diff --git a/polars/polars-arrow/Cargo.toml b/polars/polars-arrow/Cargo.toml
index c1f58895c006..198b5724db87 100644
--- a/polars/polars-arrow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/polars/polars-arrow/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = "Arrow interfaces for Polars DataFrame library"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-arrow = { package = "arrow2", git = "https://github.com/jorgecarleitao/arrow2", rev = "ddede6c9063a843fd60b793ba9d761653d020e6a", default-features = false }
+arrow = { package = "arrow2", git = "https://github.com/jorgecarleitao/arrow2", rev = "e478619ef1f07c472b4e5daa35bfa08dbd87591d", default-features = false }
 # arrow = { package = "arrow2", git = "https://github.com/ritchie46/arrow2", branch = "polars", default-features = false }
 # arrow = { package = "arrow2", version = "0.10", default-features = false, features = ["compute_concatenate"] }
 hashbrown = "0.12"
diff --git a/polars/polars-core/Cargo.toml b/polars/polars-core/Cargo.toml
index fa2fe1dacab5..98229b90bff7 100644
--- a/polars/polars-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/polars/polars-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ thiserror = "^1.0"
 package = "arrow2"
 git = "https://github.com/jorgecarleitao/arrow2"
 # git = "https://github.com/ritchie46/arrow2"
-rev = "ddede6c9063a843fd60b793ba9d761653d020e6a"
+rev = "e478619ef1f07c472b4e5daa35bfa08dbd87591d"
 # branch = "polars"
 version = "0.10"
 default-features = false
diff --git a/polars/polars-io/Cargo.toml b/polars/polars-io/Cargo.toml
index 0b34f6845326..19fb82f08349 100644
--- a/polars/polars-io/Cargo.toml
+++ b/polars/polars-io/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ private = ["polars-time/private"]
 [dependencies]
 ahash = "0.7"
 anyhow = "1.0"
-arrow = { package = "arrow2", git = "https://github.com/jorgecarleitao/arrow2", rev = "ddede6c9063a843fd60b793ba9d761653d020e6a", default-features = false }
+arrow = { package = "arrow2", git = "https://github.com/jorgecarleitao/arrow2", rev = "e478619ef1f07c472b4e5daa35bfa08dbd87591d", default-features = false }
 # arrow = { package = "arrow2", git = "https://github.com/ritchie46/arrow2", branch = "polars", default-features = false }
 # arrow = { package = "arrow2", version = "0.10", default-features = false }
 csv-core = { version = "0.1.10", optional = true }
diff --git a/polars/polars-io/src/parquet/predicates.rs b/polars/polars-io/src/parquet/predicates.rs
index c6e5927024c7..28dc89321b3d 100644
--- a/polars/polars-io/src/parquet/predicates.rs
+++ b/polars/polars-io/src/parquet/predicates.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use crate::ArrowResult;
-use arrow::io::parquet::read::statistics::{
-    deserialize_statistics, PrimitiveStatistics, Statistics, Utf8Statistics,
-};
-use arrow::io::parquet::read::ColumnChunkMetaData;
+use arrow::array::{Array, ArrayRef};
+use arrow::compute::concatenate::concatenate;
+use arrow::io::parquet::read::statistics::{self, deserialize, Statistics};
+use arrow::io::parquet::read::RowGroupMetaData;
 use polars_core::prelude::*;
 
 /// The statistics for a column in a Parquet file
@@ -11,79 +11,37 @@ use polars_core::prelude::*;
 /// - min value
 /// - null_count
 #[cfg_attr(debug_assertions, derive(Debug))]
-pub struct ColumnStats(Box<dyn Statistics>);
+pub struct ColumnStats(Statistics, Field);
 
 impl ColumnStats {
     pub fn dtype(&self) -> DataType {
-        self.0.data_type().into()
+        self.1.data_type().clone()
     }
 
