diff --git a/ci/test_cudf_polars.sh b/ci/test_cudf_polars.sh
index 669e049ab26..95fb4b431bf 100755
--- a/ci/test_cudf_polars.sh
+++ b/ci/test_cudf_polars.sh
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ rapids-logger "Install cudf wheel"
 # echo to expand wildcard before adding `[extra]` requires for pip
 python -m pip install $(echo ./dist/cudf*.whl)[test]
 
-rapids-logger "Install polars (allow pre-release versions)"
-python -m pip install 'polars>=1.0.0a0'
-
 rapids-logger "Install cudf_polars"
+python -m pip install 'polars>=1.0'
 python -m pip install --no-deps python/cudf_polars
 
 rapids-logger "Run cudf_polars tests"
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 9efbc47896c..e3f8a72e76c 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ dependencies:
     common:
       - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
         packages:
-          - polars>=0.20.30
+          - polars>=1.0
   run_dask_cudf:
     common:
       - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/expr.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/expr.py
index 16cfd9b9749..fe859c8d958 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/expr.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/expr.py
@@ -978,15 +978,15 @@ def collect_agg(self, *, depth: int) -> AggInfo:
 class Agg(Expr):
     __slots__ = ("name", "options", "op", "request", "children")
     _non_child = ("dtype", "name", "options")
-    children: tuple[Expr]
+    children: tuple[Expr, ...]
 
     def __init__(
-        self, dtype: plc.DataType, name: str, options: Any, value: Expr
+        self, dtype: plc.DataType, name: str, options: Any, *children: Expr
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(dtype)
         self.name = name
         self.options = options
-        self.children = (value,)
+        self.children = children
         if name not in Agg._SUPPORTED:
             raise NotImplementedError(
                 f"Unsupported aggregation {name=}"
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py
index abe26b14a90..9b3096becd4 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import dataclasses
 import itertools
+import json
 import types
 from functools import cache
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, ClassVar
@@ -180,8 +181,10 @@ def __post_init__(self):
 class Scan(IR):
     """Input from files."""
 
-    typ: Any
+    typ: str
     """What type of file are we reading? Parquet, CSV, etc..."""
+    options: tuple[Any, ...]
+    """Type specific options, as json-encoded strings."""
     paths: list[str]
     """List of paths to read from."""
     file_options: Any
@@ -211,17 +214,21 @@ def evaluate(self, *, cache: MutableMapping[int, DataFrame]) -> DataFrame:
         with_columns = options.with_columns
         row_index = options.row_index
         if self.typ == "csv":
+            opts, cloud_opts = map(json.loads, self.options)
             df = DataFrame.from_cudf(
                 cudf.concat(
                     [cudf.read_csv(p, usecols=with_columns) for p in self.paths]
                 )
             )
         elif self.typ == "parquet":
+            opts, cloud_opts = map(json.loads, self.options)
             cdf = cudf.read_parquet(self.paths, columns=with_columns)
             assert isinstance(cdf, cudf.DataFrame)
             df = DataFrame.from_cudf(cdf)
         else:
-            assert_never(self.typ)
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                f"Unhandled scan type: {self.typ}"
+            )  # pragma: no cover; post init trips first
         if row_index is not None:
             name, offset = row_index
             dtype = self.schema[name]
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py
index f4bf07ae1e0..a2fdb3c3d79 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py
@@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ def _(
 def _(
     node: pl_ir.Scan, visitor: NodeTraverser, schema: dict[str, plc.DataType]
 ) -> ir.IR:
+    typ, *options = node.scan_type
     return ir.Scan(
         schema,
-        node.scan_type,
+        typ,
+        tuple(options),
         node.paths,
         node.file_options,
         translate_named_expr(visitor, n=node.predicate)
@@ -445,7 +447,7 @@ def _(node: pl_expr.Agg, visitor: NodeTraverser, dtype: plc.DataType) -> expr.Ex
         dtype,
         node.name,
         node.options,
-        translate_expr(visitor, n=node.arguments),
+        *(translate_expr(visitor, n=n) for n in node.arguments),
     )
 
 
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml b/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml
index effa4861e0c..bf4673fcc50 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ license = { text = "Apache 2.0" }
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "cudf==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0",
-    "polars>=0.20.30",
+    "polars>=1.0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",