diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index bef1c8415833..814b657c8614 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
+#-AL- TEMP change to invoke CI
+
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.25)
 message(STATUS "Building using CMake version: ${CMAKE_VERSION}")
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/src/arrow/CMakeLists.txt
index 42b0bcc151c4..5c2a2e6534b1 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
+#-AL- TEMP change to invoke CI
+
 add_custom_target(arrow-all)
 add_custom_target(arrow)
 add_custom_target(arrow-benchmarks)