/docs/#{full_version}",
                               "#{release_dir}/docs/#{full_version}",
-                              "test-ubuntu-default-docs/**/*")
+                              "test-ubuntu-22.04-docs/**/*")
   end
 
   def define_nuget_tasks
diff --git a/dev/tasks/tasks.yml b/dev/tasks/tasks.yml
index 55f23ed1304..ed238778635 100644
--- a/dev/tasks/tasks.yml
+++ b/dev/tasks/tasks.yml
@@ -1508,6 +1508,7 @@ tasks:
       image: debian-go
   {% endfor %}
 
+  # be sure to update binary-task.rb when upgrading ubuntu
   test-ubuntu-22.04-docs:
     ci: github
     template: docs/github.linux.yml