diff --git a/sdks/java/extensions/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/avro/schemas/utils/AvroUtils.java b/sdks/java/extensions/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/avro/schemas/utils/AvroUtils.java
index 854b0d3c8bb0..3c9064466d52 100644
--- a/sdks/java/extensions/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/avro/schemas/utils/AvroUtils.java
+++ b/sdks/java/extensions/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/avro/schemas/utils/AvroUtils.java
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ private static org.apache.avro.Schema getFieldSchema(
           return Days.daysBetween(Instant.EPOCH, (Instant) value).getDays();
         } else if (SqlTypes.DATE.getIdentifier().equals(identifier)) {
           // portable SqlTypes.DATE is backed by java.time.LocalDate
-          return ((java.time.LocalDate) value).toEpochDay();
+          return (int) ((java.time.LocalDate) value).toEpochDay();
         } else if ("TIME".equals(identifier)) {
           return (int) ((Instant) value).getMillis();
         } else if (SqlTypes.TIMESTAMP.getIdentifier().equals(identifier)) {
diff --git a/sdks/java/extensions/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/avro/schemas/utils/AvroUtilsTest.java b/sdks/java/extensions/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/avro/schemas/utils/AvroUtilsTest.java
index 6db5206c3cf6..d2452452f14f 100644
--- a/sdks/java/extensions/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/avro/schemas/utils/AvroUtilsTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/extensions/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/avro/schemas/utils/AvroUtilsTest.java
@@ -1077,7 +1077,9 @@ public void testSqlTypesToGenericRecord() {
 
     org.apache.avro.Schema avroSchema = AvroUtils.toAvroSchema(beamSchema);
     GenericRecord expectedRecord =
-        new GenericRecordBuilder(avroSchema).set("local_date", localDate.toEpochDay()).build();
+        new GenericRecordBuilder(avroSchema)
+            .set("local_date", (int) localDate.toEpochDay())
+            .build();
 
     assertEquals(expectedRecord, AvroUtils.toGenericRecord(rowData, avroSchema));
   }