diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py b/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py
index 998aa6b9e6f08..c8a31834ed261 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py
@@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@ def _dt_second(self):
 
     @property
     def _dt_date(self):
-        return type(self)(self._pa_array.cast(pa.date64()))
+        return type(self)(self._pa_array.cast(pa.date32()))
 
     @property
     def _dt_time(self):
diff --git a/pandas/tests/extension/test_arrow.py b/pandas/tests/extension/test_arrow.py
index 24013f4aa3a9a..da3eda3c3ddcc 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/extension/test_arrow.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/extension/test_arrow.py
@@ -2156,7 +2156,7 @@ def test_dt_properties(prop, expected):
     result = getattr(ser.dt, prop)
     exp_type = None
     if isinstance(expected, date):
-        exp_type = pa.date64()
+        exp_type = pa.date32()
     elif isinstance(expected, time):
         exp_type = pa.time64("ns")
     expected = pd.Series(ArrowExtensionArray(pa.array([expected, None], type=exp_type)))