diff --git a/benchmarks/Cargo.toml b/benchmarks/Cargo.toml
index 35622661eaaa..25a385eaea0e 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benchmarks/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ simd = ["datafusion/simd"]
 snmalloc = ["snmalloc-rs"]
 
 [dependencies]
-arrow = { git = "https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs", rev = "c3fe3bab9905739fdda75301dab07a18c91731bd" }
-parquet = { git = "https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs", rev = "c3fe3bab9905739fdda75301dab07a18c91731bd" }
 datafusion = { path = "../datafusion" }
 ballista = { path = "../ballista/rust/client" }
 structopt = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
diff --git a/benchmarks/src/bin/nyctaxi.rs b/benchmarks/src/bin/nyctaxi.rs
index 005efca94885..b2a62a0d39f9 100644
--- a/benchmarks/src/bin/nyctaxi.rs
+++ b/benchmarks/src/bin/nyctaxi.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
-use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field, Schema};
-use arrow::util::pretty;
+use datafusion::arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field, Schema};
+use datafusion::arrow::util::pretty;
+
 use datafusion::error::Result;
 use datafusion::execution::context::{ExecutionConfig, ExecutionContext};
 
diff --git a/benchmarks/src/bin/tpch.rs b/benchmarks/src/bin/tpch.rs
index fd9f0525987d..543e84f33097 100644
--- a/benchmarks/src/bin/tpch.rs
+++ b/benchmarks/src/bin/tpch.rs
@@ -28,17 +28,21 @@ use std::{
 
 use futures::StreamExt;
 
-use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field, Schema};
-use arrow::util::pretty;
 use ballista::context::BallistaContext;
+
+use datafusion::arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field, Schema};
+use datafusion::arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
+use datafusion::arrow::util::pretty;
+
 use datafusion::datasource::parquet::ParquetTable;
 use datafusion::datasource::{CsvFile, MemTable, TableProvider};
 use datafusion::error::{DataFusionError, Result};
 use datafusion::logical_plan::LogicalPlan;
 use datafusion::physical_plan::collect;
 use datafusion::prelude::*;
-use parquet::basic::Compression;
-use parquet::file::properties::WriterProperties;
+
+use datafusion::parquet::basic::Compression;
+use datafusion::parquet::file::properties::WriterProperties;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "snmalloc")]
@@ -149,9 +153,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     }
 }
 
-async fn benchmark_datafusion(
-    opt: BenchmarkOpt,
-) -> Result<Vec<arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch>> {
+async fn benchmark_datafusion(opt: BenchmarkOpt) -> Result<Vec<RecordBatch>> {
     println!("Running benchmarks with the following options: {:?}", opt);
     let config = ExecutionConfig::new()
         .with_concurrency(opt.concurrency)
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ async fn benchmark_datafusion(
 
     let mut millis = vec![];
     // run benchmark
-    let mut result: Vec<arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch> = Vec::with_capacity(1);
+    let mut result: Vec<RecordBatch> = Vec::with_capacity(1);
     for i in 0..opt.iterations {
         let start = Instant::now();
         let plan = create_logical_plan(&mut ctx, opt.query)?;
@@ -299,7 +301,7 @@ async fn execute_query(
     ctx: &mut ExecutionContext,
     plan: &LogicalPlan,
     debug: bool,
-) -> Result<Vec<arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch>> {
+) -> Result<Vec<RecordBatch>> {
     if debug {
         println!("Logical plan:\n{:?}", plan);
     }
@@ -523,9 +525,8 @@ mod tests {
     use std::env;
     use std::sync::Arc;
 
-    use arrow::array::*;
-    use arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
-    use arrow::util::display::array_value_to_string;
+    use datafusion::arrow::array::*;
+    use datafusion::arrow::util::display::array_value_to_string;
 
     use datafusion::logical_plan::Expr;
     use datafusion::logical_plan::Expr::Cast;
diff --git a/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml b/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml
index 929bdf208305..0445f382a25e 100644
--- a/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ publish = false
 
