diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 874eaa2e46..6de89b9b0b 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 :artifactId: neo4j-cypher-dsl
 
 // This will be next version and also the one that will be put into the manual for the main branch
-:neo4j-cypher-dsl-version: 2023.9.6-SNAPSHOT
+:neo4j-cypher-dsl-version: 2023.10.0-SNAPSHOT
 // This is the latest released version, used only in the readme
 :neo4j-cypher-dsl-version-latest: 2023.9.5
 
diff --git a/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/main/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/DefaultStatementBuilder.java b/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/main/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/DefaultStatementBuilder.java
index f222529155..c00f678d57 100644
--- a/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/main/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/DefaultStatementBuilder.java
+++ b/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/main/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/DefaultStatementBuilder.java
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ protected final void addUpdatingClause(UpdatingClause updatingClause) {
 
 	@NotNull
 	@Override
-	public StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingWithoutWhere call(Statement statement, IdentifiableElement... imports) {
+	public BuildableSubquery call(Statement statement, IdentifiableElement... imports) {
 
 		this.closeCurrentOngoingMatch();
 		this.closeCurrentOngoingUpdate();
@@ -466,6 +466,18 @@ public StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingWithoutWhere call(Statement statement, Ide
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	@NotNull
+	@Override
+	public BuildableSubquery callRawCypher(String rawCypher, Object... args) {
+
+		this.closeCurrentOngoingMatch();
+		this.closeCurrentOngoingUpdate();
+
+		this.currentSinglePartElements.add(Subquery.raw(rawCypher, args));
+
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	@NotNull
 	@Override
 	public BuildableSubquery callInTransactions(Statement statement, Integer rows, IdentifiableElement... imports) {
@@ -951,13 +963,21 @@ public OngoingUnwind unwind(Expression expression) {
 
 		@NotNull
 		@Override
-		public OngoingReadingWithoutWhere call(Statement statement, IdentifiableElement... imports) {
+		public BuildableSubquery call(Statement statement, IdentifiableElement... imports) {
 
 			return DefaultStatementBuilder.this
 				.addWith(buildWith())
 				.call(statement, imports);
 		}
 
+		@Override
+		public @NotNull BuildableSubquery callRawCypher(String rawCypher, Object... args) {
+
+			return DefaultStatementBuilder.this
+				.addWith(buildWith())
+				.callRawCypher(rawCypher, args);
+		}
+
 		@NotNull
 		@Override
 		public BuildableSubquery callInTransactions(Statement statement, Integer rows, IdentifiableElement... imports) {
@@ -1663,10 +1683,15 @@ public StatementBuilder.OrderableOngoingReadingAndWithWithoutWhere withDistinct(
 
 		@NotNull
 		@Override
-		public StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingWithoutWhere call(Statement statement, IdentifiableElement... imports) {
+		public BuildableSubquery call(Statement statement, IdentifiableElement... imports) {
 			return new DefaultStatementBuilder(this.buildCall()).call(statement, imports);
 		}
 
+		@Override
+		public @NotNull BuildableSubquery callRawCypher(String rawCypher, Object... args) {
+			return new DefaultStatementBuilder(this.buildCall()).callRawCypher(rawCypher, args);
+		}
+
 		@NotNull
 		@Override
 		public BuildableSubquery callInTransactions(Statement statement, Integer rows, IdentifiableElement... imports) {
@@ -1784,12 +1809,19 @@ public OrderableOngoingReadingAndWithWithoutWhere withDistinct(Collection<Identi
 
 		@NotNull
 		@Override
-		public StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingWithoutWhere call(Statement statement, IdentifiableElement... imports) {
+		public BuildableSubquery call(Statement statement, IdentifiableElement... imports) {
 
 			DefaultStatementBuilder.this.currentSinglePartElements.add(this.buildCall());
 			return DefaultStatementBuilder.this.call(statement, imports);
 		}
 
+		@Override
+		public @NotNull BuildableSubquery callRawCypher(String rawCypher, Object... args) {
+
+			DefaultStatementBuilder.this.currentSinglePartElements.add(this.buildCall());
+			return DefaultStatementBuilder.this.callRawCypher(rawCypher, args);
+		}
+
 		@NotNull
 		@Override
 		public BuildableSubquery callInTransactions(Statement statement, Integer rows, IdentifiableElement... imports) {
diff --git a/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/main/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/ExposesSubqueryCall.java b/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/main/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/ExposesSubqueryCall.java
index 1d52ff0a2c..469e6219c9 100644
--- a/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/main/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/ExposesSubqueryCall.java
+++ b/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/main/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/ExposesSubqueryCall.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ interface BuildableSubquery extends OngoingReadingWithoutWhere, BuildableStateme
 	 * @return An ongoing reading
 	 */
 	@NotNull @CheckReturnValue
-	default StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingWithoutWhere call(Statement statement) {
+	default BuildableSubquery call(Statement statement) {
 		return call(statement, new IdentifiableElement[0]);
 	}
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ default StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingWithoutWhere call(Statement statement) {
 	 * @since 2021.3.0
 	 */
 	@NotNull @CheckReturnValue
-	default StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingWithoutWhere call(Statement statement, String... imports) {
+	default BuildableSubquery call(Statement statement, String... imports) {
 		return call(statement, Arrays.stream(imports).map(SymbolicName::of).toArray(SymbolicName[]::new));
 	}
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ default StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingWithoutWhere call(Statement statement, St
 	 * @since 2021.3.0
 	 */
 	@NotNull @CheckReturnValue
-	StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingWithoutWhere call(Statement statement, IdentifiableElement... imports);
+	BuildableSubquery call(Statement statement, IdentifiableElement... imports);
 
