diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f119af130c21..1dba7ac4c891 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5527,8 +5527,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "re_arrow2"
-version = "0.17.6"
-source = "git+https://github.com/rerun-io/re_arrow2?rev=79ba149e823c88c1baa770a33c6ea8b6244d0597#79ba149e823c88c1baa770a33c6ea8b6244d0597"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2f046c5679b0f305d610f80d93fd51ad702cfc077bbe16d9553a1660a2505160"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "arrow-array",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f66d51928ef2..da9eb50051ea 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ arboard = { version = "3.2", default-features = false }
 argh = "0.1.12"
 array-init = "2.1"
 arrow = { version = "53.1", default-features = false }
-arrow2 = { package = "re_arrow2", version = "0.17" }
+arrow2 = { package = "re_arrow2", version = "0.18" }
 async-executor = "1.0"
 backtrace = "0.3"
 bincode = "1.3"
@@ -580,8 +580,4 @@ egui_tiles = { git = "https://github.com/rerun-io/egui_tiles", rev = "48e0ef5664
 
 # walkers = { git = "https://github.com/rerun-io/walkers", rev = "8939cceb3fa49ca8648ee16fe1d8432f5ab0bdcc" } # https://github.com/podusowski/walkers/pull/222
 
-# commit on `rerun-io/re_arrow2` `main` branch
-# https://github.com/rerun-io/re_arrow2/commit/79ba149e823c88c1baa770a33c6ea8b6244d0597
-re_arrow2 = { git = "https://github.com/rerun-io/re_arrow2", rev = "79ba149e823c88c1baa770a33c6ea8b6244d0597" }
-
 # dav1d = { path = "/home/cmc/dev/rerun-io/rav1d", package = "re_rav1d", version = "0.1.1" }