diff --git a/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_reader/mod.rs b/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_reader/mod.rs
index c69fa420d564..4b14a54c531b 100644
--- a/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_reader/mod.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_reader/mod.rs
@@ -1746,11 +1746,10 @@ mod tests {
 
         {
             // Write using low-level parquet API (#1167)
-            let writer_props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
             let mut writer = SerializedFileWriter::new(
                 file.try_clone().unwrap(),
                 schema,
-                writer_props,
+                Default::default(),
             )
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2288,7 +2287,7 @@ mod tests {
             }
         ";
         let schema = Arc::new(parse_message_type(MESSAGE_TYPE).unwrap());
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
 
         let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(1024);
         let mut writer = SerializedFileWriter::new(&mut buf, schema, props).unwrap();
diff --git a/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_writer/mod.rs b/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_writer/mod.rs
index cfad15550bcf..2feb0bdbfafc 100644
--- a/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_writer/mod.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_writer/mod.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ impl<W: Write> ArrowWriter<W> {
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let schema = arrow_to_parquet_schema(&arrow_schema)?;
         // add serialized arrow schema
-        let mut props = props.unwrap_or_else(|| WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let mut props = props.unwrap_or_default();
         add_encoded_arrow_schema_to_metadata(&arrow_schema, &mut props);
 
         let max_row_group_size = props.max_row_group_size();
diff --git a/parquet/src/arrow/mod.rs b/parquet/src/arrow/mod.rs
index da7e850c3d60..e5211ec23931 100644
--- a/parquet/src/arrow/mod.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/arrow/mod.rs
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@
 //!
 //! let file = File::create("data.parquet").unwrap();
 //!
-//! // Default writer properties
-//! let props = WriterProperties::builder().build();
-//!
-//! let mut writer = ArrowWriter::try_new(file, batch.schema(), Some(props)).unwrap();
+//! let mut writer = ArrowWriter::try_new(file, batch.schema(), None).unwrap();
 //!
 //! writer.write(&batch).expect("Writing batch");
 //!
diff --git a/parquet/src/column/mod.rs b/parquet/src/column/mod.rs
index cb0c035dd6e2..a68127a4ef05 100644
--- a/parquet/src/column/mod.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/column/mod.rs
@@ -63,9 +63,8 @@
 //!   }
 //! ";
 //! let schema = Arc::new(parse_message_type(message_type).unwrap());
-//! let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
 //! let file = fs::File::create(path).unwrap();
-//! let mut writer = SerializedFileWriter::new(file, schema, props).unwrap();
+//! let mut writer = SerializedFileWriter::new(file, schema, Default::default()).unwrap();
 //!
 //! let mut row_group_writer = writer.next_row_group().unwrap();
 //! while let Some(mut col_writer) = row_group_writer.next_column().unwrap() {
diff --git a/parquet/src/column/writer/mod.rs b/parquet/src/column/writer/mod.rs
index 51e2614993e1..137893092405 100644
--- a/parquet/src/column/writer/mod.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/column/writer/mod.rs
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_column_writer_inconsistent_def_rep_length() {
         let page_writer = get_test_page_writer();
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let mut writer = get_test_column_writer::<Int32Type>(page_writer, 1, 1, props);
         let res = writer.write_batch(&[1, 2, 3, 4], Some(&[1, 1, 1]), Some(&[0, 0]));
         assert!(res.is_err());
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_column_writer_invalid_def_levels() {
         let page_writer = get_test_page_writer();
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let mut writer = get_test_column_writer::<Int32Type>(page_writer, 1, 0, props);
         let res = writer.write_batch(&[1, 2, 3, 4], None, None);
         assert!(res.is_err());
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_column_writer_invalid_rep_levels() {
         let page_writer = get_test_page_writer();
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let mut writer = get_test_column_writer::<Int32Type>(page_writer, 0, 1, props);
         let res = writer.write_batch(&[1, 2, 3, 4], None, None);
         assert!(res.is_err());
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_column_writer_not_enough_values_to_write() {
         let page_writer = get_test_page_writer();
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let mut writer = get_test_column_writer::<Int32Type>(page_writer, 1, 0, props);
         let res = writer.write_batch(&[1, 2], Some(&[1, 1, 1, 1]), None);
         assert!(res.is_err());
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_column_writer_write_only_one_dictionary_page() {
         let page_writer = get_test_page_writer();
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let mut writer = get_test_column_writer::<Int32Type>(page_writer, 0, 0, props);
         writer.write_batch(&[1, 2, 3, 4], None, None).unwrap();
         // First page should be correctly written.
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_column_writer_check_metadata() {
         let page_writer = get_test_page_writer();
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let mut writer = get_test_column_writer::<Int32Type>(page_writer, 0, 0, props);
         writer.write_batch(&[1, 2, 3, 4], None, None).unwrap();
 
