diff --git a/src/parquet/arrow/arrow-reader-writer-test.cc b/src/parquet/arrow/arrow-reader-writer-test.cc
index 8051ff1..46218be 100644
--- a/src/parquet/arrow/arrow-reader-writer-test.cc
+++ b/src/parquet/arrow/arrow-reader-writer-test.cc
@@ -574,6 +574,8 @@
     ASSERT_OK_NO_THROW(writer.NewRowGroup(values->length()));
     ASSERT_OK_NO_THROW(writer.WriteColumnChunk(*values));
     ASSERT_OK_NO_THROW(writer.Close());
+    // writer.Close() should be idempotent
+    ASSERT_OK_NO_THROW(writer.Close());
   }
 
   std::shared_ptr<InMemoryOutputStream> sink_;