diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3f45db51dce7f..ee814e002ddf8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fnv",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "mime",
  "multer",
  "num-traits",
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2270df3a642efce860ed06fbcf61fc6db10f83c2ecb5613127fb453c82e012a4"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.5.0",
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
 ]
@@ -2361,9 +2361,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crc-catalog"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9cace84e55f07e7301bae1c519df89cdad8cc3cd868413d3fdbdeca9ff3db484"
+checksum = "4939f9ed1444bd8c896d37f3090012fa6e7834fe84ef8c9daa166109515732f9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32c"
@@ -2593,9 +2593,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "curve25519-dalek-derive"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "83fdaf97f4804dcebfa5862639bc9ce4121e82140bec2a987ac5140294865b5b"
+checksum = "f46882e17999c6cc590af592290432be3bce0428cb0d5f8b6715e4dc7b383eb3"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
  "quote 1.0.33",
@@ -3333,7 +3333,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "flate2",
  "futures 0.3.29",
  "glob",
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "libc",
  "quickcheck",
  "scan_fmt",
@@ -4351,9 +4351,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.0.2"
+version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8adf3ddd720272c6ea8bf59463c04e0f93d0bbf7c5439b691bca2987e0270897"
+checksum = "d530e1a18b1cb4c484e6e34556a0d948706958449fca0cab753d649f2bce3d1f"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
  "hashbrown 0.14.2",
@@ -4558,9 +4558,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
-version = "0.3.64"
+version = "0.3.65"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c5f195fe497f702db0f318b07fdd68edb16955aed830df8363d837542f8f935a"
+checksum = "54c0c35952f67de54bb584e9fd912b3023117cbafc0a77d8f3dee1fb5f572fe8"
 dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
@@ -6220,7 +6220,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e1d3afd2628e69da2be385eb6f2fd57c8ac7977ceeff6dc166ff1657b0e386a9"
 dependencies = [
  "fixedbitset",
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6686,7 +6686,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "prometheus-parser"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "nom",
  "num_enum 0.7.1",
  "prost 0.12.1",
@@ -8011,7 +8011,7 @@ version = "1.0.108"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3d1c7e3eac408d115102c4c24ad393e0821bb3a5df4d506a80f85f7a742a526b"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
@@ -8108,7 +8108,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "hex",
  "indexmap 1.9.3",
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_with_macros 3.4.0",
@@ -8157,7 +8157,7 @@ version = "0.9.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3cc7a1570e38322cfe4154732e5110f887ea57e22b76f4bfd32b5bdd3368666c"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
@@ -9106,7 +9106,7 @@ version = "0.19.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b5bb770da30e5cbfde35a2d7b9b8a2c4b8ef89548a7a6aeab5c9a576e3e7421"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "toml_datetime",
  "winnow",
 ]
@@ -9117,7 +9117,7 @@ version = "0.20.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "70f427fce4d84c72b5b732388bf4a9f4531b53f74e2887e3ecb2481f68f66d81"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
@@ -9817,7 +9817,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dunce",
  "glob",
  "hex",
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "indicatif",
  "itertools 0.11.0",
  "log",
@@ -9920,7 +9920,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper",
  "hyper-openssl",
  "hyper-proxy",
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "indoc",
  "infer 0.15.0",
  "inventory",
@@ -10103,7 +10103,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
  "derivative",
  "futures 0.3.29",
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "metrics",
  "nom",
  "ordered-float 4.1.1",
@@ -10134,7 +10134,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono-tz",
  "encoding_rs",
  "http",
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "inventory",
  "no-proxy",
  "num-traits",
@@ -10204,7 +10204,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "headers",
  "http",
  "hyper-proxy",
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "metrics",
  "metrics-tracing-context",
  "metrics-util",
@@ -10372,9 +10372,9 @@ checksum = "6a02e4885ed3bc0f2de90ea6dd45ebcbb66dacffe03547fadbb0eeae2770887d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vrl"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "10d3c3ffe5322a8a7f63cf422aebb5000774e4152955fca1cd024c262893db5d"
+checksum = "a8a93ee342590c4df0ff63961d7d76a347e0c7b6e6c0be4c001317ca1ff11b53"
 dependencies = [
  "aes",
  "ansi_term",
@@ -10406,7 +10406,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "hmac",
  "hostname",
- "indexmap 2.0.2",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "indoc",
  "itertools 0.11.0",
  "lalrpop",
@@ -10450,7 +10450,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
  "webbrowser",
  "woothee",
- "zstd 0.12.4",
+ "zstd 0.13.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -10576,9 +10576,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-futures"
-version = "0.4.37"
+version = "0.4.38"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c02dbc21516f9f1f04f187958890d7e6026df8d16540b7ad9492bc34a67cea03"
+checksum = "9afec9963e3d0994cac82455b2b3502b81a7f40f9a0d32181f7528d9f4b43e02"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "js-sys",
@@ -10630,9 +10630,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "web-sys"
-version = "0.3.64"
+version = "0.3.65"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9b85cbef8c220a6abc02aefd892dfc0fc23afb1c6a426316ec33253a3877249b"
+checksum = "5db499c5f66323272151db0e666cd34f78617522fb0c1604d31a27c50c206a85"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -10971,18 +10971,18 @@ checksum = "09041cd90cf85f7f8b2df60c646f853b7f535ce68f85244eb6731cf89fa498ec"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy"
-version = "0.7.20"
+version = "0.7.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dd66a62464e3ffd4e37bd09950c2b9dd6c4f8767380fabba0d523f9a775bc85a"
+checksum = "686b7e407015242119c33dab17b8f61ba6843534de936d94368856528eae4dcc"
 dependencies = [
  "zerocopy-derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy-derive"
-version = "0.7.20"
+version = "0.7.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "255c4596d41e6916ced49cfafea18727b24d67878fa180ddfd69b9df34fd1726"
+checksum = "020f3dfe25dfc38dfea49ce62d5d45ecdd7f0d8a724fa63eb36b6eba4ec76806"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
  "quote 1.0.33",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aa0247c4d6af0..968a5f5162170 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-vrl = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["cli"] }
+vrl = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["cli"] }
 
