diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c584c44e..5c3b909b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ memchr = "2.3"
 uuid = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 smallvec = "1.6.1"
 cast = { version = "0.3", features = ["std"] }
-arrow = { version = "32", default-features = false, features = ["prettyprint", "ffi"] }
+arrow = { version = "33", default-features = false, features = ["prettyprint", "ffi"] }
 rust_decimal = "1.14"
 strum = { version = "0.24", features = ["derive"] }
 r2d2 = { version = "0.8.9", optional = true }
diff --git a/libduckdb-sys/Cargo.toml b/libduckdb-sys/Cargo.toml
index 341e67f2..9a527b0d 100644
--- a/libduckdb-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libduckdb-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ cc = { version = "1.0", features = ["parallel"], optional = true }
 vcpkg = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-arrow = { version = "32", default-features = false, features = ["ffi"] }
\ No newline at end of file
+arrow = { version = "33", default-features = false, features = ["ffi"] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libduckdb-sys/src/lib.rs b/libduckdb-sys/src/lib.rs
index 3e387833..72c4da5b 100644
--- a/libduckdb-sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libduckdb-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -84,23 +84,23 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(duckdb_arrow_row_count(result), 3);
             assert_eq!(duckdb_arrow_column_count(result), 2);
 
-            let mut arrays = &FFI_ArrowArray::empty();
-            let mut schema = &FFI_ArrowSchema::empty();
-            let schema = &mut schema;
-            if duckdb_query_arrow_schema(result, schema as *mut _ as *mut duckdb_arrow_schema)
-                != duckdb_state_DuckDBSuccess
+            let mut arrays = FFI_ArrowArray::empty();
+            let mut schema = FFI_ArrowSchema::empty();
+            if duckdb_query_arrow_schema(
+                result,
+                &mut std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(schema) as *mut _ as *mut duckdb_arrow_schema,
+            ) != duckdb_state_DuckDBSuccess
             {
                 panic!("SELECT error")
             }
-            let arrays = &mut arrays;
-            if duckdb_query_arrow_array(result, arrays as *mut _ as *mut duckdb_arrow_array)
-                != duckdb_state_DuckDBSuccess
+            if duckdb_query_arrow_array(
+                result,
+                &mut std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(arrays) as *mut _ as *mut duckdb_arrow_array,
+            ) != duckdb_state_DuckDBSuccess
             {
                 panic!("SELECT error")
             }
-            let arrow_array =
-                ArrowArray::try_from_raw(*arrays as *const FFI_ArrowArray, *schema as *const FFI_ArrowSchema)
-                    .expect("ok");
+            let arrow_array = ArrowArray::new(arrays, schema);
             let array_data = ArrayData::try_from(arrow_array).expect("ok");
             let struct_array = StructArray::from(array_data);
             assert_eq!(struct_array.len(), 3);
diff --git a/src/raw_statement.rs b/src/raw_statement.rs
index 87c8a808..521ffac4 100644
--- a/src/raw_statement.rs
+++ b/src/raw_statement.rs
@@ -81,28 +81,28 @@ impl RawStatement {
     pub fn step(&self) -> Option<StructArray> {
         self.result?;
         unsafe {
-            let mut arrays = &FFI_ArrowArray::empty();
-            let arrays = &mut arrays;
-            if ffi::duckdb_query_arrow_array(self.result_unwrap(), arrays as *mut _ as *mut ffi::duckdb_arrow_array)
-                != ffi::DuckDBSuccess
+            let mut arrays = FFI_ArrowArray::empty();
+            if ffi::duckdb_query_arrow_array(
+                self.result_unwrap(),
+                &mut std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(arrays) as *mut _ as *mut ffi::duckdb_arrow_array,
+            ) != ffi::DuckDBSuccess
             {
                 return None;
             }
-            if (**arrays).is_empty() {
+            if arrays.is_empty() {
                 return None;
             }
 
-            let mut schema = &FFI_ArrowSchema::empty();
-            let schema = &mut schema;
-            if ffi::duckdb_query_arrow_schema(self.result_unwrap(), schema as *mut _ as *mut ffi::duckdb_arrow_schema)
-                != ffi::DuckDBSuccess
+            let mut schema = FFI_ArrowSchema::empty();
+            if ffi::duckdb_query_arrow_schema(
+                self.result_unwrap(),
+                &mut std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(schema) as *mut _ as *mut ffi::duckdb_arrow_schema,
+            ) != ffi::DuckDBSuccess
             {
                 return None;
             }
 
-            let arrow_array =
-                ArrowArray::try_from_raw(*arrays as *const FFI_ArrowArray, *schema as *const FFI_ArrowSchema)
-                    .expect("ok");
+            let arrow_array = ArrowArray::new(arrays, schema);
             let array_data = ArrayData::try_from(arrow_array).expect("ok");
             let struct_array = StructArray::from(array_data);
             Some(struct_array)