diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-builder/action.yaml b/.github/actions/setup-builder/action.yaml
index 13a3008b74bc..0157caf8c296 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-builder/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-builder/action.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,31 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
+    - name: Cache Cargo
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        # these represent dependencies downloaded by cargo
+        # and thus do not depend on the OS, arch nor rust version.
+        #
+        # source https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/examples.md#rust---cargo
+        path: |
+          /usr/local/cargo/bin/
+          /usr/local/cargo/registry/index/
+          /usr/local/cargo/registry/cache/
+          /usr/local/cargo/git/db/
+        key: cargo-cache3-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.toml') }}
+        restore-keys: cargo-cache3-
+    - name: Generate lockfile
+      shell: bash
+      run: cargo fetch
+    - name: Cache Rust dependencies
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        # these represent compiled steps of both dependencies and arrow
+        # and thus are specific for a particular OS, arch and rust version.
+        path: /github/home/target
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-target-cache3-${{ inputs.rust-version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+        restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-target-cache3-${{ inputs.rust-version }}-
     - name: Install Build Dependencies
       shell: bash
       run: |
@@ -36,4 +61,4 @@ runs:
         echo "Installing ${{ inputs.rust-version }}"
         rustup toolchain install ${{ inputs.rust-version }}
         rustup default ${{ inputs.rust-version }}
-        rustup component add rustfmt
+        echo "CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/github/home/target" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/.github/workflows/miri.yaml b/.github/workflows/miri.yaml
index 2167ed519cd4..7feacc07dd73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/miri.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/miri.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-name: Rust
+name: MIRI
 
 on:
   # always trigger
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 7f5996290577..9331db745659 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        arch: [amd64]
-        rust: [stable]
+        arch: [ amd64 ]
+        rust: [ stable ]
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.arch }}/rust
       env:
@@ -40,39 +40,23 @@ jobs:
         RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=1"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Cache Cargo
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          # these represent dependencies downloaded by cargo
-          # and thus do not depend on the OS, arch nor rust version.
-          path: /github/home/.cargo
-          key: cargo-cache3-
-      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          # these represent compiled steps of both dependencies and arrow
-          # and thus are specific for a particular OS, arch and rust version.
-          path: /github/home/target
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-target-cache3-${{ matrix.rust }}-
       - name: Setup Rust toolchain
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
         with:
           rust-version: ${{ matrix.rust }}
       - name: Build Workspace
         run: |
-          export CARGO_HOME="/github/home/.cargo"
-          export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/github/home/target"
           cargo build
 
   # test the crate
   linux-test:
     name: Test Workspace on AMD64 Rust ${{ matrix.rust }}
-    needs: [linux-build-lib]
+    needs: [ linux-build-lib ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        arch: [amd64]
-        rust: [stable]
+        arch: [ amd64 ]
+        rust: [ stable ]
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.arch }}/rust
       env:
@@ -85,54 +69,52 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           submodules: true
-      - name: Cache Cargo
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: /github/home/.cargo
-          # this key equals the ones on `linux-build-lib` for re-use
-          key: cargo-cache3-
-      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: /github/home/target
-          # this key equals the ones on `linux-build-lib` for re-use
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-target-cache3-${{ matrix.rust }}
       - name: Setup Rust toolchain
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
         with:
           rust-version: ${{ matrix.rust }}
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          export CARGO_HOME="/github/home/.cargo"
-          export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/github/home/target"
-
           # run tests on all workspace members with default feature list
           cargo test
-
-          # Switch to arrow crate
-          cd arrow
-          # re-run tests on arrow crate to ensure
-          # all arrays are created correctly
-          cargo test --features=force_validate
-          cargo test --features=prettyprint
-          # run test on arrow crate with minimal set of features
-          cargo test --no-default-features
+      - name: Re-run tests with all supported features
+        run: |
+          cargo test -p arrow --features=force_validate,prettyprint
+      - name: Run examples
+        run: |
+          # Test arrow examples
           cargo run --example builders
           cargo run --example dynamic_types
           cargo run --example read_csv
           cargo run --example read_csv_infer_schema
-          cargo check --no-default-features
-
-          # Switch to parquet crate
-          cd ../parquet
-          # re-run tests on parquet crate with async feature enabled
-          cargo test --features=async
-          cargo check --no-default-features
-
-          # Switch to arrow-flight
-          cd ../arrow-flight
-          cargo test --features=flight-sql-experimental
-          cargo check --no-default-features
+      - name: Test compilation of arrow library crate with different feature combinations
+        run: |
+          cargo check -p arrow
+          cargo check -p arrow --no-default-features
+      - name: Test compilation of arrow targets with different feature combinations
+        run: |
+          cargo check -p arrow --all-targets
+          cargo check -p arrow --no-default-features --all-targets
+          cargo check -p arrow --no-default-features --all-targets --features test_utils
+      - name: Re-run tests on arrow-flight with all features
+        run: |
+          cargo test -p arrow-flight --all-features
+      - name: Re-run tests on parquet crate with all features
+        run: |
+          cargo test -p parquet --all-features
+      - name: Test compilation of parquet library crate with different feature combinations
+        run: |
+          cargo check -p parquet
+          cargo check -p parquet --no-default-features
+          cargo check -p parquet --no-default-features --features arrow
+      - name: Test compilation of parquet targets with different feature combinations
+        run: |
+          cargo check -p parquet --all-targets
+          cargo check -p parquet --no-default-features --all-targets
+          cargo check -p parquet --no-default-features --features arrow --all-targets
+      - name: Test compilation of parquet_derive macro with different feature combinations
+        run: |
+          cargo check -p parquet_derive
 
