diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c43950d4..91c32b26 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2720,7 +2720,7 @@ checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
 [[package]]
 name = "fsst"
 version = "0.25.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.2#e0d3179bcc6e6ce5f9c5fcfeb4398789a7005467"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.4#236c8f986ab9e2d478d0754fab6e8d2643c31247"
 dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
 ]
@@ -3708,7 +3708,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance"
 version = "0.25.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.2#e0d3179bcc6e6ce5f9c5fcfeb4398789a7005467"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.4#236c8f986ab9e2d478d0754fab6e8d2643c31247"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-arith",
@@ -3768,7 +3768,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow"
 version = "0.25.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.2#e0d3179bcc6e6ce5f9c5fcfeb4398789a7005467"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.4#236c8f986ab9e2d478d0754fab6e8d2643c31247"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -3786,7 +3786,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-core"
 version = "0.25.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.2#e0d3179bcc6e6ce5f9c5fcfeb4398789a7005467"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.4#236c8f986ab9e2d478d0754fab6e8d2643c31247"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -3823,7 +3823,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datafusion"
 version = "0.25.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.2#e0d3179bcc6e6ce5f9c5fcfeb4398789a7005467"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.4#236c8f986ab9e2d478d0754fab6e8d2643c31247"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -3851,7 +3851,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datagen"
 version = "0.25.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.2#e0d3179bcc6e6ce5f9c5fcfeb4398789a7005467"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.4#236c8f986ab9e2d478d0754fab6e8d2643c31247"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -3867,7 +3867,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-encoding"
 version = "0.25.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.2#e0d3179bcc6e6ce5f9c5fcfeb4398789a7005467"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.4#236c8f986ab9e2d478d0754fab6e8d2643c31247"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayref",
  "arrow",
@@ -3907,7 +3907,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-file"
 version = "0.25.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.2#e0d3179bcc6e6ce5f9c5fcfeb4398789a7005467"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.4#236c8f986ab9e2d478d0754fab6e8d2643c31247"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-arith",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -3942,7 +3942,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-index"
 version = "0.25.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.2#e0d3179bcc6e6ce5f9c5fcfeb4398789a7005467"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.4#236c8f986ab9e2d478d0754fab6e8d2643c31247"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -3996,7 +3996,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-io"
 version = "0.25.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.2#e0d3179bcc6e6ce5f9c5fcfeb4398789a7005467"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.4#236c8f986ab9e2d478d0754fab6e8d2643c31247"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-arith",
@@ -4035,7 +4035,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-linalg"
 version = "0.25.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.2#e0d3179bcc6e6ce5f9c5fcfeb4398789a7005467"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.4#236c8f986ab9e2d478d0754fab6e8d2643c31247"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-ord",
@@ -4059,7 +4059,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-table"
 version = "0.25.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.2#e0d3179bcc6e6ce5f9c5fcfeb4398789a7005467"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.4#236c8f986ab9e2d478d0754fab6e8d2643c31247"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4099,7 +4099,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-testing"
 version = "0.25.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.2#e0d3179bcc6e6ce5f9c5fcfeb4398789a7005467"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance?tag=v0.25.3-beta.4#236c8f986ab9e2d478d0754fab6e8d2643c31247"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-schema",
@@ -4110,7 +4110,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.19.0-beta.4"
+version = "0.19.0-beta.5"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4197,7 +4197,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-node"
-version = "0.19.0-beta.4"
+version = "0.19.0-beta.5"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-ipc",
@@ -4222,7 +4222,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
-version = "0.19.0-beta.4"
+version = "0.19.0-beta.5"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-ipc",
@@ -4240,7 +4240,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.22.0-beta.4"
+version = "0.22.0-beta.5"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "env_logger",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9be0b6d4..176c867b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ rust-version = "1.78.0"
 [workspace.dependencies]
 lance = { "version" = "=0.25.3", "features" = [
     "dynamodb",
-], tag = "v0.25.3-beta.2", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
