diff --git a/parquet/Cargo.toml b/parquet/Cargo.toml
index 32bc13b62a53..663b50a08043 100644
--- a/parquet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/parquet/Cargo.toml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ paste = { version = "1.0" }
 half = { version = "2.1", default-features = false, features = ["num-traits"] }
 sysinfo = { version = "0.32.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["system"] }
 crc32fast = { version = "1.4.2", optional = true, default-features = false }
+simdutf8 = { version = "0.1.5"}
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 base64 = { version = "0.22", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/parquet/src/arrow/array_reader/byte_view_array.rs b/parquet/src/arrow/array_reader/byte_view_array.rs
index 5845e2c08cec..2e2b55f42e89 100644
--- a/parquet/src/arrow/array_reader/byte_view_array.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/arrow/array_reader/byte_view_array.rs
@@ -679,9 +679,12 @@ impl ByteViewArrayDecoderDelta {
 
 /// Check that `val` is a valid UTF-8 sequence
 pub fn check_valid_utf8(val: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
-    match std::str::from_utf8(val) {
+    match simdutf8::basic::from_utf8(val) {
         Ok(_) => Ok(()),
-        Err(e) => Err(general_err!("encountered non UTF-8 data: {}", e)),
+        Err(_) => {
+            let e = simdutf8::compat::from_utf8(val).unwrap_err();
+            Err(general_err!("encountered non UTF-8 data: {}", e))
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/parquet/src/arrow/buffer/offset_buffer.rs b/parquet/src/arrow/buffer/offset_buffer.rs
index ce9eb1142a5b..8dfb859612cb 100644
--- a/parquet/src/arrow/buffer/offset_buffer.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/arrow/buffer/offset_buffer.rs
@@ -117,9 +117,13 @@ impl<I: OffsetSizeTrait> OffsetBuffer<I> {
     ///
     /// [`Self::try_push`] can perform this validation check on insertion
     pub fn check_valid_utf8(&self, start_offset: usize) -> Result<()> {
-        match std::str::from_utf8(&self.values.as_slice()[start_offset..]) {
+        match simdutf8::basic::from_utf8(&self.values.as_slice()[start_offset..]) {
             Ok(_) => Ok(()),
-            Err(e) => Err(general_err!("encountered non UTF-8 data: {}", e)),
+            Err(_) => {
+                let e = simdutf8::compat::from_utf8(&self.values.as_slice()[start_offset..])
+                    .unwrap_err();
+                Err(general_err!("encountered non UTF-8 data: {}", e))
+            }
         }
     }