 	/**
 	 * Starts building a new sub-query from a {@code CALL ... IN TRANSACTIONS} clause
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@ default BuildableSubquery callInTransactions(Statement statement) {
 		return callInTransactions(statement, null, new IdentifiableElement[0]);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Starts building a new sub-query from a raw Cypher string that might also have arguments as supported through {@link Cypher#raw(String, Object...)}.
+	 * Use this method as your own risk and be aware that no checks are done on the Cypher.
+	 * @param rawCypher the raw Cypher statement to call
+	 * @param args optional args that replace placeholders in the {@code rawCypher}
+	 * @return Ongoing sub-query definition
+	 * @since 2023.10.0
+	 */
+	@NotNull @CheckReturnValue
+	BuildableSubquery callRawCypher(String rawCypher, Object... args);
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a subquery running in its own transactions. The statement won't be checked for a {@literal RETURN} or
 	 * {@literal YIELD} clause to accommodate for {@literal CREATE} or other clauses that are void and work in a subquery
diff --git a/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/main/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/Subquery.java b/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/main/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/Subquery.java
index 02da86442c..b24b759ef9 100644
--- a/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/main/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/Subquery.java
+++ b/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/main/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/Subquery.java
@@ -37,8 +37,13 @@
 @Neo4jVersion(minimum = "4.0.0")
 public final class Subquery extends AbstractClause implements Clause {
 
-	private ImportingWith importingWith;
+	private final ImportingWith importingWith;
 	private final Statement statement;
+	private final RawLiteral rawStatement;
+
+	static Subquery raw(String format, Object... mixedArgs) {
+		return new Subquery(RawLiteral.create(format, mixedArgs));
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * The {@code statement} can either be a unit sub-query, used to modify the graph. Those won't impact the amount of
@@ -56,14 +61,25 @@ static Subquery call(Statement statement, IdentifiableElement... imports) {
 	private Subquery(ImportingWith importingWith, Statement statement) {
 		this.importingWith = importingWith;
 		this.statement = statement;
+		this.rawStatement = null;
+	}
+
+	private Subquery(RawLiteral rawStatement) {
+		this.rawStatement = rawStatement;
+		this.importingWith = null;
+		this.statement = null;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void accept(Visitor visitor) {
 
 		visitor.enter(this);
-		this.importingWith.accept(visitor);
-		statement.accept(visitor);
+		if (this.rawStatement != null) {
+			this.rawStatement.accept(visitor);
+		} else {
+			this.importingWith.accept(visitor);
+			this.statement.accept(visitor);
+		}
 		visitor.leave(this);
 	}
 
@@ -77,6 +93,6 @@ InTransactions inTransactionsOf(Integer rows) {
 	 */
 	@API(status = INTERNAL)
 	public boolean doesReturnOrYield() {
-		return statement.doesReturnOrYield();
+		return statement != null && statement.doesReturnOrYield();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/test/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/IssueRelatedIT.java b/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/test/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/IssueRelatedIT.java
index 7bff6d8e6f..7ae401bf1d 100644
--- a/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/test/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/IssueRelatedIT.java
+++ b/neo4j-cypher-dsl/src/test/java/org/neo4j/cypherdsl/core/IssueRelatedIT.java
@@ -704,6 +704,25 @@ void returningRawShouldWork() {
 			}""");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void veryRawCallShouldWork() {
+
+		SymbolicName msg = Cypher.name("message");
+		String statement = Cypher.unwind(Cypher.parameter("events")).as(msg)
+			.with(
+				msg.property("value").as("event"),
+				msg.property("header").as("header"),
+				msg.property("key").as("key"),
+				msg.property("value").as("value")
+			)
+			.callRawCypher("WITH key, value CREATE (e:Event {key: key, value: value})")
+			.build()
+			.getCypher();
+
+		assertThat(statement)
+			.isEqualTo("UNWIND $events AS message WITH message.value AS event, message.header AS header, message.key AS key, message.value AS value CALL {WITH key, value CREATE (e:Event {key: key, value: value})}");
+	}
+
 	@Test // GH-190
 	void mixedWithShouldMakeSense() {
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2bdb70b809..3c818dbfd9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -627,6 +627,10 @@
 								<!-- 2023.5.0 and higher, move up an interface, not to be implemented, has not been removed -->
 								<exclude>org.neo4j.cypherdsl.core.StatementBuilder$ExposesSetAndRemove#set(org.neo4j.cypherdsl.core.Node,java.util.Collection)</exclude>
 								<exclude>org.neo4j.cypherdsl.core.StatementBuilder$ExposesSetAndRemove#set(org.neo4j.cypherdsl.core.Node,java.lang.String[])</exclude>
+								<!-- 2023.10.0 and higher, changed to a broader return type, only we implement that interface -->
+								<exclude>org.neo4j.cypherdsl.core.ExposesSubqueryCall#call(org.neo4j.cypherdsl.core.Statement)</exclude>
+								<exclude>org.neo4j.cypherdsl.core.ExposesSubqueryCall#call(org.neo4j.cypherdsl.core.Statement,java.lang.String[])</exclude>
+								<exclude>org.neo4j.cypherdsl.core.ExposesSubqueryCall#call(org.neo4j.cypherdsl.core.Statement,org.neo4j.cypherdsl.core.IdentifiableElement[])</exclude>
 							</excludes>
 						</parameter>
 					</configuration>