-lance-io = { version = "=0.25.3", tag = "v0.25.3-beta.2", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
-lance-index = { version = "=0.25.3", tag = "v0.25.3-beta.2", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
-lance-linalg = { version = "=0.25.3", tag = "v0.25.3-beta.2", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
-lance-table = { version = "=0.25.3", tag = "v0.25.3-beta.2", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
-lance-testing = { version = "=0.25.3", tag = "v0.25.3-beta.2", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
-lance-datafusion = { version = "=0.25.3", tag = "v0.25.3-beta.2", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
-lance-encoding = { version = "=0.25.3", tag = "v0.25.3-beta.2", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
+], tag = "v0.25.3-beta.4", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
+lance-io = { version = "=0.25.3", tag = "v0.25.3-beta.4", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
+lance-index = { version = "=0.25.3", tag = "v0.25.3-beta.4", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
+lance-linalg = { version = "=0.25.3", tag = "v0.25.3-beta.4", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
+lance-table = { version = "=0.25.3", tag = "v0.25.3-beta.4", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
+lance-testing = { version = "=0.25.3", tag = "v0.25.3-beta.4", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
+lance-datafusion = { version = "=0.25.3", tag = "v0.25.3-beta.4", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
+lance-encoding = { version = "=0.25.3", tag = "v0.25.3-beta.4", git = "https://github.com/lancedb/lance" }
 # Note that this one does not include pyarrow
 arrow = { version = "54.1", optional = false }
 arrow-array = "54.1"
diff --git a/nodejs/__test__/table.test.ts b/nodejs/__test__/table.test.ts
index b306126e..1c0eb083 100644
--- a/nodejs/__test__/table.test.ts
+++ b/nodejs/__test__/table.test.ts
@@ -1304,6 +1304,27 @@ describe.each([arrow15, arrow16, arrow17, arrow18])(
       expect(results[0].text).toBe(data[0].text);
     });
 
+    test("full text index on list", async () => {
+      const db = await connect(tmpDir.name);
+      const data = [
+        { text: ["lance database", "the", "search"], vector: [0.1, 0.2, 0.3] },
+        { text: ["lance database"], vector: [0.4, 0.5, 0.6] },
+        { text: ["lance", "search"], vector: [0.7, 0.8, 0.9] },
+        { text: ["database", "search"], vector: [1.0, 1.1, 1.2] },
+        { text: ["unrelated", "doc"], vector: [1.3, 1.4, 1.5] },
+      ];
+      const table = await db.createTable("test", data);
+      await table.createIndex("text", {
+        config: Index.fts(),
+      });
+
+      const results = await table.search("lance").toArray();
+      expect(results.length).toBe(3);
+
+      const results2 = await table.search('"lance database"').toArray();
+      expect(results2.length).toBe(2);
+    });
+
     test("full text search without positions", async () => {
       const db = await connect(tmpDir.name);
       const data = [
diff --git a/python/python/tests/test_fts.py b/python/python/tests/test_fts.py
index 7f27be75..daf45093 100644
--- a/python/python/tests/test_fts.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_fts.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from lancedb.db import DBConnection
 from lancedb.index import FTS
 from lancedb.query import BoostQuery, MatchQuery, MultiMatchQuery, PhraseQuery
 import numpy as np
+import pyarrow as pa
 import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 from utils import exception_output
@@ -626,3 +627,32 @@ def test_language(mem_db: DBConnection):
     # Stop words -> no results
     results = table.search("la", query_type="fts").limit(5).to_list()
     assert len(results) == 0
+
+
+def test_fts_on_list(mem_db: DBConnection):
+    data = pa.table(
+        {
+            "text": [
+                ["lance database", "the", "search"],
+                ["lance database"],
+                ["lance", "search"],
+                ["database", "search"],
+                ["unrelated", "doc"],
+            ],
+            "vector": [
+                [1.0, 2.0, 3.0],
+                [4.0, 5.0, 6.0],
+                [7.0, 8.0, 9.0],
+                [10.0, 11.0, 12.0],
+                [13.0, 14.0, 15.0],
+            ],
+        }
+    )
+    table = mem_db.create_table("test", data=data)
+    table.create_fts_index("text", use_tantivy=False)
+
+    res = table.search("lance").limit(5).to_list()
+    assert len(res) == 3
+
+    res = table.search(PhraseQuery("lance database", "text")).limit(5).to_list()
+    assert len(res) == 2
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/utils.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/utils.rs
index 3f44bb0f..8d2304e3 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/utils.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/utils.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,17 @@ pub fn supported_label_list_data_type(dtype: &DataType) -> bool {
 }
 
 pub fn supported_fts_data_type(dtype: &DataType) -> bool {
-    matches!(dtype, DataType::Utf8 | DataType::LargeUtf8)
+    supported_fts_data_type_impl(dtype, false)
+}
+
+fn supported_fts_data_type_impl(dtype: &DataType, in_list: bool) -> bool {
+    match (dtype, in_list) {
+        (DataType::Utf8 | DataType::LargeUtf8, _) => true,
+        (DataType::List(field) | DataType::LargeList(field), false) => {
+            supported_fts_data_type_impl(field.data_type(), true)
+        }
+        _ => false,
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn supported_vector_data_type(dtype: &DataType) -> bool {