diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1e88da627578..ba0dcfffae3c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ thiserror = "1"
 url = "2.3.1"
 version_check = "0.9.4"
 simdutf8 = "0.1.4"
+hex = "0.4.3"
+base64 = "0.21.2"
+
 
 xxhash-rust = { version = "0.8.6", features = ["xxh3"] }
 polars-core = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars-core", default-features = false }
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ polars = { version = "0.33.2", path = "crates/polars", default-features = false
 
 [workspace.dependencies.arrow]
 package = "nano-arrow"
-version = "0.0.0"
+version = "0.1.0"
 path = "crates/nano-arrow"
 default-features = false
 features = [
diff --git a/py-polars/Cargo.lock b/py-polars/Cargo.lock
index 80af294ee9f7..afc663fa19f4 100644
--- a/py-polars/Cargo.lock
+++ b/py-polars/Cargo.lock
@@ -96,42 +96,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "arrow2"
-version = "0.18.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "963fef509b757bcbbf9e5ffa23bcb345614d99f4f6f531f97417b27b8604d389"
-dependencies = [
- "ahash",
- "arrow-format",
- "avro-schema",
- "base64",
- "bytemuck",
- "chrono",
- "chrono-tz",
- "dyn-clone",
- "either",
- "ethnum",
- "fallible-streaming-iterator",
- "foreign_vec",
- "futures",
- "getrandom",
- "hash_hasher",
- "hashbrown 0.14.0",
- "lexical-core",
- "lz4",
- "multiversion",
- "num-traits",
- "parquet2",
- "regex",
- "regex-syntax",
- "rustc_version",
- "simdutf8",
- "streaming-iterator",
- "strength_reduce",
- "zstd",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "async-stream"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -718,12 +682,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hash_hasher"
-version = "2.0.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "74721d007512d0cb3338cd20f0654ac913920061a4c4d0d8708edb3f2a698c0c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.13.2"
@@ -1168,6 +1126,39 @@ dependencies = [
  "target-features",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nano-arrow"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+ "arrow-format",
+ "avro-schema",
+ "base64",
+ "bytemuck",
+ "chrono",
+ "chrono-tz",
+ "dyn-clone",
+ "either",
+ "ethnum",
+ "fallible-streaming-iterator",
+ "foreign_vec",
+ "futures",
+ "getrandom",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.0",
+ "lexical-core",
+ "lz4",
+ "multiversion",
+ "num-traits",
+ "parquet2",
+ "regex",
+ "regex-syntax",
+ "rustc_version",
+ "simdutf8",
+ "streaming-iterator",
+ "strength_reduce",
+ "zstd",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ndarray"
 version = "0.15.6"
@@ -1417,13 +1408,13 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "polars-arrow"
 version = "0.33.2"
 dependencies = [
- "arrow2",
  "atoi",
  "chrono",
  "chrono-tz",
  "ethnum",
  "hashbrown 0.14.0",
  "multiversion",
+ "nano-arrow",
  "num-traits",
  "polars-error",
  "serde",
@@ -1436,7 +1427,6 @@ name = "polars-core"
 version = "0.33.2"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
- "arrow2",
  "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "chrono",
  "chrono-tz",
@@ -1445,6 +1435,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.14.0",
  "indexmap",
  "itoap",
+ "nano-arrow",
  "ndarray",
  "num-traits",
  "once_cell",
@@ -1468,7 +1459,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "polars-error"
 version = "0.33.2"
 dependencies = [
- "arrow2",
+ "nano-arrow",
  "regex",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -1477,7 +1468,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "polars-ffi"
 version = "0.33.2"
 dependencies = [
- "arrow2",
+ "nano-arrow",
  "polars-core",
 ]
 
@@ -1486,7 +1477,6 @@ name = "polars-io"
 version = "0.33.2"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
- "arrow2",
  "bytes",
  "chrono",
  "chrono-tz",
@@ -1497,6 +1487,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lexical-core",
  "memchr",
  "memmap2",
+ "nano-arrow",
  "num-traits",
  "once_cell",
  "polars-arrow",
@@ -1518,10 +1509,10 @@ name = "polars-json"
 version = "0.33.2"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
- "arrow2",
  "fallible-streaming-iterator",
  "hashbrown 0.14.0",
  "indexmap",
+ "nano-arrow",
  "num-traits",
  "polars-arrow",
  "polars-error",
@@ -1557,7 +1548,6 @@ name = "polars-ops"
 version = "0.33.2"
 dependencies = [
  "argminmax",
- "arrow2",
  "base64",
  "chrono",
  "chrono-tz",
@@ -1566,6 +1556,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "jsonpath_lib",
  "memchr",
+ "nano-arrow",
  "polars-arrow",
  "polars-core",
  "polars-json",
@@ -1603,11 +1594,11 @@ name = "polars-plan"
 version = "0.33.2"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
- "arrow2",
  "chrono",
  "chrono-tz",
  "ciborium",
  "libloading",
+ "nano-arrow",
  "once_cell",
  "polars-arrow",
  "polars-core",
@@ -1629,7 +1620,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "polars-row"
 version = "0.33.2"
 dependencies = [
- "arrow2",
+ "nano-arrow",
  "polars-error",
  "polars-utils",
 ]
@@ -1651,10 +1642,10 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "polars-time"
 version = "0.33.2"
 dependencies = [
- "arrow2",
  "atoi",
  "chrono",
  "chrono-tz",
+ "nano-arrow",
  "now",
  "once_cell",
  "polars-arrow",