diff --git a/datafusion/README.md b/datafusion/README.md
index b9c5b5d38..cc9157468 100644
--- a/datafusion/README.md
+++ b/datafusion/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The benchmark should be completed in under an hour. On-demand pricing is $0.6 pe
 1. `cd ClickBench/datafusion`
 1. `vi benchmark.sh` and modify following line to target Datafusion version
     ```
-    git checkout 40.0.0
+    git checkout 43.0.0
     ```
 1. `bash benchmark.sh`
 
diff --git a/datafusion/benchmark.sh b/datafusion/benchmark.sh
index 38e1bbb03..759f6590c 100755
--- a/datafusion/benchmark.sh
+++ b/datafusion/benchmark.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ sudo yum install gcc -y
 # Install DataFusion main branch
 git clone https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion.git
 cd arrow-datafusion/datafusion-cli
-git checkout 40.0.0
+git checkout 43.0.0
 CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO=true RUSTFLAGS="-C codegen-units=1" cargo build --release
 export PATH="`pwd`/target/release:$PATH"
 cd ../..
diff --git a/datafusion/create_partitioned.sql b/datafusion/create_partitioned.sql
index 17a8b5b4d..3b3330c1b 100644
--- a/datafusion/create_partitioned.sql
+++ b/datafusion/create_partitioned.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE hits
 STORED AS PARQUET
-LOCATION 'partitioned';
+LOCATION 'partitioned'
+OPTIONS ('binary_as_string' 'true');
diff --git a/datafusion/create_single.sql b/datafusion/create_single.sql
index eedd4c038..19e623b07 100644
--- a/datafusion/create_single.sql
+++ b/datafusion/create_single.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE hits
 STORED AS PARQUET
-LOCATION 'hits.parquet';
+LOCATION 'hits.parquet'
+OPTIONS ('binary_as_string' 'true');
diff --git a/datafusion/results/partitioned.json b/datafusion/results/partitioned.json
index 52661cb82..05484f901 100644
--- a/datafusion/results/partitioned.json
+++ b/datafusion/results/partitioned.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
     "system": "DataFusion (Parquet, partitioned)",
-    "date": "2024-07-27",
+    "date": "2024-11-15",
     "machine": "c6a.4xlarge, 500gb gp2",
     "cluster_size": 1,
-    "comment": "v40.0.0 (4cae813)",
+    "comment": "v43.0.0 (88f58bf)",
 
     "tags": ["Rust", "column-oriented", "embedded", "stateless"],
 
@@ -11,48 +11,48 @@
     "data_size": 14779976446,
 
     "result": [
-[0.043, 0.018, 0.016],
-[0.087, 0.031, 0.028],
-[0.173, 0.072, 0.073],
-[0.356, 0.075, 0.081],
-[1.201, 0.784, 0.796],
-[0.960, 0.831, 0.837],
-[0.057, 0.026, 0.026],
-[0.062, 0.029, 0.031],
-[1.408, 1.314, 1.315],
-[1.302, 1.025, 1.038],
-[0.483, 0.280, 0.269],
-[0.705, 0.306, 0.296],
-[1.137, 0.931, 0.939],
-[3.183, 2.245, 2.252],
-[1.499, 1.415, 1.429],
-[1.011, 0.901, 0.897],
-[3.230, 2.670, 2.655],
-[3.136, 2.560, 2.539],
-[6.849, 5.608, 5.827],
-[0.299, 0.075, 0.068],
-[10.086, 1.544, 1.617],
-[11.238, 1.821, 1.835],
-[21.957, 4.104, 4.132],
-[55.510, 10.615, 10.548],
-[2.678, 0.503, 0.500],
-[0.765, 0.412, 0.413],
-[2.649, 0.574, 0.559],
-[9.652, 2.177, 2.203],
-[8.528, 5.051, 5.019],
-[0.499, 0.421, 0.439],
-[2.389, 1.018, 1.028],
-[6.060, 1.520, 1.513],
-[8.820, 8.081, 7.826],
-[10.604, 4.851, 5.088],
-[10.567, 4.971, 4.880],
-[1.737, 1.659, 1.649],
-[0.363, 0.247, 0.231],
-[0.156, 0.093, 0.092],
-[0.198, 0.125, 0.124],
-[0.902, 0.701, 0.683],
-[0.144, 0.042, 0.041],
-[0.130, 0.037, 0.040],
-[0.131, 0.055, 0.050]
+[0.051, 0.019, 0.019],
+[0.091, 0.035, 0.035],
+[0.189, 0.085, 0.088],
+[0.383, 0.081, 0.077],
+[1.071, 0.811, 0.803],
+[0.944, 0.801, 0.805],
+[0.078, 0.030, 0.030],
+[0.103, 0.037, 0.037],
+[1.313, 1.205, 1.201],
+[1.357, 1.034, 1.025],
+[0.511, 0.255, 0.253],
+[0.634, 0.295, 0.301],
+[1.016, 0.856, 0.879],
+[2.615, 1.421, 1.374],
+[1.131, 0.931, 0.918],
+[1.051, 0.952, 0.958],
+[2.672, 2.031, 2.066],
+[2.592, 1.879, 1.887],
+[5.549, 4.226, 4.335],
+[0.254, 0.078, 0.075],
+[9.967, 1.098, 1.092],
+[11.248, 1.329, 1.327],
+[21.868, 2.820, 2.818],
+[55.458, 10.286, 10.609],
+[2.678, 0.488, 0.486],
+[0.802, 0.352, 0.354],
+[2.672, 0.507, 0.498],
+[9.614, 1.513, 1.507],
+[8.368, 3.394, 3.521],
+[0.535, 0.418, 0.439],
+[2.362, 0.854, 0.861],
+[5.957, 0.910, 0.914],
+[4.780, 3.806, 3.871],
+[10.168, 3.654, 3.586],
+[10.090, 3.645, 3.546],
+[1.775, 1.644, 1.660],
+[0.364, 0.199, 0.183],
+[0.183, 0.078, 0.075],
+[0.290, 0.128, 0.123],
+[0.619, 0.376, 0.376],
+[0.148, 0.053, 0.044],
+[0.142, 0.042, 0.042],
+[0.155, 0.065, 0.053]
 ]
 }
diff --git a/datafusion/results/single.json b/datafusion/results/single.json
index 8bb98a74a..5112839cb 100644
--- a/datafusion/results/single.json
+++ b/datafusion/results/single.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
     "system": "DataFusion (Parquet, single)",
-    "date": "2024-07-27",
+    "date": "2024-11-15",
     "machine": "c6a.4xlarge, 500gb gp2",
     "cluster_size": 1,
-    "comment": "v40.0.0 (4cae813)",
+    "comment": "v43.0.0 (88f58bf)",
 