     pub fn null_count(&self) -> Option<usize> {
-        self.0.null_count().map(|v| v as usize)
+        match &self.0.null_count {
+            statistics::Count::Single(arr) => {
+                if arr.is_valid(0) {
+                    Some(arr.value(0) as usize)
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            }
+            _ => None,
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn to_min_max(&self) -> Option<Series> {
-        let name = "";
-        use DataType::*;
-        let s = match self.dtype() {
-            Float64 => {
-                let stats = self
-                    .0
-                    .as_any()
-                    .downcast_ref::<PrimitiveStatistics<f64>>()
-                    .unwrap();
-                Series::new(name, [stats.min_value, stats.max_value])
-            }
-            Float32 => {
-                let stats = self
-                    .0
-                    .as_any()
-                    .downcast_ref::<PrimitiveStatistics<f32>>()
-                    .unwrap();
-                Series::new(name, [stats.min_value, stats.max_value])
-            }
-            Int64 => {
-                let stats = self
-                    .0
-                    .as_any()
-                    .downcast_ref::<PrimitiveStatistics<i64>>()
-                    .unwrap();
-                Series::new(name, [stats.min_value, stats.max_value])
-            }
-            Int32 => {
-                let stats = self
-                    .0
-                    .as_any()
-                    .downcast_ref::<PrimitiveStatistics<i32>>()
-                    .unwrap();
-                Series::new(name, [stats.min_value, stats.max_value])
-            }
-            UInt32 => {
-                let stats = self
-                    .0
-                    .as_any()
-                    .downcast_ref::<PrimitiveStatistics<u32>>()
-                    .unwrap();
-                Series::new(name, [stats.min_value, stats.max_value])
-            }
-            UInt64 => {
-                let stats = self
-                    .0
-                    .as_any()
-                    .downcast_ref::<PrimitiveStatistics<u64>>()
-                    .unwrap();
-                Series::new(name, [stats.min_value, stats.max_value])
-            }
-            Utf8 => {
-                let stats = self.0.as_any().downcast_ref::<Utf8Statistics>().unwrap();
-                Series::new(
-                    name,
-                    [stats.min_value.as_deref(), stats.max_value.as_deref()],
-                )
-            }
-            _ => return None,
-        };
-        Some(s)
+        let max_val = &*self.0.max_value;
+        let min_val = &*self.0.min_value;
+
+        let dtype = DataType::from(min_val.data_type());
+        if dtype.is_numeric() || matches!(dtype, DataType::Utf8) {
+            let arr = concatenate(&[min_val, max_val]).unwrap();
+            Some(Series::try_from(("", Arc::from(arr) as ArrayRef)).unwrap())
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -105,17 +63,16 @@ impl BatchStats {
 
 /// Collect the statistics in a column chunk.
 pub(crate) fn collect_statistics(
-    md: &[ColumnChunkMetaData],
+    md: &[RowGroupMetaData],
     arrow_schema: &ArrowSchema,
 ) -> ArrowResult<Option<BatchStats>> {
     let mut schema = Schema::with_capacity(arrow_schema.fields.len());
     let mut stats = vec![];
 
     for fld in &arrow_schema.fields {
-        for st in deserialize_statistics(fld, md)?.into_iter().flatten() {
-            schema.with_column(fld.name.to_string(), (&fld.data_type).into());
-            stats.push(ColumnStats(st));
-        }
+        let st = deserialize(fld, md)?;
+        schema.with_column(fld.name.to_string(), (&fld.data_type).into());
+        stats.push(ColumnStats(st, Field::from(fld)));
     }
 
     Ok(if stats.is_empty() {
diff --git a/polars/polars-io/src/parquet/read_impl.rs b/polars/polars-io/src/parquet/read_impl.rs
index e3a2278b1aa4..45a8765c4ad1 100644
--- a/polars/polars-io/src/parquet/read_impl.rs
+++ b/polars/polars-io/src/parquet/read_impl.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ pub fn read_parquet<R: MmapBytesReader>(
         let current_row_count = md.num_rows() as u32;
         if let Some(pred) = &predicate {
             if let Some(pred) = pred.as_stats_evaluator() {
-                if let Some(stats) = collect_statistics(md.columns(), schema)? {
+                if let Some(stats) = collect_statistics(&file_metadata.row_groups, schema)? {
                     let should_read = pred.should_read(&stats);
                     // a parquet file may not have statistics of all columns
                     if matches!(should_read, Ok(false)) {
diff --git a/polars/polars-io/src/parquet/write.rs b/polars/polars-io/src/parquet/write.rs
index 0afc11ff3f00..68f68458d4b6 100644
--- a/polars/polars-io/src/parquet/write.rs
+++ b/polars/polars-io/src/parquet/write.rs
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ impl FallibleStreamingIterator for Bla {
 #[must_use]
 pub struct ParquetWriter<W> {
     writer: W,
-    compression: write::Compression,
+    compression: write::CompressionOptions,
     statistics: bool,
 }
 
