diff --git a/ci/scripts/integration_arrow.sh b/ci/scripts/integration_arrow.sh
index 1fea8e97daf94..76f210700b94c 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/integration_arrow.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/integration_arrow.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ gold_dir=$arrow_dir/testing/data/arrow-ipc-stream/integration
 : ${ARROW_INTEGRATION_JAVA:=ON}
 : ${ARROW_INTEGRATION_JS:=ON}
 
+: ${ARROW_INTEGRATION_TARGET_LANGUAGES:=cpp,csharp,go,java,js}
+
 . ${arrow_dir}/ci/scripts/util_log.sh
 
 github_actions_group_begin "Integration: Prepare: Archery"
@@ -63,15 +65,10 @@ time archery integration \
     --run-ipc \
     --run-flight \
     --with-cpp=$([ "$ARROW_INTEGRATION_CPP" == "ON" ] && echo "1" || echo "0") \
-    --target-language=cpp \
     --with-csharp=$([ "$ARROW_INTEGRATION_CSHARP" == "ON" ] && echo "1" || echo "0") \
-    --target-language=csharp \
     --with-go=$([ "$ARROW_INTEGRATION_GO" == "ON" ] && echo "1" || echo "0") \
-    --target-language=go \
     --with-java=$([ "$ARROW_INTEGRATION_JAVA" == "ON" ] && echo "1" || echo "0") \
-    --target-language=java \
     --with-js=$([ "$ARROW_INTEGRATION_JS" == "ON" ] && echo "1" || echo "0") \
-    --target-language=js \
     --gold-dirs=$gold_dir/0.14.1 \
     --gold-dirs=$gold_dir/0.17.1 \
     --gold-dirs=$gold_dir/1.0.0-bigendian \
diff --git a/dev/archery/archery/cli.py b/dev/archery/archery/cli.py
index a89a13af68409..a4ca634efc45f 100644
--- a/dev/archery/archery/cli.py
+++ b/dev/archery/archery/cli.py
@@ -744,8 +744,9 @@ def _set_default(opt, default):
 @click.option('--with-rust', type=bool, default=False,
               help='Include Rust in integration tests',
               envvar="ARCHERY_INTEGRATION_WITH_RUST")
-@click.option('--target-language', multiple=True,
-              help=('Target languages in this integration tests'))
+@click.option('--target-languages', deafult="",
+              help=('Target languages in this integration tests'),
+              envvar="ARCHERY_INTEGRATION_TARGET_LANGUAGES")
 @click.option('--write_generated_json', default="",
               help='Generate test JSON to indicated path')
 @click.option('--run-ipc', is_flag=True, default=False,
diff --git a/dev/archery/archery/integration/runner.py b/dev/archery/archery/integration/runner.py
index 7877411412bf4..f0bb6368eaf89 100644
--- a/dev/archery/archery/integration/runner.py
+++ b/dev/archery/archery/integration/runner.py
@@ -583,13 +583,14 @@ def get_static_json_files():
 def run_all_tests(with_cpp=True, with_java=True, with_js=True,
                   with_csharp=True, with_go=True, with_rust=False,
                   with_nanoarrow=False, run_ipc=False, run_flight=False,
-                  run_c_data=False, tempdir=None, target_languages=[],
+                  run_c_data=False, tempdir=None, target_languages="",
                   **kwargs):
     tempdir = tempdir or tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='arrow-integration-')
 
     testers: List[Tester] = []
     other_testers: List[Tester] = []
 
+    target_languages = target_languages.split(",")
     def append_tester(language, tester):
         if len(target_languages) == 0 or language in target_languages:
             testers.append(tester)