diff --git a/daft/table/table_io.py b/daft/table/table_io.py
index 9e51b7669f..bdad3ebef8 100644
--- a/daft/table/table_io.py
+++ b/daft/table/table_io.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import random
 import time
 from collections.abc import Callable, Generator
+from functools import partial
 from typing import IO, TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Union
 from uuid import uuid4
 
@@ -682,14 +683,14 @@ def write_deltalake(
 
     data_files: list[AddAction] = []
 
-    # added to get_file_stats_from_metadata in deltalake v0.17.4: non-optional "num_indexed_cols" argument
+    # added to get_file_stats_from_metadata in deltalake v0.17.4: non-optional "num_indexed_cols" and "columns_to_collect_stats" arguments
     # https://github.com/delta-io/delta-rs/blob/353e08be0202c45334dcdceee65a8679f35de710/python/deltalake/writer.py#L725
     if parse(deltalake.__version__) < parse("0.17.4"):
         get_file_stats_from_metadata = deltalake.writer.get_file_stats_from_metadata
     else:
-
-        def get_file_stats_from_metadata(metadata):
-            deltalake.writer.get_file_stats_from_metadata(metadata, -1)
+        get_file_stats_from_metadata = partial(
+            deltalake.writer.get_file_stats_from_metadata, num_indexed_cols=-1, columns_to_collect_stats=None
+        )
 
     def file_visitor(written_file: Any) -> None:
         path, partition_values = get_partitions_from_path(written_file.path)
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 623fdefd08..3a1520253f 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ tenacity==8.2.3; python_version >= '3.8'
 
 # Delta Lake
 deltalake==0.5.8; platform_system == "Windows"
-deltalake==0.15.3; platform_system != "Windows" and python_version >= '3.8'
+deltalake==0.18.2; platform_system != "Windows" and python_version >= '3.8'
 
 # Databricks
 databricks-sdk==0.12.0