 pin-project = { version = "1.1.3", default-features = false }
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ http-body = { version = "0.4.5", default-features = false }
 hyper = { version = "0.14.27", default-features = false, features = ["client", "runtime", "http1", "http2", "server", "stream"] }
 hyper-openssl = { version = "0.9.2", default-features = false }
 hyper-proxy = { version = "0.9.1", default-features = false, features = ["openssl-tls"] }
-indexmap = { version = "~2.0.2", default-features = false, features = ["serde", "std"] }
+indexmap = { version = "2.1.0", default-features = false, features = ["serde", "std"] }
 infer = { version = "0.15.0", default-features = false, optional = true}
 indoc = { version = "2.0.4", default-features = false }
 inventory = { version = "0.3.13", default-features = false }
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.33.0", features = ["test-util"] }
 tokio-test = "0.4.3"
 tower-test = "0.4.0"
 vector-lib = { path = "lib/vector-lib", default-features = false, features = ["vrl", "test"] }
-vrl = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["cli", "test", "test_framework", "arbitrary"] }
+vrl = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["cli", "test", "test_framework", "arbitrary"] }
 
 wiremock = "0.5.19"
 zstd = { version = "0.13.0", default-features = false }
diff --git a/lib/codecs/Cargo.toml b/lib/codecs/Cargo.toml
index 78e058ca41d71..52e6d501391b9 100644
--- a/lib/codecs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/codecs/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 indoc = { version = "2", default-features = false }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["test-util"] }
 similar-asserts = "1.5.0"
-vrl = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["cli", "test", "test_framework", "arbitrary"] }
+vrl = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["cli", "test", "test_framework", "arbitrary"] }
 vector-core = { path = "../vector-core", default-features = false, features = ["test"] }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/lib/codecs/tests/data/native_encoding/vector_generate_fixtures.patch b/lib/codecs/tests/data/native_encoding/vector_generate_fixtures.patch
index ac046ce0adf7d..c0d12028ec8c1 100644
--- a/lib/codecs/tests/data/native_encoding/vector_generate_fixtures.patch
+++ b/lib/codecs/tests/data/native_encoding/vector_generate_fixtures.patch
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ index 0f51fc830..aadf99841 100644
  rand_distr = "0.4.3"
  tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", default-features = false, features = ["env-filter", "fmt", "ansi", "registry"] }
  vector-common = { path = "../vector-common", default-features = false, features = ["test"] }
--vrl = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["cli", "test", "test_framework", "arbitrary"] }
-+vrl = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["cli", "test", "test_framework", "arbitrary"], path = "../../../vrl" }
+-vrl = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["cli", "test", "test_framework", "arbitrary"] }
++vrl = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["cli", "test", "test_framework", "arbitrary"], path = "../../../vrl" }
  