-pub use write::Compression as ParquetCompression;
+pub use write::CompressionOptions as ParquetCompression;
 
 impl<W> ParquetWriter<W>
 where
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ where
     {
         ParquetWriter {
             writer,
-            compression: write::Compression::Snappy,
+            compression: write::CompressionOptions::Lz4Raw,
             statistics: false,
         }
     }
 
-    /// Set the compression used. Defaults to `Snappy`.
-    pub fn with_compression(mut self, compression: write::Compression) -> Self {
+    /// Set the compression used. Defaults to `Lz4Raw`.
+    pub fn with_compression(mut self, compression: write::CompressionOptions) -> Self {
         self.compression = compression;
         self
     }
diff --git a/polars/polars-lazy/src/physical_plan/expressions/binary.rs b/polars/polars-lazy/src/physical_plan/expressions/binary.rs
index afc2daae439e..b28ab005d242 100644
--- a/polars/polars-lazy/src/physical_plan/expressions/binary.rs
+++ b/polars/polars-lazy/src/physical_plan/expressions/binary.rs
@@ -419,9 +419,16 @@ mod stats {
             let fld_l = self.left.to_field(schema)?;
             let fld_r = self.right.to_field(schema)?;
 
-            debug_assert_eq!(fld_l.data_type(), fld_r.data_type(), "implementation error");
-            if fld_l.data_type() != fld_r.data_type() {
-                return Ok(true);
+            #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+            {
+                match (fld_l.data_type(), fld_r.data_type()) {
+                    #[cfg(feature = "dtype-categorical")]
+                    (DataType::Utf8, DataType::Categorical(_)) => {}
+                    #[cfg(feature = "dtype-categorical")]
+                    (DataType::Categorical(_), DataType::Utf8) => {}
+                    (l, r) if l != r => panic!("implementation error: {:?}, {:?}", l, r),
+                    _ => {}
+                }
             }
 
             let dummy = DataFrame::new_no_checks(vec![]);
diff --git a/py-polars/Cargo.lock b/py-polars/Cargo.lock
index ced3f3d1fd8b..ac70cd304dcc 100644
--- a/py-polars/Cargo.lock
+++ b/py-polars/Cargo.lock
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "arrow2"
 version = "0.10.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/jorgecarleitao/arrow2?rev=ddede6c9063a843fd60b793ba9d761653d020e6a#ddede6c9063a843fd60b793ba9d761653d020e6a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/jorgecarleitao/arrow2?rev=e478619ef1f07c472b4e5daa35bfa08dbd87591d#e478619ef1f07c472b4e5daa35bfa08dbd87591d"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-format",
  "avro-schema",
@@ -1099,9 +1099,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "parquet2"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "770387177ba511db3839e8f243d82f483ecdfdc3619a67a41d29fdd23f355127"
+checksum = "98f99f9724402d81faadd9cfa1e8dc78055fd0ddfdbefb7adab3a3a13e893408"
 dependencies = [
  "async-stream",
  "bitpacking",
diff --git a/py-polars/src/dataframe.rs b/py-polars/src/dataframe.rs
index 610d9ff5881d..f0f2916b9a94 100644
--- a/py-polars/src/dataframe.rs
+++ b/py-polars/src/dataframe.rs
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ impl PyDataFrame {
             "lzo" => ParquetCompression::Lzo,
             "brotli" => ParquetCompression::Brotli,
             "lz4" => ParquetCompression::Lz4Raw,
-            "zstd" => ParquetCompression::Zstd,
+            "zstd" => ParquetCompression::Zstd(None),
             s => return Err(PyPolarsErr::Other(format!("compression {} not supported", s)).into()),
         };