diff --git a/cpp/tests/interop/arrow_utils.hpp b/cpp/tests/interop/arrow_utils.hpp
index 70a9fe64d70..e785845394a 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/interop/arrow_utils.hpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/interop/arrow_utils.hpp
@@ -212,9 +212,8 @@ std::shared_ptr<arrow::Array> get_arrow_list_array(std::vector<T> data,
                "Failed to append values to buffer builder");
   CUDF_EXPECTS(buff_builder.Finish(&offset_buffer).ok(), "Failed to allocate buffer");
 
-  auto nullable = std::accumulate(list_validity.begin(), list_validity.end(), 0) > 0;
   return std::make_shared<arrow::ListArray>(
-    arrow::list(arrow::field("", data_array->type(), nullable)),
+    arrow::list(arrow::field("element", data_array->type(), data_array->null_count() > 0)),
     offsets.size() - 1,
     offset_buffer,
     data_array,
diff --git a/cpp/tests/interop/from_arrow_test.cpp b/cpp/tests/interop/from_arrow_test.cpp
index 18efae75cb1..62e38cbfd45 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/interop/from_arrow_test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/interop/from_arrow_test.cpp
@@ -279,7 +279,10 @@ TEST_F(FromArrowTest, StructColumn)
   auto list_arr = get_arrow_list_array<int64_t>({1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, {0, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9});
   std::vector<int32_t> offset{0, 3, 4, 6};
   auto nested_list_arr = std::make_shared<arrow::ListArray>(
-    arrow::list(list(arrow::int64())), offset.size() - 1, arrow::Buffer::Wrap(offset), list_arr);
+    arrow::list(list(arrow::field("element", arrow::int64(), false))),
+    offset.size() - 1,
+    arrow::Buffer::Wrap(offset),
+    list_arr);
 
   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<arrow::Array>> child_arrays2({str2_array, int2_array});
   auto fields2 = std::vector<std::shared_ptr<arrow::Field>>{
diff --git a/cpp/tests/interop/to_arrow_test.cpp b/cpp/tests/interop/to_arrow_test.cpp
index 86295d8efb1..faa07ba3311 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/interop/to_arrow_test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/interop/to_arrow_test.cpp
@@ -261,14 +261,14 @@ TEST_F(ToArrowTest, NestedList)
   std::vector<int32_t> offset{0, 0, 2};
   auto mask_buffer     = arrow::internal::BytesToBits({0, 1}).ValueOrDie();
   auto nested_list_arr = std::make_shared<arrow::ListArray>(
-    arrow::list(arrow::field("a", arrow::list(arrow::int64()), false)),
+    arrow::list(arrow::field("element", arrow::list(arrow::int64()), false)),
     offset.size() - 1,
     arrow::Buffer::Wrap(offset),
     list_arr,
     mask_buffer);
 
   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<arrow::Field>> schema_vector(
-    {arrow::field("a", nested_list_arr->type())});
+    {arrow::field("a", nested_list_arr->type(), false)});
   auto schema = std::make_shared<arrow::Schema>(schema_vector);
 
   auto expected_arrow_table                         = arrow::Table::Make(schema, {nested_list_arr});