@@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_column_writer_check_byte_array_min_max() {
         let page_writer = get_test_page_writer();
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let mut writer =
             get_test_decimals_column_writer::<ByteArrayType>(page_writer, 0, 0, props);
         writer
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_column_writer_uint32_converted_type_min_max() {
         let page_writer = get_test_page_writer();
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let mut writer = get_test_unsigned_int_given_as_converted_column_writer::<
             Int32Type,
         >(page_writer, 0, 0, props);
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(100);
         let mut write = TrackedWrite::new(&mut buf);
         let page_writer = Box::new(SerializedPageWriter::new(&mut write));
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let mut writer = get_test_column_writer::<Int32Type>(page_writer, 0, 0, props);
 
         writer.write_batch(&[1, 2, 3, 4], None, None).unwrap();
@@ -1772,25 +1772,25 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_column_writer_empty_column_roundtrip() {
-        let props = WriterProperties::builder().build();
+        let props = Default::default();
         column_roundtrip::<Int32Type>(props, &[], None, None);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_column_writer_non_nullable_values_roundtrip() {
-        let props = WriterProperties::builder().build();
+        let props = Default::default();
         column_roundtrip_random::<Int32Type>(props, 1024, i32::MIN, i32::MAX, 0, 0);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_column_writer_nullable_non_repeated_values_roundtrip() {
-        let props = WriterProperties::builder().build();
+        let props = Default::default();
         column_roundtrip_random::<Int32Type>(props, 1024, i32::MIN, i32::MAX, 10, 0);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_column_writer_nullable_repeated_values_roundtrip() {
-        let props = WriterProperties::builder().build();
+        let props = Default::default();
         column_roundtrip_random::<Int32Type>(props, 1024, i32::MIN, i32::MAX, 10, 10);
     }
 
@@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ mod tests {
         // write data
         // and check the offset index and column index
         let page_writer = get_test_page_writer();
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let mut writer = get_test_column_writer::<Int32Type>(page_writer, 0, 0, props);
         writer.write_batch(&[1, 2, 3, 4], None, None).unwrap();
         // first page
@@ -2433,7 +2433,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// Write data into parquet using [`get_test_page_writer`] and [`get_test_column_writer`] and returns generated statistics.
     fn statistics_roundtrip<T: DataType>(values: &[<T as DataType>::T]) -> Statistics {
         let page_writer = get_test_page_writer();
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let mut writer = get_test_column_writer::<T>(page_writer, 0, 0, props);
         writer.write_batch(values, None, None).unwrap();
 
diff --git a/parquet/src/file/mod.rs b/parquet/src/file/mod.rs
index 66d8ce48e0a7..fffe383c57ae 100644
--- a/parquet/src/file/mod.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/file/mod.rs
@@ -45,9 +45,8 @@
 //!   }
 //! ";
 //! let schema = Arc::new(parse_message_type(message_type).unwrap());
-//! let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
 //! let file = fs::File::create(&path).unwrap();
-//! let mut writer = SerializedFileWriter::new(file, schema, props).unwrap();
+//! let mut writer = SerializedFileWriter::new(file, schema, Default::default()).unwrap();
 //! let mut row_group_writer = writer.next_row_group().unwrap();
 //! while let Some(mut col_writer) = row_group_writer.next_column().unwrap() {
 //!     // ... write values to a column writer
diff --git a/parquet/src/file/properties.rs b/parquet/src/file/properties.rs
index 1d6f38dcd3c4..c09503987a00 100644
--- a/parquet/src/file/properties.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/file/properties.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 //! };
 //!
 //! // Create properties with default configuration.
-//! let props = WriterProperties::builder().build();
+//! let props = WriterProperties::default();
 //!
 //! // Use properties builder to set certain options and assemble the configuration.
 //! let props = WriterProperties::builder()
@@ -130,7 +130,20 @@ pub struct WriterProperties {
     sorting_columns: Option<Vec<SortingColumn>>,
 }
 
