diff --git a/datafusion/spark/src/function/datetime/next_day.rs b/datafusion/spark/src/function/datetime/next_day.rs
index 72a0c830ffb25..2acd295f8f142 100644
--- a/datafusion/spark/src/function/datetime/next_day.rs
+++ b/datafusion/spark/src/function/datetime/next_day.rs
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ use std::any::Any;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use arrow::array::{ArrayRef, AsArray, Date32Array, StringArrayType, new_null_array};
-use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Date32Type};
+use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Date32Type, Field, FieldRef};
 use chrono::{Datelike, Duration, Weekday};
-use datafusion_common::{Result, ScalarValue, exec_err};
+use datafusion_common::{Result, ScalarValue, exec_err, internal_err};
 use datafusion_expr::{
-    ColumnarValue, ScalarFunctionArgs, ScalarUDFImpl, Signature, Volatility,
+    ColumnarValue, ReturnFieldArgs, ScalarFunctionArgs, ScalarUDFImpl, Signature,
+    Volatility,
 };
 
 /// <https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/api/sql/index.html#next_day>
@@ -63,7 +64,13 @@ impl ScalarUDFImpl for SparkNextDay {
     }
 
     fn return_type(&self, _arg_types: &[DataType]) -> Result<DataType> {
-        Ok(DataType::Date32)
+        internal_err!("return_field_from_args should be used instead")
+    }
+
+    fn return_field_from_args(&self, _args: ReturnFieldArgs) -> Result<FieldRef> {
+        // Spark marks next_day as always nullable because invalid day_of_week values
+        // can yield NULL even when inputs are non-null.
+        Ok(Arc::new(Field::new(self.name(), DataType::Date32, true)))
     }
 
     fn invoke_with_args(&self, args: ScalarFunctionArgs) -> Result<ColumnarValue> {
@@ -245,3 +252,40 @@ fn spark_next_day(days: i32, day_of_week: &str) -> Option<i32> {
         None
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use datafusion_expr::ReturnFieldArgs;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn return_type_is_not_used() {
+        let func = SparkNextDay::new();
+        let err = func
+            .return_type(&[DataType::Date32, DataType::Utf8])
+            .unwrap_err();
+        assert!(
+            err.to_string()
+                .contains("return_field_from_args should be used instead")
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn next_day_is_always_nullable() {
+        let func = SparkNextDay::new();
+        let date_field: FieldRef =
+            Arc::new(Field::new("start_date", DataType::Date32, false));
+        let day_field: FieldRef =
+            Arc::new(Field::new("day_of_week", DataType::Utf8, false));
+
+        let field = func
+            .return_field_from_args(ReturnFieldArgs {
+                arg_fields: &[Arc::clone(&date_field), Arc::clone(&day_field)],
+                scalar_arguments: &[None, None],
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(field.data_type(), &DataType::Date32);
+        assert!(field.is_nullable());
+    }
+}