diff --git a/datafusion/functions/src/string/contains.rs b/datafusion/functions/src/string/contains.rs
index 0f75731aa1c3..86f1eda03342 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/src/string/contains.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions/src/string/contains.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 // under the License.
 
 use crate::utils::make_scalar_function;
-use arrow::array::{Array, ArrayRef, AsArray, GenericStringArray, StringViewArray};
-use arrow::compute::regexp_is_match;
+use arrow::array::{Array, ArrayRef, AsArray};
+use arrow::compute::contains as arrow_contains;
 use arrow::datatypes::DataType;
 use arrow::datatypes::DataType::{Boolean, LargeUtf8, Utf8, Utf8View};
 use datafusion_common::exec_err;
@@ -102,40 +102,25 @@ fn get_contains_doc() -> &'static Documentation {
     })
 }
 
-/// use regexp_is_match_utf8_scalar to do the calculation for contains
+/// use `arrow::compute::contains` to do the calculation for contains
 pub fn contains(args: &[ArrayRef]) -> Result<ArrayRef, DataFusionError> {
     match (args[0].data_type(), args[1].data_type()) {
         (Utf8View, Utf8View) => {
             let mod_str = args[0].as_string_view();
             let match_str = args[1].as_string_view();
-            let res = regexp_is_match::<
-                StringViewArray,
-                StringViewArray,
-                GenericStringArray<i32>,
-            >(mod_str, match_str, None)?;
-
+            let res = arrow_contains(mod_str, match_str)?;
             Ok(Arc::new(res) as ArrayRef)
         }
         (Utf8, Utf8) => {
             let mod_str = args[0].as_string::<i32>();
             let match_str = args[1].as_string::<i32>();
-            let res = regexp_is_match::<
-                GenericStringArray<i32>,
-                GenericStringArray<i32>,
-                GenericStringArray<i32>,
-            >(mod_str, match_str, None)?;
-
+            let res = arrow_contains(mod_str, match_str)?;
             Ok(Arc::new(res) as ArrayRef)
         }
         (LargeUtf8, LargeUtf8) => {
             let mod_str = args[0].as_string::<i64>();
             let match_str = args[1].as_string::<i64>();
-            let res = regexp_is_match::<
-                GenericStringArray<i64>,
-                GenericStringArray<i64>,
-                GenericStringArray<i32>,
-            >(mod_str, match_str, None)?;
-
+            let res = arrow_contains(mod_str, match_str)?;
             Ok(Arc::new(res) as ArrayRef)
         }
         other => {
@@ -143,3 +128,31 @@ pub fn contains(args: &[ArrayRef]) -> Result<ArrayRef, DataFusionError> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::ContainsFunc;
+    use arrow::array::{BooleanArray, StringArray};
+    use datafusion_common::ScalarValue;
+    use datafusion_expr::{ColumnarValue, ScalarUDFImpl};
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_contains_udf() {
+        let udf = ContainsFunc::new();
+        let array = ColumnarValue::Array(Arc::new(StringArray::from(vec![
+            Some("xxx?()"),
+            Some("yyy?()"),
+        ])));
+        let scalar = ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Utf8(Some("x?(".to_string())));
+        let actual = udf.invoke(&[array, scalar]).unwrap();
+        let expect = ColumnarValue::Array(Arc::new(BooleanArray::from(vec![
+            Some(true),
+            Some(false),
+        ])));
+        assert_eq!(
+            *actual.into_array(2).unwrap(),
+            *expect.into_array(2).unwrap()
+        );
+    }
+}