  [features]
  api = ["dep:async-graphql"]
diff --git a/lib/file-source/Cargo.toml b/lib/file-source/Cargo.toml
index ce9438c47db16..b447ac82fc784 100644
--- a/lib/file-source/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/file-source/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ default-features = false
 features = []
 
 [dependencies.indexmap]
-version = "~2.0.2"
+version = "2.1.0"
 default-features = false
 features = ["serde"]
 
diff --git a/lib/prometheus-parser/Cargo.toml b/lib/prometheus-parser/Cargo.toml
index 0a4f018e0a600..3f348925658ab 100644
--- a/lib/prometheus-parser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/prometheus-parser/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license = "MPL-2.0"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-indexmap = "~2.0.2"
+indexmap = "2.1.0"
 nom = "7.1.3"
 num_enum = "0.7.1"
 prost = "0.12"
diff --git a/lib/vector-common/Cargo.toml b/lib/vector-common/Cargo.toml
index 532ced9704705..eaab23760eb0e 100644
--- a/lib/vector-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/vector-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, optional = true, features
 crossbeam-utils = { version = "0.8.16", default-features = false }
 derivative = { version = "2.2.0", default-features = false }
 futures = { version = "0.3.29", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
-indexmap = { version = "~2.0.2", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+indexmap = { version = "2.1.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 metrics = "0.21.1"
 nom = { version = "7", optional = true }
 ordered-float = { version = "4.1.1", default-features = false }
diff --git a/lib/vector-config/Cargo.toml b/lib/vector-config/Cargo.toml
index f1968cc2b8b92..4d6ed4503124d 100644
--- a/lib/vector-config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/vector-config/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ path = "tests/integration/lib.rs"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.31", default-features = false }
 chrono-tz = { version = "0.8.4", default-features = false }
 encoding_rs = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "serde"] }
-indexmap = { version = "2.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+indexmap = { version = "2.1.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 inventory = { version = "0.3" }
 no-proxy = { version = "0.3.4", default-features = false, features = ["serialize"] }
 num-traits = { version = "0.2.17", default-features = false }
diff --git a/lib/vector-core/Cargo.toml b/lib/vector-core/Cargo.toml
index 915b3f237a350..6016559025173 100644
--- a/lib/vector-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/vector-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ futures-util = { version = "0.3.29", default-features = false, features = ["std"
 headers = { version = "0.3.9", default-features = false }
 http = { version = "0.2.9", default-features = false }
 hyper-proxy = { version = "0.9.1", default-features = false, features = ["openssl-tls"] }
-indexmap = { version = "~2.0.2", default-features = false, features = ["serde", "std"] }
+indexmap = { version = "2.1.0", default-features = false, features = ["serde", "std"] }
 lookup = { package = "vector-lookup", path = "../vector-lookup" }
 metrics = "0.21.1"
 metrics-tracing-context = { version = "0.14.0", default-features = false }
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ rand = "0.8.5"
 rand_distr = "0.4.3"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", default-features = false, features = ["env-filter", "fmt", "ansi", "registry"] }
 vector-common = { path = "../vector-common", default-features = false, features = ["test"] }
-vrl = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["cli", "test", "test_framework", "arbitrary"] }
+vrl = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["cli", "test", "test_framework", "arbitrary"] }
 
