diff --git a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
index fcaaa423a4c75..2f4b203f217af 100755
--- a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
+++ b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ test_linux_wheels() {
     local pyver=${python/m}
     for platform in ${platform_tags}; do
       show_header "Testing Python ${pyver} wheel for platform ${platform}"
-      CONDA_ENV=wheel-${pyver}-${platform} PYTHON_VERSION=${pyver} maybe_setup_conda
+      CONDA_ENV=wheel-${pyver}-${platform} PYTHON_VERSION=${pyver} maybe_setup_conda tzdata
       if ! VENV_ENV=wheel-${pyver}-${platform} PYTHON_VERSION=${pyver} maybe_setup_virtualenv; then
         continue
       fi