diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 209ee4942..7176d8c76 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3490,8 +3490,8 @@ checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fsst"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "rand 0.9.5",
@@ -4862,8 +4862,8 @@ checksum = "e037a2e1d8d5fdbd49b16a4ea09d5d6401c1f29eca5ff29d03d3824dba16256a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
  "arrow",
@@ -4935,8 +4935,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4958,7 +4958,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow-scalar"
 version = "58.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4972,7 +4972,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow-stats"
 version = "58.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-schema",
@@ -4981,8 +4981,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-bitpacking"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayref",
  "crunchy",
@@ -4992,8 +4992,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-core"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -5030,8 +5030,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datafusion"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -5061,8 +5061,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datagen"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -5079,8 +5079,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-derive"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -5089,8 +5089,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-encoding"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-arith",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -5123,8 +5123,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-file"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-arith",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -5155,8 +5155,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-index"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
  "arrow",
@@ -5220,8 +5220,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-index-core"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-schema",
@@ -5243,8 +5243,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-io"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -5284,8 +5284,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-linalg"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-schema",
@@ -5299,8 +5299,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -5314,8 +5314,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace-impls"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-ipc",
@@ -5368,8 +5368,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-select"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -5383,8 +5383,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-table"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -5424,8 +5424,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-testing"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-schema",
@@ -5438,8 +5438,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-tokenizer"
-version = "12.0.0-beta.17"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.17#d7b031f9ca86e7cbb8c3732ab87b2b18548996ba"
+version = "12.0.0-beta.18"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v12.0.0-beta.18#1047c4bdbf36331cff2d9e21ab525c45ed741f93"
 dependencies = [
  "frostem",
  "icu_segmenter",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2b16a6bf0..1068d48ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ categories = ["database-implementations"]
 rust-version = "1.91.0"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.17", default-features = false, "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.17", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-core = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.17", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.17", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datagen = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.17", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.17", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-file = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.17", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.17", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-io = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.17", default-features = false, "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.17", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-index = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.17", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.17", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-linalg = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.17", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.17", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.17", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.17", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.17", default-features = false, "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.17", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-table = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.17", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.17", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-testing = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.17", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.17", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.17", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.17", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-encoding = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.17", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.17", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-arrow = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.17", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.17", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.18", default-features = false, "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.18", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-core = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.18", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.18", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datagen = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.18", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.18", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-file = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.18", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.18", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-io = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.18", default-features = false, "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.18", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-index = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.18", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.18", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-linalg = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.18", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.18", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.18", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.18", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.18", default-features = false, "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.18", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-table = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.18", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.18", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-testing = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.18", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.18", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.18", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.18", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-encoding = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.18", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.18", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-arrow = { "version" = "=12.0.0-beta.18", "tag" = "v12.0.0-beta.18", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
 lancedb = { path = "rust/lancedb", default-features = false }
 ahash = "0.8"
 # Note that this one does not include pyarrow
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 7cbb819d9..a2456103d 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <arrow.version>15.0.0</arrow.version>
-        <lance-core.version>12.0.0-beta.17</lance-core.version>
+        <lance-core.version>12.0.0-beta.18</lance-core.version>
         <spotless.skip>false</spotless.skip>
         <spotless.version>2.30.0</spotless.version>
         <spotless.java.googlejavaformat.version>1.7</spotless.java.googlejavaformat.version>
diff --git a/nodejs/src/blob.rs b/nodejs/src/blob.rs
index 0e19a9a8a..230a11bae 100644
--- a/nodejs/src/blob.rs
+++ b/nodejs/src/blob.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ fn bigint_range(start: BigInt, end: BigInt) -> napi::Result<Range<u64>> {
     Ok(start..end)
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn parse_u64(value: BigInt, name: &str) -> napi::Result<u64> {
+fn parse_u64(value: BigInt, name: &str) -> napi::Result<u64> {
     let (negative, value, lossless) = value.get_u64();
     if negative {
         return Err(napi::Error::from_reason(format!(
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_u64(value: BigInt, name: &str) -> napi::Result<u64> {
     Ok(value)
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn parse_row_ids(row_ids: Vec<BigInt>) -> napi::Result<Vec<u64>> {
+pub fn parse_row_ids(row_ids: Vec<BigInt>) -> napi::Result<Vec<u64>> {
     row_ids
         .into_iter()
         .map(|id| parse_u64(id, "row id"))
         .collect()
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn copy_blob_buffers(array: LargeBinaryArray) -> Vec<Option<Buffer>> {
+pub fn copy_blob_buffers(array: LargeBinaryArray) -> Vec<Option<Buffer>> {
     (0..array.len())
         .map(|i| {
             if array.is_null(i) {