diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/command/data/select.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/command/data/select.rs
index 8c9a135f4b..6bcadb9d2b 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/command/data/select.rs
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/command/data/select.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ impl PluginCommand for LazySelect {
             },
             Example {
                 description: "Select a column from a dataframe using a mix of expressions and record of expressions",
-                example: "[[a b]; [6 2] [4 2] [2 2]] | polars into-df | polars select a b {c: ((polars col a) * 2)}",
+                example: "[[a b]; [6 2] [4 2] [2 2]] | polars into-df | polars select a b {c: ((polars col a) ** 2)}",
                 result: Some(
                     NuDataFrame::try_from_columns(
                         vec![
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ impl PluginCommand for LazySelect {
                             vec![Value::test_int(2), Value::test_int(2), Value::test_int(2)]),
                             Column::new(
                             "c".to_string(),
-                            vec![Value::test_int(12), Value::test_int(8), Value::test_int(4)])
+                            vec![Value::test_int(36), Value::test_int(16), Value::test_int(4)])
                         ],
                         None,
                     )
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/nu_expression/custom_value.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/nu_expression/custom_value.rs
index b5a918f287..dc1db125ef 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/nu_expression/custom_value.rs
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/nu_expression/custom_value.rs
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ fn with_operator(
         Operator::Math(Math::FloorDivide) => {
             apply_arithmetic(plugin, engine, left, right, lhs_span, Div::div)
         }
+        Operator::Math(Math::Pow) => {
+            apply_arithmetic(plugin, engine, left, right, lhs_span, Expr::pow)
+        }
         Operator::Comparison(Comparison::Equal) => Ok(left
             .clone()
             .apply_with_expr(right.clone(), Expr::eq)