diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 125642c98..07ad76d7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -228,7 +228,11 @@ jobs:
         # Python and TypeScript blob docs tests install preview packages.
         # Those builds are not guaranteed to remain available for more than
         # 6 months, so they stay a manual run. This example uses the workspace crate.
-        run: cargo run --profile ci --all-features -p lancedb-blob-v2-docs --example multimodal --locked
+        run: |
+          # The completed all-features checks leave large lancedb artifacts in target.
+          # Reclaim that package before building the example with a different feature set.
+          cargo clean --profile ci -p lancedb
+          cargo run --profile ci --all-features -p lancedb-blob-v2-docs --example multimodal --locked
 
   remote:
     timeout-minutes: 30
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 02ea386e0..d0ed36d86 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "const-random",
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "once_cell",
+ "serde",
  "version_check",
  "zerocopy",
 ]
@@ -1577,32 +1578,36 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "candle-core"
-version = "0.9.2"
+version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c15b675b80d994b2eadb20a4bbe434eabeb454eac3ee5e2b4cf6f147ee9be091"
+checksum = "d11c8be87cfbaef9ebb62fb3f850d1fc8e00cc1d11d393fdbe55a4d5c2cdb325"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "float8",
  "gemm",
  "half",
+ "libc",
  "libm",
  "memmap2 0.9.10",
  "num-traits",
  "num_cpus",
+ "parking_lot",
  "rand 0.9.5",
  "rand_distr 0.5.1",
  "rayon",
  "safetensors",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "tokenizers 0.23.2",
  "yoke",
+ "zerocopy",
  "zip",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "candle-nn"
-version = "0.9.2"
+version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3045fa9e7aef8567d209a27d56b692f60b96f4d0569f4c3011f8ca6715c65e03"
+checksum = "437fabe77547c2447c7bdf3cc946e19db29a2832440176b419f77c80b0a9a05e"
 dependencies = [
  "candle-core",
  "half",
@@ -1616,14 +1621,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "candle-transformers"
-version = "0.9.2"
+version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b538ec4aa807c416a2ddd3621044888f188827862e2a6fcacba4738e89795d01"
+checksum = "2b1e1abeac23d7df4f94e8a3852b3dbb661d332e37c3bef479507bac867187b2"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "candle-core",
  "candle-nn",
- "fancy-regex",
+ "fancy-regex 0.19.2",
  "num-traits",
  "rand 0.9.5",
  "rayon",
@@ -1639,6 +1644,15 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "37b2a672a2cb129a2e41c10b1224bb368f9f37a2b16b612598138befd7b37eb5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "castaway"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dec551ab6e7578819132c713a93c022a05d60159dc86e7a7050223577484c55a"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustversion",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cbc"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -1887,6 +1901,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width 0.2.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "compact_str"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9dfdd1c2274d9aa354115b09dc9a901d6c5576818cdf70d14cae2bdb47df00ab"
+dependencies = [
+ "castaway",
+ "cfg-if 1.0.4",
+ "itoa",
+ "rustversion",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+ "static_assertions",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "compression-codecs"
 version = "0.4.38"
@@ -2291,6 +2320,12 @@ version = "2.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "db756b5eb7d81d31f31f660f4132f8cf5698de52fca144c143d0ae0cbb5f2e06"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "daachorse"
+version = "3.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5614204febbc33cc07a2806aa6440b904ac012b68eecc37f4493ea4a76455a3d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
 version = "0.20.11"
@@ -2360,6 +2395,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 3.0.3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dary_heap"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b1e3a325bc115f096c8b77bbf027a7c2592230e70be2d985be950d3d5e60ebe"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dashmap"
 version = "6.2.1"
@@ -3465,6 +3509,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex-syntax",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fancy-regex"
+version = "0.19.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d301f5bf187b3c295fce6468d3875037a0bccc5f6b151c63cac2f85babf21912"