     "tags": ["Rust", "column-oriented", "embedded", "stateless"],
 
@@ -11,48 +11,48 @@
     "data_size": 14779976446,
 
     "result": [
-[0.076, 0.051, 0.055],
-[0.113, 0.066, 0.066],
-[0.196, 0.115, 0.105],
-[0.340, 0.114, 0.115],
-[1.074, 0.862, 0.858],
-[0.995, 0.874, 0.909],
-[0.088, 0.076, 0.065],
-[0.102, 0.078, 0.068],
-[1.442, 1.349, 1.368],
-[1.260, 1.083, 1.064],
-[0.451, 0.306, 0.304],
-[0.597, 0.337, 0.335],
-[1.088, 0.986, 0.974],
-[3.085, 2.261, 2.268],
-[1.522, 1.428, 1.429],
-[1.068, 0.957, 0.960],
-[3.217, 2.702, 2.754],
-[3.149, 2.621, 2.564],
-[6.978, 5.679, 5.865],
-[0.338, 0.107, 0.113],
-[9.885, 1.466, 1.474],
-[11.225, 1.794, 1.791],
-[22.035, 3.906, 3.912],
-[55.923, 10.899, 10.975],
-[2.560, 0.579, 0.575],
-[0.754, 0.509, 0.506],
-[2.517, 0.674, 0.651],
-[9.574, 2.220, 2.216],
-[9.070, 4.926, 4.940],
-[0.536, 0.473, 0.481],
-[2.288, 1.090, 1.101],
-[5.823, 1.543, 1.528],
-[8.637, 8.328, 7.848],
-[10.477, 4.972, 5.022],
-[10.435, 4.910, 5.020],
-[1.827, 1.685, 1.724],
-[0.389, 0.275, 0.270],
-[0.201, 0.175, 0.160],
-[0.230, 0.173, 0.172],
-[0.887, 0.749, 0.755],
-[0.172, 0.085, 0.076],
-[0.165, 0.075, 0.073],
-[0.160, 0.090, 0.100]
+[0.093, 0.055, 0.056],
+[0.138, 0.070, 0.070],
+[0.206, 0.120, 0.117],
+[0.346, 0.118, 0.114],
+[0.979, 0.867, 0.871],
+[1.030, 0.902, 0.904],
+[0.125, 0.064, 0.077],
+[0.143, 0.083, 0.078],
+[1.304, 1.169, 1.240],
+[1.533, 1.104, 1.100],
+[0.475, 0.272, 0.278],
+[0.562, 0.309, 0.315],
+[1.165, 0.931, 0.965],
+[2.643, 1.402, 1.490],
+[1.143, 0.997, 0.983],
+[1.106, 0.991, 0.993],
+[2.727, 2.161, 2.098],
+[2.578, 1.954, 1.947],
+[5.530, 4.311, 4.253],
+[0.319, 0.105, 0.107],
+[9.732, 1.155, 1.149],
+[11.337, 1.468, 1.407],
+[22.055, 3.678, 3.663],
+[55.942, 10.017, 10.014],
+[2.561, 0.557, 0.577],
+[0.809, 0.510, 0.519],
+[2.579, 0.634, 0.620],
+[9.630, 1.618, 1.655],
+[8.645, 3.565, 3.699],
+[0.584, 0.493, 0.485],
+[2.285, 0.978, 0.991],
+[5.690, 1.046, 1.006],
+[4.468, 3.833, 3.885],
+[10.123, 3.663, 3.654],
+[10.114, 3.672, 3.685],
+[1.743, 1.597, 1.659],
+[0.389, 0.242, 0.230],
+[0.266, 0.155, 0.170],
+[0.369, 0.161, 0.180],
+[0.659, 0.446, 0.416],
+[0.190, 0.084, 0.085],
+[0.177, 0.078, 0.079],
+[0.164, 0.103, 0.088]
 ]
 }
diff --git a/datafusion/run.sh b/datafusion/run.sh
index a6cc85626..3bda3f86f 100755
--- a/datafusion/run.sh
+++ b/datafusion/run.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ cat queries.sql | while read query; do
         # 2. each query contains a "Query took xxx seconds", we just grep these 2 lines
         # 3. use sed to take the second line
         # 4. use awk to take the number we want
-        RES=`datafusion-cli -f $CREATE_SQL_FILE /tmp/query.sql 2>&1 | grep "Elapsed" |sed -n 2p | awk '{ print $2 }'
+        RES=`datafusion-cli -f $CREATE_SQL_FILE /tmp/query.sql 2>&1 | grep "Elapsed" |sed -n 2p | awk '{ print $2 }'`
         [[ $RES != "" ]] && \
             echo -n "$RES" || \
             echo -n "null"