diff --git a/swift/Arrow/Package.swift b/swift/Arrow/Package.swift
index 065afe62640ea..dcbd9304d5ca4 100644
--- a/swift/Arrow/Package.swift
+++ b/swift/Arrow/Package.swift
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ let package = Package(
             targets: ["Arrow"]),
     ],
     dependencies: [
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/google/flatbuffers.git", from: "23.3.3")
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/google/flatbuffers.git", branch: "master")
     ],
     targets: [
         // Targets are the basic building blocks of a package. A target can define a module or a test suite.
diff --git a/swift/Arrow/Sources/Arrow/ArrowReader.swift b/swift/Arrow/Sources/Arrow/ArrowReader.swift
index ef995b18052a8..d9dc1bdb470e6 100644
--- a/swift/Arrow/Sources/Arrow/ArrowReader.swift
+++ b/swift/Arrow/Sources/Arrow/ArrowReader.swift
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ public class ArrowReader {
     }
 
     public func fromStream( // swiftlint:disable:this function_body_length
-        _ fileData: Data
+        _ fileData: Data,
+        useUnalignedBuffers: Bool = false
     ) -> Result<ArrowReaderResult, ArrowError> {
         let footerLength = fileData.withUnsafeBytes { rawBuffer in
             rawBuffer.loadUnaligned(fromByteOffset: fileData.count - 4, as: Int32.self)
@@ -141,7 +142,9 @@ public class ArrowReader {
         let result = ArrowReaderResult()
         let footerStartOffset = fileData.count - Int(footerLength + 4)
         let footerData = fileData[footerStartOffset...]
-        let footerBuffer = ByteBuffer(data: footerData)
+        let footerBuffer = ByteBuffer(
+            data: footerData,
+            allowReadingUnalignedBuffers: useUnalignedBuffers)
         let footer = org_apache_arrow_flatbuf_Footer.getRootAsFooter(bb: footerBuffer)
         let schemaResult = loadSchema(footer.schema!)
         switch schemaResult {
@@ -170,7 +173,9 @@ public class ArrowReader {
             let messageStartOffset = recordBatch.offset + (Int64(MemoryLayout<Int32>.size) * messageOffset)
             let messageEndOffset = messageStartOffset + Int64(messageLength)
             let recordBatchData = fileData[messageStartOffset ..< messageEndOffset]
-            let mbb = ByteBuffer(data: recordBatchData)
+            let mbb = ByteBuffer(
+                data: recordBatchData,
+                allowReadingUnalignedBuffers: useUnalignedBuffers)
             let message = org_apache_arrow_flatbuf_Message.getRootAsMessage(bb: mbb)
             switch message.headerType {
             case .recordbatch:
@@ -219,9 +224,12 @@ public class ArrowReader {
     public func fromMessage(
         _ dataHeader: Data,
         dataBody: Data,
-        result: ArrowReaderResult
+        result: ArrowReaderResult,
+        useUnalignedBuffers: Bool = false
     ) -> Result<Void, ArrowError> {
-        let mbb = ByteBuffer(data: dataHeader)
+        let mbb = ByteBuffer(
+            data: dataHeader,
+            allowReadingUnalignedBuffers: useUnalignedBuffers)
         let message = org_apache_arrow_flatbuf_Message.getRootAsMessage(bb: mbb)
         switch message.headerType {
         case .schema:
diff --git a/swift/ArrowFlight/Sources/ArrowFlight/FlightClient.swift b/swift/ArrowFlight/Sources/ArrowFlight/FlightClient.swift
index 7a572ceca5bd6..ef3e4fa239e84 100644
--- a/swift/ArrowFlight/Sources/ArrowFlight/FlightClient.swift
+++ b/swift/ArrowFlight/Sources/ArrowFlight/FlightClient.swift
@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@ import Arrow
 
 public class FlightClient {
     let client: Arrow_Flight_Protocol_FlightServiceAsyncClient
-    public init(channel: GRPCChannel) {
+    let allowReadingUnalignedBuffers: Bool
+
+    public init(channel: GRPCChannel, allowReadingUnalignedBuffers: Bool = false ) {
         client = Arrow_Flight_Protocol_FlightServiceAsyncClient(channel: channel)
+        self.allowReadingUnalignedBuffers = allowReadingUnalignedBuffers
     }
 
