diff --git a/datafusion/functions-nested/src/map_values.rs b/datafusion/functions-nested/src/map_values.rs
index f82e4bfa1a89..bd313aa9ed48 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions-nested/src/map_values.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions-nested/src/map_values.rs
@@ -19,15 +19,16 @@
 
 use crate::utils::{get_map_entry_field, make_scalar_function};
 use arrow::array::{Array, ArrayRef, ListArray};
-use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field};
+use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field, FieldRef};
 use datafusion_common::utils::take_function_args;
-use datafusion_common::{cast::as_map_array, exec_err, Result};
+use datafusion_common::{cast::as_map_array, exec_err, internal_err, Result};
 use datafusion_expr::{
     ArrayFunctionSignature, ColumnarValue, Documentation, ScalarUDFImpl, Signature,
     TypeSignature, Volatility,
 };
 use datafusion_macros::user_doc;
 use std::any::Any;
+use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 make_udf_expr_and_func!(
@@ -91,13 +92,22 @@ impl ScalarUDFImpl for MapValuesFunc {
         &self.signature
     }
 
-    fn return_type(&self, arg_types: &[DataType]) -> Result<DataType> {
-        let [map_type] = take_function_args(self.name(), arg_types)?;
-        let map_fields = get_map_entry_field(map_type)?;
-        Ok(DataType::List(Arc::new(Field::new_list_field(
-            map_fields.last().unwrap().data_type().clone(),
-            true,
-        ))))
+    fn return_type(&self, _arg_types: &[DataType]) -> Result<DataType> {
+        internal_err!("return_field_from_args should be used instead")
+    }
+
+    fn return_field_from_args(
+        &self,
+        args: datafusion_expr::ReturnFieldArgs,
+    ) -> Result<Field> {
+        let [map_type] = take_function_args(self.name(), args.arg_fields)?;
+
+        Ok(Field::new(
+            self.name(),
+            DataType::List(get_map_values_field_as_list_field(map_type.data_type())?),
+            // Nullable if the map is nullable
+            args.arg_fields.iter().any(|x| x.is_nullable()),
+        ))
     }
 
     fn invoke_with_args(
@@ -121,9 +131,137 @@ fn map_values_inner(args: &[ArrayRef]) -> Result<ArrayRef> {
     };
 
     Ok(Arc::new(ListArray::new(
-        Arc::new(Field::new_list_field(map_array.value_type().clone(), true)),
+        get_map_values_field_as_list_field(map_arg.data_type())?,
         map_array.offsets().clone(),
         Arc::clone(map_array.values()),
         map_array.nulls().cloned(),
     )))
 }
+
+fn get_map_values_field_as_list_field(map_type: &DataType) -> Result<FieldRef> {
+    let map_fields = get_map_entry_field(map_type)?;
+
+    let values_field = map_fields
+        .last()
+        .unwrap()
+        .deref()
+        .clone()
+        .with_name(Field::LIST_FIELD_DEFAULT_NAME);
+
+    Ok(Arc::new(values_field))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::map_values::MapValuesFunc;
+    use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field};
+    use datafusion_common::ScalarValue;
+    use datafusion_expr::ScalarUDFImpl;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn return_type_field() {
+        fn get_map_field(
+            is_map_nullable: bool,
+            is_keys_nullable: bool,
+            is_values_nullable: bool,
+        ) -> Field {
+            Field::new_map(
+                "something",
+                "entries",
+                Arc::new(Field::new("keys", DataType::Utf8, is_keys_nullable)),
+                Arc::new(Field::new(
+                    "values",
+                    DataType::LargeUtf8,
+                    is_values_nullable,
+                )),
+                false,
+                is_map_nullable,
+            )
+        }
+
+        fn get_list_field(
+            name: &str,
+            is_list_nullable: bool,
+            list_item_type: DataType,
+            is_list_items_nullable: bool,
+        ) -> Field {
+            Field::new_list(
+                name,
+                Arc::new(Field::new_list_field(
+                    list_item_type,
+                    is_list_items_nullable,
+                )),
+                is_list_nullable,
+            )
+        }
+
+        fn get_return_field(field: Field) -> Field {
+            let func = MapValuesFunc::new();
+            let args = datafusion_expr::ReturnFieldArgs {
+                arg_fields: &[field],
+                scalar_arguments: &[None::<&ScalarValue>],
+            };
+
+            func.return_field_from_args(args).unwrap()
+        }
+
+        // Test cases:
+        //
+        // |                      Input Map                         ||                   Expected Output                     |
+        // | ------------------------------------------------------ || ----------------------------------------------------- |
+        // | map nullable | map keys nullable | map values nullable || expected list nullable | expected list items nullable |
+        // | ------------ | ----------------- | ------------------- || ---------------------- | ---------------------------- |
+        // | false        | false             | false               || false                  | false                        |
+        // | false        | false             | true                || false                  | true                         |
+        // | false        | true              | false               || false                  | false                        |
+        // | false        | true              | true                || false                  | true                         |
+        // | true         | false             | false               || true                   | false                        |
+        // | true         | false             | true                || true                   | true                         |
+        // | true         | true              | false               || true                   | false                        |
+        // | true         | true              | true                || true                   | true                         |
+        //
+        // ---------------
+        // We added the key nullability to show that it does not affect the nullability of the list or the list items.
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            get_return_field(get_map_field(false, false, false)),
+            get_list_field("map_values", false, DataType::LargeUtf8, false)
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            get_return_field(get_map_field(false, false, true)),
+            get_list_field("map_values", false, DataType::LargeUtf8, true)
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            get_return_field(get_map_field(false, true, false)),
+            get_list_field("map_values", false, DataType::LargeUtf8, false)
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            get_return_field(get_map_field(false, true, true)),
+            get_list_field("map_values", false, DataType::LargeUtf8, true)
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            get_return_field(get_map_field(true, false, false)),
+            get_list_field("map_values", true, DataType::LargeUtf8, false)
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            get_return_field(get_map_field(true, false, true)),
+            get_list_field("map_values", true, DataType::LargeUtf8, true)
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            get_return_field(get_map_field(true, true, false)),
+            get_list_field("map_values", true, DataType::LargeUtf8, false)
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            get_return_field(get_map_field(true, true, true)),
+            get_list_field("map_values", true, DataType::LargeUtf8, true)
+        );
+    }
+}