diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index caf850ff10..7b3739125a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1284,6 +1284,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs"
+version = "3.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30baa043103c9d0c2a57cf537cc2f35623889dc0d405e6c3cccfadbc81c71309"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-next"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -4342,9 +4351,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars"
-version = "0.14.5"
+version = "0.14.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2f254b79757346a86a8371ea4a087ce6a56e604c82d61093a1b85bfd0df99aeb"
+checksum = "5c1bf71de63afed8a9262b61a2a7c3a463bf3b2b8dc28a91873621a86ddeb996"
 dependencies = [
  "polars-core",
  "polars-io",
@@ -4353,9 +4362,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-arrow"
-version = "0.14.5"
+version = "0.14.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec1ef88e60b660c51644a5b098570519948d95f389b67ef690a0f1187395d7bf"
+checksum = "d1d436b455a6ac76f09b7b8127d2c4b21e80e8b7579218edee91ce138281d178"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "num 0.4.0",
@@ -4364,9 +4373,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-core"
-version = "0.14.5"
+version = "0.14.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e5e6ee23eb50845501c8c31368051af75801185cf4bedf9e7b3ec945a49af9c"
+checksum = "f3e1a74ab0ddbb0cca4f9a79691cf419ec7af63fc1f72206fac6ab45508d6d85"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "anyhow",
@@ -4391,15 +4400,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-io"
-version = "0.14.5"
+version = "0.14.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "94e8719cdb70555e0492dd24e8f09f637cc112bac438be754bad8dca75f466ab"
+checksum = "54f37bf032736512cc938000e937175b3bbfc27ea72abd07fc03d25145d709a0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "anyhow",
  "arrow",
  "csv",
  "csv-core",
+ "dirs 3.0.2",
  "fast-float",
  "lazy_static 1.4.0",
  "lexical",
@@ -4411,13 +4421,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "polars-core",
  "rayon",
  "regex",
+ "simdutf8",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "polars-lazy"
-version = "0.14.5"
+version = "0.14.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ca6b2fb59bbe6725a84c48df12f509b4655d173cd113e5fb51f971cff1f93bc"
+checksum = "4c7f767d152af32f2880c02d0e4ead23d5591e066bf92af462ef9d1e4149e7af"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "itertools",
@@ -5499,6 +5510,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "simdutf8"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c970da16e7c682fa90a261cf0724dee241c9f7831635ecc4e988ae8f3b505559"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "siphasher"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -5877,7 +5894,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "edd106a334b7657c10b7c540a0106114feadeb4dc314513e97df481d5d966f42"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
- "dirs",
+ "dirs 1.0.5",
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
index 7afe37f2d3..b91f7b4df1 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ which = { version="4.1.0", optional=true }
 zip = { version="0.5.9", optional=true }
 
 [dependencies.polars]
-version = "0.14.5"
+version = "0.14.7"
 optional = true
 features = ["parquet", "json", "random", "pivot", "strings", "is_in"]
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/commands/dataframe/open.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/commands/dataframe/open.rs
index bc644aa31e..82d1a1348c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/commands/dataframe/open.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/commands/dataframe/open.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use nu_protocol::{
 };
 
 use nu_source::Tagged;
-use polars::prelude::{CsvReader, JsonReader, ParquetReader, SerReader};
+use polars::prelude::{CsvEncoding, CsvReader, JsonReader, ParquetReader, PolarsError, SerReader};
 use std::fs::File;
 
 pub struct DataFrame;
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ fn from_csv(args: CommandArgs) -> Result<polars::prelude::DataFrame, ShellError>
     let columns: Option<Vec<Value>> = args.get_flag("columns")?;
 
     let csv_reader = CsvReader::from_path(&file.item)
-        .map_err(|e| parse_polars_error::<&str>(&e, &file.tag.span, None))?;
+        .map_err(|e| parse_polars_error::<&str>(&e, &file.tag.span, None))?
+        .with_encoding(CsvEncoding::LossyUtf8);
 
     let csv_reader = match delimiter {
         None => csv_reader,
@@ -205,6 +206,15 @@ fn from_csv(args: CommandArgs) -> Result<polars::prelude::DataFrame, ShellError>
 
     match csv_reader.finish() {
         Ok(df) => Ok(df),
-        Err(e) => Err(parse_polars_error::<&str>(&e, &file.tag.span, None)),
+        Err(e) => match e {
+            PolarsError::Other(_) => Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
+                "Schema error",
+                "Error with the inferred schema",
+                &file.tag.span,
+                "You can use the argument 'infer_schema' with a number of rows large enough to better infer the schema",
+                &file.tag.span,
+            )),
+            _ => Err(parse_polars_error::<&str>(&e, &file.tag.span, None)),
+        },
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/nu-data/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-data/Cargo.toml
index 5ee0750777..88122a45fd 100644
--- a/crates/nu-data/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-data/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ nu-value-ext = { version = "0.34.0", path="../nu-value-ext" }
 nu-ansi-term = { version = "0.34.0", path="../nu-ansi-term" }
 
 [dependencies.polars]
-version = "0.14.5"
+version = "0.14.7"
 optional = true
 features = ["strings", "checked_arithmetic"]
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml
index 371131ab63..c75dc31525 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ serde_yaml = "0.8.16"
 toml = "0.5.8"
 
 [dependencies.polars]
-version = "0.14.5"
+version = "0.14.7"
 optional = true
 features = ["serde", "rows"]