 [features]
 api = ["dep:async-graphql"]
diff --git a/lib/vector-vrl/tests/Cargo.toml b/lib/vector-vrl/tests/Cargo.toml
index 067e8cae41fe1..65e8459cdd7fe 100644
--- a/lib/vector-vrl/tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/vector-vrl/tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 enrichment = { path = "../../enrichment" }
-vrl = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["test", "test_framework"] }
+vrl = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["test", "test_framework"] }
 vector-vrl-functions = { path = "../../vector-vrl/functions" }
 
 ansi_term = "0.12"
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/remap.cue b/website/cue/reference/remap.cue
index 42d04b02f1e58..af9087b6c6d77 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/remap.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/remap.cue
@@ -247,10 +247,12 @@ remap: #Remap & {
 				  │ │            │
 				  │ │            this expression is fallible
 				  │ │            update the expression to be infallible
+				  │ │            note if an argument type is invalid it can render a function fallible
 				  │ or change this to an infallible assignment:
 				  │ structured, err = parse_key_value(.message)
 				  │
 				  = see documentation about error handling at https://errors.vrl.dev/#handling
+				  = see functions characteristics documentation at https://vrl.dev/expressions/#function-call-characteristics
 				  = learn more about error code 103 at https://errors.vrl.dev/103
 				  = see language documentation at https://vrl.dev
 				  = try your code in the VRL REPL, learn more at https://vrl.dev/examples
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/remap/functions/contains_all.cue b/website/cue/reference/remap/functions/contains_all.cue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dfd7cf07eeb78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/cue/reference/remap/functions/contains_all.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package metadata
+
+remap: functions: contains_all: {
+	category: "String"
+	description: """
+		Determines whether the `value` string contains all the specified `substrings`.
+		"""
+
+	arguments: [
+		{
+			name:        "value"
+			description: "The text to search."
+			required:    true
+			type: ["string"]
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "substrings"
+			description: "An array of substrings to search for in `value`."
+			required:    true
+			type: ["array"]
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "case_sensitive"
+			description: "Whether the match should be case sensitive."
+			required:    false
+			type: ["boolean"]
+		},
+	]
+	internal_failure_reasons: []
+	return: types: ["boolean"]
+
+	examples: [
+		{
+			title: "String contains all"
+			source: #"""
+				contains_all("The Needle In The Haystack", ["Needle", "Haystack"])
+				"""#
+			return: true
+		},
+		{
+			title: "String contains all (case sensitive)"
+			source: #"""
+				contains_all("the NEEDLE in the haystack", ["needle", "haystack"])
+				"""#
+			return: false
+		},
+	]
+
+}
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/remap/functions/from_unix_timestamp.cue b/website/cue/reference/remap/functions/from_unix_timestamp.cue
index 8ad585e73b208..a4eb4a1b08d38 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/remap/functions/from_unix_timestamp.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/remap/functions/from_unix_timestamp.cue
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ remap: functions: from_unix_timestamp: {
 				seconds:      "Express Unix time in seconds"
 				milliseconds: "Express Unix time in milliseconds"
 				nanoseconds:  "Express Unix time in nanoseconds"
+				microseconds: "Express Unix time in microseconds"
 			}
 			default: "seconds"
 		},
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/remap/functions/parse_float.cue b/website/cue/reference/remap/functions/parse_float.cue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f06c26153fcef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/cue/reference/remap/functions/parse_float.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package metadata
+
+remap: functions: parse_float: {
+	category: "String"
+	description: """
+		Parses the string `value` representing a floating point number in base 10 to a float.
+		"""
+
+	arguments: [
+		{
+			name:        "value"
+			description: "The string to parse."
+			required:    true
+			type: ["string"]
+		},
+	]
+	internal_failure_reasons: []
+	return: types: ["float"]
+
+	examples: [
+		{
+			title:  "Parse negative integer"
+			source: #"parse_float!("-42")"#
+			return: -42.0
+		},
+		{
+			title:  "Parse negative integer"
+			source: #"parse_float!("42.38")"#
+			return: 42.38
+		},
+		{
+			title:  "Scientific notation"
+			source: #"parse_float!("2.5e3")"#
+			return: 2500.0
+		},
+	]
+
+}