diff --git a/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock b/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock
index c5b34df4f1cf..995a49d29e7a 100644
--- a/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock
+++ b/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ checksum = "c6fa2087f2753a7da8cc1c0dbfcf89579dd57458e36769de5ac750b4671737ca"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.66",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -714,9 +714,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
-version = "0.3.72"
+version = "0.3.73"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "17c6a35df3749d2e8bb1b7b21a976d82b15548788d2735b9d82f329268f71a11"
+checksum = "5cc23269a4f8976d0a4d2e7109211a419fe30e8d88d677cd60b6bc79c5732e0a"
 dependencies = [
  "addr2line",
  "cc",
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "edb49164822f3ee45b17acd4a208cfc1251410cf0cad9a833234c9890774dd9f"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.66",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1278,7 +1278,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "datafusion-common",
  "datafusion-execution",
  "datafusion-expr",
- "datafusion-physical-expr",
  "hashbrown 0.14.5",
  "hex",
  "itertools",
@@ -1687,7 +1686,7 @@ checksum = "87750cf4b7a4c0625b1529e4c543c2182106e4dedc60a2a6455e00d212c489ac"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.66",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1911,12 +1910,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "http-body-util"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0475f8b2ac86659c21b64320d5d653f9efe42acd2a4e560073ec61a155a34f1d"
+checksum = "793429d76616a256bcb62c2a2ec2bed781c8307e797e2598c50010f2bee2544f"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
  "http 1.1.0",
  "http-body 1.0.0",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -1924,9 +1923,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d897f394bad6a705d5f4104762e116a75639e470d80901eed05a860a95cb1904"
+checksum = "0fcc0b4a115bf80b728eb8ea024ad5bd707b615bfed49e0665b6e0f86fd082d9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "httpdate"
@@ -2001,18 +2000,19 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-rustls"
-version = "0.26.0"
+version = "0.27.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a0bea761b46ae2b24eb4aef630d8d1c398157b6fc29e6350ecf090a0b70c952c"
+checksum = "5ee4be2c948921a1a5320b629c4193916ed787a7f7f293fd3f7f5a6c9de74155"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "http 1.1.0",
  "hyper 1.3.1",
  "hyper-util",
- "rustls 0.22.4",
+ "rustls 0.23.10",
+ "rustls-native-certs 0.7.0",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-rustls 0.25.0",
+ "tokio-rustls 0.26.0",
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
@@ -2148,9 +2148,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
+checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lexical-core"
@@ -2326,9 +2326,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
-version = "2.7.2"
+version = "2.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c8640c5d730cb13ebd907d8d04b52f55ac9a2eec55b440c8892f40d56c76c1d"
+checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mimalloc"
@@ -2347,9 +2347,9 @@ checksum = "6877bb514081ee2a7ff5ef9de3281f14a4dd4bceac4c09388074a6b5df8a139a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
-version = "0.7.3"
+version = "0.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "87dfd01fe195c66b572b37921ad8803d010623c0aca821bea2302239d155cdae"
+checksum = "b8a240ddb74feaf34a79a7add65a741f3167852fba007066dcac1ca548d89c08"
 dependencies = [
  "adler",
 ]
@@ -2483,9 +2483,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b8ec7ab813848ba4522158d5517a6093db1ded27575b070f4177b8d12b41db5e"
+checksum = "576dfe1fc8f9df304abb159d767a29d0476f7750fbf8aa7ad07816004a207434"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
@@ -2699,7 +2699,7 @@ checksum = "2f38a4412a78282e09a2cf38d195ea5420d15ba0602cb375210efbc877243965"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.66",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2788,9 +2788,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.85"
+version = "1.0.86"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "22244ce15aa966053a896d1accb3a6e68469b97c7f33f284b99f0d576879fc23"
+checksum = "5e719e8df665df0d1c8fbfd238015744736151d4445ec0836b8e628aae103b77"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -2811,6 +2811,53 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quinn"
+version = "0.11.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e4ceeeeabace7857413798eb1ffa1e9c905a9946a57d81fb69b4b71c4d8eb3ad"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "quinn-proto",
+ "quinn-udp",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "rustls 0.23.10",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quinn-proto"
+version = "0.11.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ddf517c03a109db8100448a4be38d498df8a210a99fe0e1b9eaf39e78c640efe"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "rand",
+ "ring 0.17.8",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "rustls 0.23.10",
+ "slab",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tinyvec",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quinn-udp"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9096629c45860fc7fb143e125eb826b5e721e10be3263160c7d60ca832cf8c46"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "socket2",
+ "tracing",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.36"
@@ -2862,9 +2909,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "469052894dcb553421e483e4209ee581a45100d31b4018de03e5a7ad86374a7e"
+checksum = "c82cf8cff14456045f55ec4241383baeff27af886adb72ffb2162f99911de0fd"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.5.0",
 ]
@@ -2917,9 +2964,9 @@ checksum = "7a66a03ae7c801facd77a29370b4faec201768915ac14a721ba36f20bc9c209b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
-version = "0.12.4"
+version = "0.12.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "566cafdd92868e0939d3fb961bd0dc25fcfaaed179291093b3d43e6b3150ea10"
+checksum = "c7d6d2a27d57148378eb5e111173f4276ad26340ecc5c49a4a2152167a2d6a37"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
@@ -2930,7 +2977,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body 1.0.0",
  "http-body-util",
  "hyper 1.3.1",
- "hyper-rustls 0.26.0",
+ "hyper-rustls 0.27.2",
  "hyper-util",
  "ipnet",
  "js-sys",
@@ -2939,7 +2986,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rustls 0.22.4",
+ "quinn",
+ "rustls 0.23.10",
  "rustls-native-certs 0.7.0",
  "rustls-pemfile 2.1.2",
  "rustls-pki-types",
@@ -2948,7 +2996,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-rustls 0.25.0",