   # test the --features "simd" of the arrow crate. This requires nightly.
   linux-test-simd:
@@ -140,8 +122,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        arch: [amd64]
-        rust: [nightly]
+        arch: [ amd64 ]
+        rust: [ nightly ]
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.arch }}/rust
       env:
@@ -153,40 +135,25 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           submodules: true
-      - name: Cache Cargo
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: /github/home/.cargo
-          key: cargo-nightly-cache3-
-      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: /github/home/target
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-target-nightly-cache3-${{ matrix.rust }}
       - name: Setup Rust toolchain
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
         with:
           rust-version: ${{ matrix.rust }}
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          export CARGO_HOME="/github/home/.cargo"
-          export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/github/home/target"
-          cd arrow
-          cargo test --features "simd"
-      - name: Check new project build with simd features
+          cargo test -p arrow --features "simd"
+      - name: Check compilation with simd features
         run: |
-          export CARGO_HOME="/github/home/.cargo"
-          export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/github/home/target"
-          cd arrow/test/dependency/simd
-          cargo check
+          cargo check -p arrow --features simd
+          cargo check -p arrow --features simd --all-targets
 
   windows-and-macos:
     name: Test on ${{ matrix.os }} Rust ${{ matrix.rust }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        rust: [stable]
+        os: [ windows-latest, macos-latest ]
+        rust: [ stable ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
@@ -197,7 +164,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           rustup toolchain install ${{ matrix.rust }}
           rustup default ${{ matrix.rust }}
-          rustup component add rustfmt
       - name: Run tests
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -209,12 +175,12 @@ jobs:
 
   clippy:
     name: Clippy
-    needs: [linux-build-lib]
+    needs: [ linux-build-lib ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        arch: [amd64]
-        rust: [stable]
+        arch: [ amd64 ]
+        rust: [ stable ]
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.arch }}/rust
       env:
@@ -225,29 +191,15 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           submodules: true
-      - name: Cache Cargo
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: /github/home/.cargo
-          # this key equals the ones on `linux-build-lib` for re-use
-          key: cargo-cache3-
-      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: /github/home/target
-          # this key equals the ones on `linux-build-lib` for re-use
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-target-cache3-${{ matrix.rust }}
       - name: Setup Rust toolchain
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
         with:
           rust-version: ${{ matrix.rust }}
       - name: Setup Clippy
         run: |
-          rustup component add rustfmt clippy
+          rustup component add clippy
       - name: Run clippy
         run: |
-          export CARGO_HOME="/github/home/.cargo"
-          export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/github/home/target"
           cargo clippy --features test_common --features prettyprint  --features=async --all-targets --workspace -- -D warnings
 
   check_benches:
@@ -255,8 +207,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        arch: [amd64]
-        rust: [stable]
+        arch: [ amd64 ]
+        rust: [ stable ]
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.arch }}/rust
       env:
@@ -267,27 +219,13 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           submodules: true
-      - name: Cache Cargo
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: /github/home/.cargo
-          # this key equals the ones on `linux-build-lib` for re-use
-          key: cargo-cache3-
-      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: /github/home/target
-          # this key equals the ones on `linux-build-lib` for re-use
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-target-cache3-${{ matrix.rust }}
       - name: Setup Rust toolchain
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
         with:
           rust-version: ${{ matrix.rust }}
       - name: Check benchmarks
         run: |
-          export CARGO_HOME="/github/home/.cargo"
-          export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/github/home/target"
-          cargo check --benches --workspace --features test_common,prettyprint,async,experimental 
+          cargo check --benches --workspace --features test_common,prettyprint,async,experimental
 
