diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index a92c0d743e..c093811c52 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ edition = "2021"
 arrow = { version = "39", optional = true }
 arrow-array = { version = "39", optional = true }
 arrow-cast = { version = "39", optional = true }
+arrow-ord = { version = "39", optional = true }
+arrow-row = { version = "39", optional = true }
 arrow-schema = { version = "39", optional = true }
+arrow-select = { version = "39", optional = true }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 bytes = "1"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.22", default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ glibc_version = { path = "../glibc_version", version = "0.1" }
 
 [features]
 azure = ["object_store/azure"]
-arrow = ["dep:arrow", "arrow-array", "arrow-cast", "arrow-schema"]
+arrow = ["dep:arrow", "arrow-array", "arrow-cast", "arrow-ord", "arrow-row", "arrow-schema", "arrow-select"]
 default = ["arrow", "parquet"]
 datafusion = [
     "dep:datafusion",
diff --git a/rust/src/writer/record_batch.rs b/rust/src/writer/record_batch.rs
index 6111d06d28..fc9421599c 100644
--- a/rust/src/writer/record_batch.rs
+++ b/rust/src/writer/record_batch.rs
@@ -26,31 +26,30 @@
 //!     }))
 //! }
 //! ```
-use super::{
-    stats::{create_add, NullCounts},
-    utils::{
-        arrow_schema_without_partitions, next_data_path, record_batch_without_partitions,
-        stringified_partition_value, PartitionPath,
-    },
-    DeltaWriter, DeltaWriterError,
-};
-use crate::builder::DeltaTableBuilder;
-use crate::writer::stats::apply_null_counts;
-use crate::writer::utils::ShareableBuffer;
-use crate::DeltaTableError;
-use crate::{action::Add, storage::DeltaObjectStore, DeltaTable, DeltaTableMetaData, Schema};
-use arrow::array::{Array, UInt32Array};
-use arrow::compute::{lexicographical_partition_ranges, lexsort_to_indices, take, SortColumn};
-use arrow::datatypes::{Schema as ArrowSchema, SchemaRef as ArrowSchemaRef};
-use arrow::error::ArrowError;
-use arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::convert::TryFrom;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use arrow_array::{ArrayRef, RecordBatch, UInt32Array};
+use arrow_ord::{partition::lexicographical_partition_ranges, sort::SortColumn};
+use arrow_row::{RowConverter, SortField};
+use arrow_schema::{ArrowError, Schema as ArrowSchema, SchemaRef as ArrowSchemaRef};
+use arrow_select::take::take;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use object_store::ObjectStore;
 use parquet::{arrow::ArrowWriter, errors::ParquetError};
 use parquet::{basic::Compression, file::properties::WriterProperties};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::convert::TryFrom;
-use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use super::stats::{create_add, NullCounts};
+use super::utils::{
+    arrow_schema_without_partitions, next_data_path, record_batch_without_partitions,
+    stringified_partition_value, PartitionPath,
+};
+use super::{DeltaTableError, DeltaWriter, DeltaWriterError};
+use crate::builder::DeltaTableBuilder;
+use crate::writer::{stats::apply_null_counts, utils::ShareableBuffer};
+use crate::{action::Add, storage::DeltaObjectStore, DeltaTable, DeltaTableMetaData, Schema};
 
 /// Writes messages to a delta lake table.
 pub struct RecordBatchWriter {
@@ -354,24 +353,18 @@ pub(crate) fn divide_by_partition_values(
 
     let schema = values.schema();
 
-    // collect all columns in order relevant for partitioning
-    let sort_columns = partition_columns
-        .clone()
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(|col| {
-            Ok(SortColumn {
-                values: values.column(schema.index_of(&col)?).clone(),
-                options: None,
-            })
-        })
+    let projection = partition_columns
+        .iter()
+        .map(|n| Ok(schema.index_of(n)?))
         .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, DeltaWriterError>>()?;
+    let sort_columns = values.project(&projection)?;
 
-    let indices = lexsort_to_indices(sort_columns.as_slice(), None)?;
-    let sorted_partition_columns = sort_columns
+    let indices = lexsort_to_indices(sort_columns.columns());
+    let sorted_partition_columns = partition_columns
         .iter()
         .map(|c| {
             Ok(SortColumn {
-                values: take(c.values.as_ref(), &indices, None)?,
+                values: take(values.column(schema.index_of(c)?), &indices, None)?,
                 options: None,
             })
         })
@@ -410,6 +403,18 @@ pub(crate) fn divide_by_partition_values(
     Ok(partitions)
 }
 
+fn lexsort_to_indices(arrays: &[ArrayRef]) -> UInt32Array {
+    let fields = arrays
+        .iter()
+        .map(|a| SortField::new(a.data_type().clone()))
+        .collect();
+    let mut converter = RowConverter::new(fields).unwrap();
+    let rows = converter.convert_columns(arrays).unwrap();
+    let mut sort: Vec<_> = rows.iter().enumerate().collect();
+    sort.sort_unstable_by(|(_, a), (_, b)| a.cmp(b));
+    UInt32Array::from_iter_values(sort.iter().map(|(i, _)| *i as u32))
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -506,7 +511,6 @@ mod tests {
 
         let mut writer = RecordBatchWriter::for_table(&table).unwrap();
         let partitions = writer.divide_by_partition_values(&batch).unwrap();
-        println!("partitions: {:?}", partitions);
 
         let expected_keys = vec![
             String::from("modified=2021-02-01"),