+ "tokio-rustls 0.26.0",
  "tokio-util",
  "tower-service",
  "url",
@@ -3027,6 +3075,12 @@ version = "0.1.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "719b953e2095829ee67db738b3bfa9fa368c94900df327b3f07fe6e794d2fe1f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-hash"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -3063,11 +3117,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
-version = "0.22.4"
+version = "0.23.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bf4ef73721ac7bcd79b2b315da7779d8fc09718c6b3d2d1b2d94850eb8c18432"
+checksum = "05cff451f60db80f490f3c182b77c35260baace73209e9cdbbe526bfe3a4d402"
 dependencies = [
- "log",
+ "once_cell",
  "ring 0.17.8",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "rustls-webpki",
@@ -3257,7 +3311,7 @@ checksum = "500cbc0ebeb6f46627f50f3f5811ccf6bf00643be300b4c3eabc0ef55dc5b5ba"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.66",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3392,7 +3446,7 @@ checksum = "01b2e185515564f15375f593fb966b5718bc624ba77fe49fa4616ad619690554"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.66",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3438,7 +3492,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rustversion",
- "syn 2.0.66",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3451,14 +3505,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rustversion",
- "syn 2.0.66",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subtle"
-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "81cdd64d312baedb58e21336b31bc043b77e01cc99033ce76ef539f78e965ebc"
+checksum = "0d0208408ba0c3df17ed26eb06992cb1a1268d41b2c0e12e65203fbe3972cee5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
@@ -3473,9 +3527,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.66"
+version = "2.0.67"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c42f3f41a2de00b01c0aaad383c5a45241efc8b2d1eda5661812fda5f3cdcff5"
+checksum = "ff8655ed1d86f3af4ee3fd3263786bc14245ad17c4c7e85ba7187fb3ae028c90"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -3484,9 +3538,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sync_wrapper"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2047c6ded9c721764247e62cd3b03c09ffc529b2ba5b10ec482ae507a4a70160"
+checksum = "a7065abeca94b6a8a577f9bd45aa0867a2238b74e8eb67cf10d492bc39351394"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
@@ -3538,7 +3592,7 @@ checksum = "46c3384250002a6d5af4d114f2845d37b57521033f30d5c3f46c4d70e1197533"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.66",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3633,7 +3687,7 @@ checksum = "5f5ae998a069d4b5aba8ee9dad856af7d520c3699e6159b185c2acd48155d39a"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.66",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3649,11 +3703,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-rustls"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "775e0c0f0adb3a2f22a00c4745d728b479985fc15ee7ca6a2608388c5569860f"
+checksum = "0c7bc40d0e5a97695bb96e27995cd3a08538541b0a846f65bba7a359f36700d4"
 dependencies = [
- "rustls 0.22.4",
+ "rustls 0.23.10",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
 ]
@@ -3730,7 +3784,7 @@ checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.66",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3775,7 +3829,7 @@ checksum = "f03ca4cb38206e2bef0700092660bb74d696f808514dae47fa1467cbfe26e96e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.66",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3831,9 +3885,9 @@ checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "31e6302e3bb753d46e83516cae55ae196fc0c309407cf11ab35cc51a4c2a4633"
+checksum = "22784dbdf76fdde8af1aeda5622b546b422b6fc585325248a2bf9f5e41e94d6c"
 dependencies = [
  "form_urlencoded",
  "idna",
@@ -3929,7 +3983,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.66",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -3963,7 +4017,7 @@ checksum = "e94f17b526d0a461a191c78ea52bbce64071ed5c04c9ffe424dcb38f74171bb7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.66",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
@@ -4228,7 +4282,7 @@ checksum = "15e934569e47891f7d9411f1a451d947a60e000ab3bd24fbb970f000387d1b3b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.66",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/datafusion/expr/src/function.rs b/datafusion/expr/src/function.rs
index 169436145aae..73ab51494de6 100644
--- a/datafusion/expr/src/function.rs
+++ b/datafusion/expr/src/function.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field, Schema};
 use datafusion_common::Result;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub enum Hint {
+    /// Indicates the argument needs to be padded if it is scalar
+    Pad,
+    /// Indicates the argument can be converted to an array of length 1
+    AcceptsSingular,
+}
+
 /// Scalar function
 ///
 /// The Fn param is the wrapped function but be aware that the function will
diff --git a/datafusion/functions/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/functions/Cargo.toml
index 20d6cbc37459..884a66724c91 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/functions/Cargo.toml
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ chrono = { workspace = true }
 datafusion-common = { workspace = true }
 datafusion-execution = { workspace = true }
 datafusion-expr = { workspace = true }
-datafusion-physical-expr = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 hashbrown = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 hex = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpreplace.rs b/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpreplace.rs
index 4e21883c9752..201eebde22bb 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpreplace.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpreplace.rs
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ use datafusion_common::ScalarValue;
 use datafusion_common::{
     cast::as_generic_string_array, internal_err, DataFusionError, Result,
 };
+use datafusion_expr::function::Hint;
 use datafusion_expr::ColumnarValue;
 use datafusion_expr::TypeSignature::*;
 use datafusion_expr::{ScalarUDFImpl, Signature, Volatility};
-use datafusion_physical_expr::functions::Hint;
 use regex::Regex;
 use std::any::Any;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
diff --git a/datafusion/functions/src/string/btrim.rs b/datafusion/functions/src/string/btrim.rs
index 97b54a194a27..349928d09664 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/src/string/btrim.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions/src/string/btrim.rs
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ use std::any::Any;
 use arrow::datatypes::DataType;
 