     private func readMessages(
@@ -34,7 +37,11 @@ public class FlightClient {
         let reader = ArrowReader()
         let arrowResult = ArrowReader.makeArrowReaderResult()
         for try await data in responseStream {
-            switch reader.fromMessage(data.dataHeader, dataBody: data.dataBody, result: arrowResult) {
+            switch reader.fromMessage(
+                data.dataHeader,
+                dataBody: data.dataBody,
+                result: arrowResult,
+                useUnalignedBuffers: allowReadingUnalignedBuffers) {
             case .success:
                 continue
             case .failure(let error):
diff --git a/swift/ArrowFlight/Sources/ArrowFlight/FlightServer.swift b/swift/ArrowFlight/Sources/ArrowFlight/FlightServer.swift
index a34bf5c0acee9..19644d632e997 100644
--- a/swift/ArrowFlight/Sources/ArrowFlight/FlightServer.swift
+++ b/swift/ArrowFlight/Sources/ArrowFlight/FlightServer.swift
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public func schemaFromMessage(_ schemaData: Data) -> ArrowSchema? {
 }
 
 public protocol ArrowFlightServer: Sendable {
+    var allowReadingUnalignedBuffers: Bool { get }
     func listFlights(_ criteria: FlightCriteria, writer: FlightInfoStreamWriter) async throws
     func getFlightInfo(_ request: FlightDescriptor) async throws -> FlightInfo
     func getSchema(_ request: FlightDescriptor) async throws -> ArrowFlight.FlightSchemaResult
@@ -73,6 +74,12 @@ public protocol ArrowFlightServer: Sendable {
     func doExchange(_ reader: RecordBatchStreamReader, writer: RecordBatchStreamWriter) async throws
 }
 
+extension ArrowFlightServer {
+    var allowReadingUnalignedBuffers: Bool {
+        return false
+    }
+}
+
 public func makeFlightServer(_ handler: ArrowFlightServer) -> CallHandlerProvider {
   return InternalFlightServer(handler)
 }
diff --git a/swift/ArrowFlight/Sources/ArrowFlight/RecordBatchStreamReader.swift b/swift/ArrowFlight/Sources/ArrowFlight/RecordBatchStreamReader.swift
index 972d19435ddfc..464752dbcbeea 100644
--- a/swift/ArrowFlight/Sources/ArrowFlight/RecordBatchStreamReader.swift
+++ b/swift/ArrowFlight/Sources/ArrowFlight/RecordBatchStreamReader.swift
@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@ public class RecordBatchStreamReader: AsyncSequence, AsyncIteratorProtocol {
     var descriptor: FlightDescriptor?
     var batchIndex = 0
     var streamIterator: any AsyncIteratorProtocol
+    var useUnalignedBuffers: Bool
     let stream: GRPC.GRPCAsyncRequestStream<Arrow_Flight_Protocol_FlightData>
-    init(_ stream: GRPC.GRPCAsyncRequestStream<Arrow_Flight_Protocol_FlightData>) {
+    init(_ stream: GRPC.GRPCAsyncRequestStream<Arrow_Flight_Protocol_FlightData>,
+         useUnalignedBuffers: Bool = false) {
         self.stream = stream
         self.streamIterator = self.stream.makeAsyncIterator()
+        self.useUnalignedBuffers = useUnalignedBuffers
     }
 
     public func next() async throws -> (Arrow.RecordBatch?, FlightDescriptor?)? {
@@ -55,7 +58,11 @@ public class RecordBatchStreamReader: AsyncSequence, AsyncIteratorProtocol {
             let dataBody = flightData.dataBody
             let dataHeader = flightData.dataHeader
             descriptor = FlightDescriptor(flightData.flightDescriptor)
-            switch reader.fromMessage(dataHeader, dataBody: dataBody, result: result) {
+            switch reader.fromMessage(
+                dataHeader,
+                dataBody: dataBody,
+                result: result,
+                useUnalignedBuffers: useUnalignedBuffers) {
             case .success(()):
                 if result.batches.count > 0 {
                     batches = result.batches