diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ebb60dc150e8..b3de90cbd2c1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4795,9 +4795,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlparser"
-version = "0.60.0"
+version = "0.61.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "505aa16b045c4c1375bf5f125cce3813d0176325bfe9ffc4a903f423de7774ff"
+checksum = "dbf5ea8d4d7c808e1af1cbabebca9a2abe603bcefc22294c5b95018d53200cb7"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "recursive",
@@ -4806,9 +4806,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlparser_derive"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "028e551d5e270b31b9f3ea271778d9d827148d4287a5d96167b6bb9787f5cc38"
+checksum = "a6dd45d8fc1c79299bfbb7190e42ccbbdf6a5f52e4a6ad98d92357ea965bd289"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index da2494663a55..310534d424a6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ sha2 = "0.10"
 simd-json = { version = "0.17", features = ["known-key", "128bit"] }
 simdutf8 = "0.1.4"
 slotmap = "1"
-sqlparser = { version = "0.60", features = ["visitor"] }
+sqlparser = { version = "0.61", features = ["visitor"] }
 stacker = "0.1"
 streaming-iterator = "0.1.9"
 strength_reduce = "0.2"
diff --git a/crates/polars-sql/src/context.rs b/crates/polars-sql/src/context.rs
index dd841c60a4ee..28c09a2eb06b 100644
--- a/crates/polars-sql/src/context.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-sql/src/context.rs
@@ -754,6 +754,7 @@ impl SQLContext {
             order_by,
             limit,
             delete_token: _,
+            optimizer_hint: _,
         }) = stmt
         {
             let error_message: Option<&'static str> = if !tables.is_empty() {
@@ -1027,7 +1028,9 @@ impl SQLContext {
             ref exclude,
             ref into,
             ref lateral_views,
+            ref optimizer_hint,
             ref prewhere,
+            ref select_modifiers,
             ref sort_by,
             ref top,
             ref value_table_mode,
@@ -1035,12 +1038,14 @@ impl SQLContext {
 
         // Raise specific error messages for unsupported attributes
         polars_ensure!(cluster_by.is_empty(), SQLInterface: "`CLUSTER BY` clause is not supported");
-        polars_ensure!(connect_by.is_none(), SQLInterface: "`CONNECT BY` clause is not supported");
+        polars_ensure!(connect_by.is_empty(), SQLInterface: "`CONNECT BY` clause is not supported");
         polars_ensure!(distribute_by.is_empty(), SQLInterface: "`DISTRIBUTE BY` clause is not supported");
         polars_ensure!(exclude.is_none(), SQLInterface: "`EXCLUDE` clause is not supported");
         polars_ensure!(into.is_none(), SQLInterface: "`SELECT INTO` clause is not supported");
         polars_ensure!(lateral_views.is_empty(), SQLInterface: "`LATERAL VIEW` clause is not supported");
+        polars_ensure!(optimizer_hint.is_none(), SQLInterface: "optimizer hints are not supported");
         polars_ensure!(prewhere.is_none(), SQLInterface: "`PREWHERE` clause is not supported");
+        polars_ensure!(select_modifiers.is_none(), SQLInterface: "select modifiers are not supported");
         polars_ensure!(sort_by.is_empty(), SQLInterface: "`SORT BY` clause is not supported; use `ORDER BY` instead");
         polars_ensure!(top.is_none(), SQLInterface: "`TOP` clause is not supported; use `LIMIT` instead");
         polars_ensure!(value_table_mode.is_none(), SQLInterface: "`SELECT AS VALUE/STRUCT` is not supported");
@@ -1454,7 +1459,7 @@ impl SQLContext {
                     UniqueKeepStrategy::First,
                 ));
             },
-            None => lf,
+            Some(Distinct::All) | None => lf,
         };
         Ok(lf)
     }
@@ -1796,8 +1801,11 @@ impl SQLContext {
                 lateral,
                 subquery,
                 alias,
+                sample,
             } => {
-                polars_ensure!(!(*lateral), SQLInterface: "LATERAL not supported");
+                polars_ensure!(!(*lateral), SQLInterface: "LATERAL is not supported");
+                polars_ensure!(sample.is_none(), SQLInterface: "SAMPLE is not supported");
+
                 if let Some(alias) = alias {
                     let mut lf = self.execute_query_no_ctes(subquery)?;
                     lf = self.rename_columns_from_table_alias(lf, alias)?;
diff --git a/crates/polars-sql/src/sql_expr.rs b/crates/polars-sql/src/sql_expr.rs
index 0c5b534cecf4..724c77d5ab92 100644
--- a/crates/polars-sql/src/sql_expr.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-sql/src/sql_expr.rs
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ impl SQLExprVisitor<'_> {
                 expr,
                 data_type,
                 format,
+                array: _,
             } => self.visit_cast(expr, data_type, format, kind),
             SQLExpr::Ceil { expr, .. } => Ok(self.visit_expr(expr)?.ceil()),
             SQLExpr::CompoundFieldAccess { root, access_chain } => {