+impl Default for WriterProperties {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::builder().build()
+    }
+}
+
 impl WriterProperties {
+    /// Create a new [`WriterProperties`] with the default settings
+    ///
+    /// See [`WriterProperties::builder`] for customising settings
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::default()
+    }
+
     /// Returns builder for writer properties with default values.
     pub fn builder() -> WriterPropertiesBuilder {
         WriterPropertiesBuilder::with_defaults()
@@ -836,7 +849,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_writer_properties_default_settings() {
-        let props = WriterProperties::builder().build();
+        let props = WriterProperties::default();
         assert_eq!(props.data_pagesize_limit(), DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE);
         assert_eq!(
             props.dictionary_pagesize_limit(),
diff --git a/parquet/src/file/serialized_reader.rs b/parquet/src/file/serialized_reader.rs
index bf843562ed02..782394942df4 100644
--- a/parquet/src/file/serialized_reader.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/file/serialized_reader.rs
@@ -785,7 +785,6 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::file::page_index::index_reader::{
         read_columns_indexes, read_pages_locations,
     };
-    use crate::file::properties::WriterProperties;
     use crate::file::writer::SerializedFileWriter;
     use crate::record::RowAccessor;
     use crate::schema::parser::parse_message_type;
@@ -1716,12 +1715,9 @@ mod tests {
 
         let schema = parse_message_type(message_type).unwrap();
         let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(1024);
-        let mut writer = SerializedFileWriter::new(
-            &mut out,
-            Arc::new(schema),
-            Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build()),
-        )
-        .unwrap();
+        let mut writer =
+            SerializedFileWriter::new(&mut out, Arc::new(schema), Default::default())
+                .unwrap();
 
         let mut r = writer.next_row_group().unwrap();
         let mut c = r.next_column().unwrap().unwrap();
diff --git a/parquet/src/file/writer.rs b/parquet/src/file/writer.rs
index b4ae777bb131..9d0b7e677d10 100644
--- a/parquet/src/file/writer.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/file/writer.rs
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ mod tests {
                 .build()
                 .unwrap(),
         );
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let mut writer = SerializedFileWriter::new(file, schema, props).unwrap();
         let row_group_writer = writer.next_row_group().unwrap();
         let res = row_group_writer.close();
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ mod tests {
                 .build()
                 .unwrap(),
         );
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let mut writer = SerializedFileWriter::new(file, schema, props).unwrap();
         let mut row_group_writer = writer.next_row_group().unwrap();
 
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ mod tests {
                 .build()
                 .unwrap(),
         );
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let writer =
             SerializedFileWriter::new(file.try_clone().unwrap(), schema, props).unwrap();
         writer.close().unwrap();
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ mod tests {
         ";
 
         let schema = Arc::new(parse_message_type(message_type).unwrap());
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let mut writer = SerializedFileWriter::new(vec![], schema, props).unwrap();
         let mut row_group_writer = writer.next_row_group().unwrap();
 
diff --git a/parquet_derive/src/lib.rs b/parquet_derive/src/lib.rs
index 6525513cbaa1..a09b3b65233b 100644
--- a/parquet_derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/parquet_derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ mod parquet_field;
 ///
 ///  let schema = samples.as_slice().schema();
 ///
-///  let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
-///  let mut writer = SerializedFileWriter::new(file, schema, props).unwrap();
+///  let mut writer = SerializedFileWriter::new(file, schema, Default::default()).unwrap();
 ///
 ///  let mut row_group = writer.next_row_group().unwrap();
 ///  samples.as_slice().write_to_row_group(&mut row_group).unwrap();
diff --git a/parquet_derive_test/src/lib.rs b/parquet_derive_test/src/lib.rs
index 2aa174974aba..d2cf9efb1db6 100644
--- a/parquet_derive_test/src/lib.rs
+++ b/parquet_derive_test/src/lib.rs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert_eq!(&schema, &generated_schema);
 
-        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let props = Default::default();
         let mut writer =
             SerializedFileWriter::new(file, generated_schema, props).unwrap();