diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a78343e369..fee1981d32 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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- "polars-io 0.38.3",
- "polars-ops 0.38.3",
- "polars-plan 0.38.3",
- "polars-utils 0.38.3",
+ "polars",
+ "polars-arrow",
+ "polars-io",
+ "polars-ops",
+ "polars-plan",
+ "polars-utils",
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- "polars-ops 0.39.1",
- "polars-plan 0.39.1",
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+ "polars",
+ "polars-arrow",
+ "polars-io",
+ "polars-ops",
+ "polars-plan",
+ "polars-utils",
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- "polars-sql 0.39.1",
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- "polars-utils 0.39.1",
+ "polars-arrow",
+ "polars-core",
+ "polars-error",
+ "polars-io",
+ "polars-lazy",
+ "polars-ops",
+ "polars-parquet",
+ "polars-sql",
+ "polars-time",
+ "polars-utils",
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- "polars-utils 0.39.1",
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+ "polars-utils",
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+ "polars-error",
+ "polars-row",
+ "polars-utils",
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+ "polars-io",
+ "polars-json",
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+ "polars-time",
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+ "polars-error",
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- "polars-error 0.39.1",
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@@ -4554,31 +4286,6 @@ dependencies = [
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+ "polars-io",
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+ "polars-core",
+ "polars-io",
+ "polars-json",
+ "polars-ops",
+ "polars-parquet",
+ "polars-time",
+ "polars-utils",
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-version = "0.38.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "694656a7d2b0cd8f07660dbc8d0fb7a81066ff57a452264907531d805c1e58c4"
-dependencies = [
- "ahash 0.8.11",
- "bytemuck",
- "hashbrown 0.14.3",
- "indexmap",
- "num-traits",
- "once_cell",
- "polars-error 0.38.3",
- "raw-cpuid",
- "rayon",
- "smartstring",
- "sysinfo",
- "version_check",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-utils"
 version = "0.39.1"
@@ -4794,7 +4403,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "num-traits",
  "once_cell",
- "polars-error 0.39.1",
+ "polars-error",
  "raw-cpuid",
  "rayon",
  "smartstring",
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/Cargo.toml
index 352d23f96d..bc07e1c4d8 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ num = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 # keep sqlparser at 0.39.0 until we can update polars
 sqlparser = { version = "0.45", optional = true }
-polars-io = { version = "0.38", features = ["avro"], optional = true }
-polars-arrow = { version = "0.38", optional = true }
-polars-ops = { version = "0.38", optional = true }
-polars-plan = { version = "0.38", features = ["regex"], optional = true }
-polars-utils = { version = "0.38", optional = true }
+polars-io = { version = "0.39", features = ["avro"], optional = true }
+polars-arrow = { version = "0.39", optional = true }
+polars-ops = { version = "0.39", optional = true }
+polars-plan = { version = "0.39", features = ["regex"], optional = true }
+polars-utils = { version = "0.39", optional = true }
 
 [dependencies.polars]
 features = [
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ features = [
 ]
 default-features = false
 optional = true
-version = "0.38"
+version = "0.39"
 
 [features]
 dataframe = ["num", "polars", "polars-io", "polars-arrow", "polars-ops", "polars-plan", "polars-utils", "sqlparser"]
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/eager/open.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/eager/open.rs
index 27fb5ab098..38d0d0c49f 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/eager/open.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/eager/open.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use polars::prelude::{
     CsvEncoding, CsvReader, IpcReader, JsonFormat, JsonReader, LazyCsvReader, LazyFileListReader,
     LazyFrame, ParallelStrategy, ParquetReader, ScanArgsIpc, ScanArgsParquet, SerReader,
 };
-use polars_io::avro::AvroReader;
+use polars_io::{avro::AvroReader, HiveOptions};
 use std::{fs::File, io::BufReader, path::PathBuf};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ fn from_parquet(
             low_memory: false,
             cloud_options: None,
             use_statistics: false,
-            hive_partitioning: false,
+            hive_options: HiveOptions::default(),
         };
 