+dependencies = [
+ "bit-set",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fast-float"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -3550,9 +3605,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "float8"
-version = "0.6.1"
+version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "719a903cc23e4a89e87962c2a80fdb45cdaad0983a89bd150bb57b4c8571a7d5"
+checksum = "c2d1f04709a8ac06e8e8042875a3c466cc4832d3c1a18dbcb9dba3c6e83046bc"
 dependencies = [
  "half",
  "num-traits",
@@ -5956,7 +6011,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "strum_macros 0.28.0",
  "tempfile",
  "test-log",
- "tokenizers",
+ "tokenizers 0.19.1",
  "tokio",
  "tonic",
  "tracing",
@@ -6199,7 +6254,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "byteorder",
  "csv",
- "daachorse",
+ "daachorse 2.1.1",
  "kanaria",
  "lindera-dictionary",
  "log",
@@ -6226,7 +6281,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "byteorder",
  "csv",
- "daachorse",
+ "daachorse 2.1.1",
  "derive_builder",
  "encoding_rs",
  "encoding_rs_io",
@@ -8932,6 +8987,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "rayon",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon-cond"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2964d0cf57a3e7a06e8183d14a8b527195c706b7983549cd5462d5aa3747438f"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+ "itertools 0.14.0",
+ "rayon",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon-core"
 version = "1.13.0"
@@ -9684,13 +9750,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "safetensors"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "675656c1eabb620b921efea4f9199f97fc86e36dd6ffd1fbbe48d0f59a4987f5"
+checksum = "79b079b829cb27a1c3c374341345ed2e8b2c0c839034522cee576c140bd7f846"
 dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.16.1",
+ "libc",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "tempfile",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -10845,7 +10913,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "paste",
  "rand 0.8.6",
  "rayon",
- "rayon-cond",
+ "rayon-cond 0.3.0",
  "regex",
  "regex-syntax",
  "serde",
@@ -10857,6 +10925,39 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode_categories",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokenizers"
+version = "0.23.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7afbf6e88718afcc138bad01d6ccc3051dbbc3b2ce9793d8b8a3aeb610969cfc"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+ "compact_str",
+ "daachorse 3.0.3",
+ "dary_heap",
+ "derive_builder",
+ "esaxx-rs",
+ "fancy-regex 0.17.0",
+ "getrandom 0.3.4",
+ "itertools 0.14.0",
+ "log",
+ "macro_rules_attribute",
+ "monostate",
+ "paste",
+ "rand 0.9.5",
+ "rayon",
+ "rayon-cond 0.4.0",
+ "regex",
+ "regex-syntax",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "spm_precompiled",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "unicode-normalization-alignments",
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+ "unicode_categories",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.54.1"
@@ -11254,9 +11355,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "typed-path"
-version = "0.12.3"
+version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e28f89b80c87b8fb0cf04ab448d5dd0dd0ade2f8891bae878de66a75a28600e"
+checksum = "9ce898823d8cd0f028662d2f349694b1af0a5cc9be83f1d213a00d3147445e1e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
@@ -12559,14 +12660,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zip"
-version = "7.4.0"
+version = "9.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cc12baa6db2b15a140161ce53d72209dacea594230798c24774139b54ecaa980"
+checksum = "e408c6cc4699dd017d53dc080cd51c2cea2b5354af57a1479bd265ed42911487"
 dependencies = [
  "crc32fast",
+ "getrandom 0.4.2",
  "indexmap 2.14.0",
+ "libc",
  "memchr",
+ "nix 0.31.3",
  "typed-path",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml b/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
index 0ffb147b5..8101fbedb 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ hf-hub = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = [
     "tokio",
     "ureq",
 ] }
-candle-core = { version = "0.9.1", optional = true }
-candle-transformers = { version = "0.9.1", optional = true }
-candle-nn = { version = "0.9.1", optional = true }
+candle-core = { version = "0.11.1", optional = true }
+candle-transformers = { version = "0.11.1", optional = true }
+candle-nn = { version = "0.11.1", optional = true }
 tokenizers = { version = "0.19.1", optional = true }
 semver = { workspace = true }
 roaring = "0.11.4"