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-arrow = { git = "https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs", rev = "c3fe3bab9905739fdda75301dab07a18c91731bd" }
 arrow-flight = { git = "https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs", rev = "c3fe3bab9905739fdda75301dab07a18c91731bd" }
 datafusion = { path = "../datafusion" }
 prost = "0.7"
diff --git a/datafusion-examples/examples/csv_sql.rs b/datafusion-examples/examples/csv_sql.rs
index 63fd36d44ce4..76c87960d71d 100644
--- a/datafusion-examples/examples/csv_sql.rs
+++ b/datafusion-examples/examples/csv_sql.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
-use arrow::util::pretty;
+use datafusion::arrow::util::pretty;
 
 use datafusion::error::Result;
 use datafusion::prelude::*;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     // create local execution context
     let mut ctx = ExecutionContext::new();
 
-    let testdata = arrow::util::test_util::arrow_test_data();
+    let testdata = datafusion::arrow::util::test_util::arrow_test_data();
 
     // register csv file with the execution context
     ctx.register_csv(
diff --git a/datafusion-examples/examples/dataframe.rs b/datafusion-examples/examples/dataframe.rs
index cba4d87f1e0d..dcf6bc32be6b 100644
--- a/datafusion-examples/examples/dataframe.rs
+++ b/datafusion-examples/examples/dataframe.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
-use arrow::util::pretty;
+use datafusion::arrow::util::pretty;
 
 use datafusion::error::Result;
 use datafusion::prelude::*;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     // create local execution context
     let mut ctx = ExecutionContext::new();
 
-    let testdata = arrow::util::test_util::parquet_test_data();
+    let testdata = datafusion::arrow::util::test_util::parquet_test_data();
 
     let filename = &format!("{}/alltypes_plain.parquet", testdata);
 
diff --git a/datafusion-examples/examples/dataframe_in_memory.rs b/datafusion-examples/examples/dataframe_in_memory.rs
index de8552a3bba7..0c65a7477e97 100644
--- a/datafusion-examples/examples/dataframe_in_memory.rs
+++ b/datafusion-examples/examples/dataframe_in_memory.rs
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use arrow::array::{Int32Array, StringArray};
-use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field, Schema};
-use arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
-use arrow::util::pretty;
+use datafusion::arrow::array::{Int32Array, StringArray};
+use datafusion::arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field, Schema};
+use datafusion::arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
+use datafusion::arrow::util::pretty;
 
 use datafusion::datasource::MemTable;
 use datafusion::error::Result;
diff --git a/datafusion-examples/examples/flight_client.rs b/datafusion-examples/examples/flight_client.rs
index 2c2954d5a029..53347826ff89 100644
--- a/datafusion-examples/examples/flight_client.rs
+++ b/datafusion-examples/examples/flight_client.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use arrow::datatypes::Schema;
-use arrow::util::pretty;
+use datafusion::arrow::datatypes::Schema;
+use datafusion::arrow::util::pretty;
 
 use arrow_flight::flight_descriptor;
 use arrow_flight::flight_service_client::FlightServiceClient;
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use arrow_flight::{FlightDescriptor, Ticket};
 /// This example is run along-side the example `flight_server`.
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let testdata = arrow::util::test_util::parquet_test_data();
+    let testdata = datafusion::arrow::util::test_util::parquet_test_data();
 
     // Create Flight client
     let mut client = FlightServiceClient::connect("http://localhost:50051").await?;
diff --git a/datafusion-examples/examples/flight_server.rs b/datafusion-examples/examples/flight_server.rs
index 79660dd1871c..8496bcb18914 100644
--- a/datafusion-examples/examples/flight_server.rs
+++ b/datafusion-examples/examples/flight_server.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl FlightService for FlightServiceImpl {
 
         let table = ParquetTable::try_new(&request.path[0], num_cpus::get()).unwrap();
 