         let df: NuLazyFrame = LazyFrame::scan_parquet(file, args)
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ fn from_ipc(
             cache: true,
             rechunk: false,
             row_index: None,
-            memmap: true,
+            memory_map: true,
+            cloud_options: None,
         };
 
         let df: NuLazyFrame = LazyFrame::scan_ipc(file, args)
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/lazy/sort_by_expr.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/lazy/sort_by_expr.rs
index 7f8ad26317..2e109338a9 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/lazy/sort_by_expr.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/lazy/sort_by_expr.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::dataframe::values::{Column, NuDataFrame, NuExpression, NuLazyFrame};
 use nu_engine::command_prelude::*;
+use polars::chunked_array::ops::SortMultipleOptions;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct LazySortBy;
@@ -126,11 +127,17 @@ impl Command for LazySortBy {
             None => expressions.iter().map(|_| false).collect::<Vec<bool>>(),
         };
 
+        let sort_options = SortMultipleOptions {
+            descending: reverse,
+            nulls_last,
+            multithreaded: true,
+            maintain_order,
+        };
+
         let lazy = NuLazyFrame::try_from_pipeline(input, call.head)?;
         let lazy = NuLazyFrame::new(
             lazy.from_eager,
-            lazy.into_polars()
-                .sort_by_exprs(&expressions, reverse, nulls_last, maintain_order),
+            lazy.into_polars().sort_by_exprs(&expressions, sort_options),
         );
 
         Ok(PipelineData::Value(
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/mod.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/mod.rs
index b59175a404..8b828aee50 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ pub use operations::Axis;
 use super::{nu_schema::NuSchema, utils::DEFAULT_ROWS, NuLazyFrame};
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use nu_protocol::{did_you_mean, PipelineData, Record, ShellError, Span, Value};
-use polars::prelude::{DataFrame, DataType, IntoLazy, LazyFrame, PolarsObject, Series};
+use polars::{
+    chunked_array::ops::SortMultipleOptions,
+    prelude::{DataFrame, DataType, IntoLazy, LazyFrame, PolarsObject, Series},
+};
 use polars_plan::prelude::{lit, Expr, Null};
 use polars_utils::total_ord::{TotalEq, TotalHash};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -488,12 +491,18 @@ impl NuDataFrame {
             .expect("already checked that dataframe is different than 0");
 
         // if unable to sort, then unable to compare
-        let lhs = match self.as_ref().sort(vec![*first_col], false, false) {
+        let lhs = match self
+            .as_ref()
+            .sort(vec![*first_col], SortMultipleOptions::default())
+        {
             Ok(df) => df,
             Err(_) => return None,
         };
 
-        let rhs = match other.as_ref().sort(vec![*first_col], false, false) {
+        let rhs = match other
+            .as_ref()
+            .sort(vec![*first_col], SortMultipleOptions::default())
+        {
             Ok(df) => df,
             Err(_) => return None,
         };
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/values/nu_expression/mod.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/values/nu_expression/mod.rs
index 664beb929c..8646cdefd0 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/values/nu_expression/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-dataframe/src/dataframe/values/nu_expression/mod.rs
@@ -313,11 +313,15 @@ pub fn expr_to_value(expr: &Expr, span: Span) -> Result<Value, ShellError> {
         Expr::SortBy {
             expr,
             by,
-            descending,
+            sort_options,
         } => {
             let by: Result<Vec<Value>, ShellError> =
                 by.iter().map(|b| expr_to_value(b, span)).collect();
-            let descending: Vec<Value> = descending.iter().map(|r| Value::bool(*r, span)).collect();
+            let descending: Vec<Value> = sort_options
+                .descending
+                .iter()
+                .map(|r| Value::bool(*r, span))
+                .collect();
 
             Ok(Value::record(
                 record! {