 use datafusion_common::{exec_err, Result};
+use datafusion_expr::function::Hint;
 use datafusion_expr::TypeSignature::*;
 use datafusion_expr::{ColumnarValue, Volatility};
 use datafusion_expr::{ScalarUDFImpl, Signature};
-use datafusion_physical_expr::functions::Hint;
 
 use crate::string::common::*;
 use crate::utils::{make_scalar_function, utf8_to_str_type};
diff --git a/datafusion/functions/src/string/ltrim.rs b/datafusion/functions/src/string/ltrim.rs
index ef05a2cb2a13..de14bbaa2bcf 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/src/string/ltrim.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions/src/string/ltrim.rs
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ use arrow::array::{ArrayRef, OffsetSizeTrait};
 use arrow::datatypes::DataType;
 
 use datafusion_common::{exec_err, Result};
+use datafusion_expr::function::Hint;
 use datafusion_expr::TypeSignature::*;
 use datafusion_expr::{ColumnarValue, Volatility};
 use datafusion_expr::{ScalarUDFImpl, Signature};
-use datafusion_physical_expr::functions::Hint;
 
 use crate::string::common::*;
 use crate::utils::{make_scalar_function, utf8_to_str_type};
diff --git a/datafusion/functions/src/string/rtrim.rs b/datafusion/functions/src/string/rtrim.rs
index 2e39080e226b..2d29b50cb173 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/src/string/rtrim.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions/src/string/rtrim.rs
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ use std::any::Any;
 use arrow::datatypes::DataType;
 
 use datafusion_common::{exec_err, Result};
+use datafusion_expr::function::Hint;
 use datafusion_expr::TypeSignature::*;
 use datafusion_expr::{ColumnarValue, Volatility};
 use datafusion_expr::{ScalarUDFImpl, Signature};
-use datafusion_physical_expr::functions::Hint;
 
 use crate::string::common::*;
 use crate::utils::{make_scalar_function, utf8_to_str_type};
diff --git a/datafusion/functions/src/utils.rs b/datafusion/functions/src/utils.rs
index d14844c4a445..393dcc456a88 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/src/utils.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions/src/utils.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 use arrow::array::ArrayRef;
 use arrow::datatypes::DataType;
 use datafusion_common::{Result, ScalarValue};
+use datafusion_expr::function::Hint;
 use datafusion_expr::{ColumnarValue, ScalarFunctionImplementation};
-use datafusion_physical_expr::functions::Hint;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 /// Creates a function to identify the optimal return type of a string function given
diff --git a/datafusion/physical-expr/src/functions.rs b/datafusion/physical-expr/src/functions.rs
index 9c7d6d09349d..e33c28df1988 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-expr/src/functions.rs
+++ b/datafusion/physical-expr/src/functions.rs
@@ -38,14 +38,8 @@ use datafusion_common::{Result, ScalarValue};
 use datafusion_expr::{ColumnarValue, ScalarFunctionImplementation};
 
 pub use crate::scalar_function::create_physical_expr;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
-pub enum Hint {
-    /// Indicates the argument needs to be padded if it is scalar
-    Pad,
-    /// Indicates the argument can be converted to an array of length 1
-    AcceptsSingular,
-}
+// For backward compatibility
+pub use datafusion_expr::function::Hint;
 
 #[deprecated(since = "36.0.0", note = "Use ColumarValue::values_to_arrays instead")]
 pub fn columnar_values_to_array(args: &[ColumnarValue]) -> Result<Vec<ArrayRef>> {