-        let options = arrow::ipc::writer::IpcWriteOptions::default();
+        let options = datafusion::arrow::ipc::writer::IpcWriteOptions::default();
         let schema_result = arrow_flight::utils::flight_schema_from_arrow_schema(
             table.schema().as_ref(),
             &options,
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ impl FlightService for FlightServiceImpl {
                 // create local execution context
                 let mut ctx = ExecutionContext::new();
 
-                let testdata = arrow::util::test_util::parquet_test_data();
+                let testdata = datafusion::arrow::util::test_util::parquet_test_data();
 
                 // register parquet file with the execution context
                 ctx.register_parquet(
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ impl FlightService for FlightServiceImpl {
                 }
 
                 // add an initial FlightData message that sends schema
-                let options = arrow::ipc::writer::IpcWriteOptions::default();
+                let options = datafusion::arrow::ipc::writer::IpcWriteOptions::default();
                 let schema_flight_data =
                     arrow_flight::utils::flight_data_from_arrow_schema(
                         &df.schema().clone().into(),
diff --git a/datafusion-examples/examples/parquet_sql.rs b/datafusion-examples/examples/parquet_sql.rs
index 8043d3296c87..f679b22ceb90 100644
--- a/datafusion-examples/examples/parquet_sql.rs
+++ b/datafusion-examples/examples/parquet_sql.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
-use arrow::util::pretty;
+use datafusion::arrow::util::pretty;
 
 use datafusion::error::Result;
 use datafusion::prelude::*;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     // create local execution context
     let mut ctx = ExecutionContext::new();
 
-    let testdata = arrow::util::test_util::parquet_test_data();
+    let testdata = datafusion::arrow::util::test_util::parquet_test_data();
 
     // register parquet file with the execution context
     ctx.register_parquet(
diff --git a/datafusion-examples/examples/simple_udaf.rs b/datafusion-examples/examples/simple_udaf.rs
index 8086dfc47de4..49d09ff43155 100644
--- a/datafusion-examples/examples/simple_udaf.rs
+++ b/datafusion-examples/examples/simple_udaf.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 /// In this example we will declare a single-type, single return type UDAF that computes the geometric mean.
 /// The geometric mean is described here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_mean
-use arrow::{
+use datafusion::arrow::{
     array::Float32Array, array::Float64Array, datatypes::DataType,
     record_batch::RecordBatch,
 };
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 // create local execution context with an in-memory table
 fn create_context() -> Result<ExecutionContext> {
-    use arrow::datatypes::{Field, Schema};
+    use datafusion::arrow::datatypes::{Field, Schema};
     use datafusion::datasource::MemTable;
     // define a schema.
     let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("a", DataType::Float32, false)]));
diff --git a/datafusion-examples/examples/simple_udf.rs b/datafusion-examples/examples/simple_udf.rs
index bfef1089a634..0ffec44a3720 100644
--- a/datafusion-examples/examples/simple_udf.rs
+++ b/datafusion-examples/examples/simple_udf.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
-use arrow::{
+use datafusion::arrow::{
     array::{ArrayRef, Float32Array, Float64Array},
     datatypes::DataType,
     record_batch::RecordBatch,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 // create local execution context with an in-memory table
 fn create_context() -> Result<ExecutionContext> {
-    use arrow::datatypes::{Field, Schema};
+    use datafusion::arrow::datatypes::{Field, Schema};
     use datafusion::datasource::MemTable;
     // define a schema.
     let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![
diff --git a/datafusion/src/lib.rs b/datafusion/src/lib.rs
index 44a8a686a496..252d168114ad 100644
--- a/datafusion/src/lib.rs
+++ b/datafusion/src/lib.rs
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@
 //!
 //! you can find examples of each of them in examples section.
 
-extern crate arrow;
 extern crate sqlparser;
 
 pub mod catalog;
@@ -200,6 +199,10 @@ pub mod scalar;
 pub mod sql;
 pub mod variable;
 
+// re-export dependencies from arrow-rs to minimise version maintenance for crate users
+pub use arrow;
+pub use parquet;
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub mod test;