diff --git a/datafusion/functions/src/string/octet_length.rs b/datafusion/functions/src/string/octet_length.rs
index 3732897f3d37..0a012b3215ba 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/src/string/octet_length.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions/src/string/octet_length.rs
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
-use arrow::compute::kernels::length::length;
 use arrow::datatypes::DataType;
 use std::any::Any;
 
 use crate::utils::utf8_to_int_type;
+use arrow::array::{
+    Array, Int32Array, Int32Builder, Int64Builder, LargeStringArray, StringArray,
+    StringViewArray,
+};
 use datafusion_common::types::logical_string;
 use datafusion_common::utils::take_function_args;
 use datafusion_common::{Result, ScalarValue};
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ use datafusion_expr::{
     TypeSignatureClass, Volatility,
 };
 use datafusion_macros::user_doc;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 #[user_doc(
     doc_section(label = "String Functions"),
@@ -90,7 +94,39 @@ impl ScalarUDFImpl for OctetLengthFunc {
         let [array] = take_function_args(self.name(), &args.args)?;
 
         match array {
-            ColumnarValue::Array(v) => Ok(ColumnarValue::Array(length(v.as_ref())?)),
+            ColumnarValue::Array(v) => {
+                if let Some(arr) = v.as_any().downcast_ref::<StringArray>() {
+                    let mut builder = Int32Builder::with_capacity(arr.len());
+                    for i in 0..arr.len() {
+                        if arr.is_null(i) {
+                            builder.append_null();
+                        } else {
+                            builder.append_value(arr.value_length(i));
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Ok(ColumnarValue::Array(Arc::new(builder.finish())))
+                } else if let Some(arr) = v.as_any().downcast_ref::<LargeStringArray>() {
+                    let mut builder = Int64Builder::with_capacity(arr.len());
+                    for i in 0..arr.len() {
+                        if arr.is_null(i) {
+                            builder.append_null();
+                        } else {
+                            builder.append_value(arr.value_length(i));
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Ok(ColumnarValue::Array(Arc::new(builder.finish())))
+                } else if let Some(arr) = v.as_any().downcast_ref::<StringViewArray>() {
+                    let result = arr
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|s| s.map(|s| s.len() as i32))
+                        .collect::<Int32Array>();
+
+                    Ok(ColumnarValue::Array(Arc::new(result)))
+                } else {
+                    unreachable!("octet_length expects string arrays")
+                }
+            }
+
             ColumnarValue::Scalar(v) => match v {
                 ScalarValue::Utf8(v) => Ok(ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Int32(
                     v.as_ref().map(|x| x.len() as i32),