   lint:
     name: Lint (cargo fmt)
@@ -309,8 +247,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        arch: [amd64]
-        rust: [stable]
+        arch: [ amd64 ]
+        rust: [ stable ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
@@ -319,7 +257,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           rustup toolchain install ${{ matrix.rust }}
           rustup default ${{ matrix.rust }}
-          rustup component add rustfmt clippy
       - name: Cache Cargo
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
@@ -354,8 +291,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        arch: [amd64]
-        rust: [nightly]
+        arch: [ amd64 ]
+        rust: [ nightly ]
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.arch }}/rust
       env:
@@ -382,13 +319,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           rustup toolchain install ${{ matrix.rust }}
           rustup override set ${{ matrix.rust }}
-          rustup component add rustfmt
           rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
           rustup target add wasm32-wasi
       - name: Build arrow crate
         run: |
-          export CARGO_HOME="/github/home/.cargo"
-          export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/github/home/target"
           cd arrow
           cargo build --no-default-features --features=csv,ipc,simd --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
           cargo build --no-default-features --features=csv,ipc,simd --target wasm32-wasi
@@ -399,14 +333,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        arch: [amd64]
-        rust: [nightly]
+        arch: [ amd64 ]
+        rust: [ nightly ]
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.arch }}/rust
       env:
         # Disable full debug symbol generation to speed up CI build and keep memory down
         # "1" means line tables only, which is useful for panic tracebacks.
         RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=1"
+        RUSTDOCFLAGS: "-Dwarnings"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
@@ -415,74 +350,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           apt update
           apt install -y libpython3.9-dev
-      - name: Cache Cargo
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: /github/home/.cargo
-          key: cargo-nightly-cache3-
-      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: /github/home/target
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-target-nightly-cache3-${{ matrix.rust }}
       - name: Setup Rust toolchain
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
         with:
           rust-version: ${{ matrix.rust }}
       - name: Run cargo doc
         run: |
-          export CARGO_HOME="/github/home/.cargo"
-          export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/github/home/target"
-          export RUSTDOCFLAGS="-Dwarnings"
           cargo doc --document-private-items --no-deps --workspace --all-features
-
-
-  # test builds with various feature flag combinations outside the main workspace
-  default-build:
-    name: Feature Flag Builds ${{ matrix.rust }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        arch: [amd64]
-        rust: [stable]
-    container:
-      image: ${{ matrix.arch }}/rust
-      env:
-        # Disable debug symbol generation to speed up CI build and keep memory down
-        RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=0"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Cache Cargo
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: /github/home/.cargo
-          # this key equals the ones on `linux-build-lib` for re-use
-          key: cargo-cache3-
-      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: /github/home/target
-          # this key equals the ones on `linux-build-lib` for re-use
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-target-cache3-${{ matrix.rust }}
-      - name: Setup Rust toolchain
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
-        with:
-          rust-version: ${{ matrix.rust }}
-      - name: Arrow Build with default features
-        run: |
-          export CARGO_HOME="/github/home/.cargo"
-          export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/github/home/target"
-          cd arrow/test/dependency/default-features
-          cargo check
-      - name: Arrow Build with default-features=false
-        run: |
-          export CARGO_HOME="/github/home/.cargo"
-          export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/github/home/target"
-          cd arrow/test/dependency/no-default-features
-          cargo check
-      - name: Parquet Derive build with default-features
-        run: |
-          export CARGO_HOME="/github/home/.cargo"
-          export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/github/home/target"
-          cd parquet_derive/test/dependency/default-features
-          cargo check
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index de7d36f34814..2837f028e8c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ members = [
         "arrow-flight",
         "integration-testing",
 ]
+# Enable the version 2 feature resolver, which avoids unifying features for targets that are not being built
+#
+# Critically this prevents dev-dependencies from enabling features even when not building a target that
+# uses dev-dependencies, e.g. the library crate. This in turn ensures that we can catch invalid feature
+# flag combinations that would otherwise only surface in dependent crates
+#
+# Reference - https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/cargo/reference/features.html#feature-resolver-version-2
+#
+resolver = "2"
 
 # this package is excluded because it requires different compilation flags, thereby significantly changing
 # how it is compiled within the workspace, causing the whole workspace to be compiled from scratch
diff --git a/arrow/Cargo.toml b/arrow/Cargo.toml
index edc04ca5f2d9..fd60078f1d92 100644
--- a/arrow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow/Cargo.toml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ tempfile = "3"
 [[bench]]
 name = "aggregate_kernels"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test_utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "array_from_vec"
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ harness = false
 [[bench]]
 name = "builder"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test_utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "buffer_bit_ops"
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ harness = false
 [[bench]]
 name = "boolean_kernels"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test_utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "boolean_append_packed"
@@ -112,22 +115,27 @@ harness = false
 [[bench]]
 name = "arithmetic_kernels"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test_utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "cast_kernels"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test_utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "comparison_kernels"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test_utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "filter_kernels"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test_utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "take_kernels"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test_utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "length_kernel"
@@ -140,10 +148,12 @@ harness = false
 [[bench]]
 name = "sort_kernel"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test_utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "partition_kernels"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test_utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "csv_writer"
@@ -156,6 +166,7 @@ harness = false
 [[bench]]
 name = "equal"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test_utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "array_slice"
@@ -164,18 +175,22 @@ harness = false
 [[bench]]
 name = "concatenate_kernel"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test_utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "mutable_array"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test_utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "buffer_create"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test_utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "substring_kernels"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["test_utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "array_data_validate"
diff --git a/arrow/examples/read_csv.rs b/arrow/examples/read_csv.rs
index 243d8d0f7ee3..5ccf0c58a797 100644
--- a/arrow/examples/read_csv.rs
+++ b/arrow/examples/read_csv.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ fn main() {
             Field::new("lng", DataType::Float64, false),
         ]);
 
-        let file = File::open("test/data/uk_cities.csv").unwrap();
+        let path = format!("{}/test/data/uk_cities.csv", env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+        let file = File::open(path).unwrap();
 
         let mut csv =
             csv::Reader::new(file, Arc::new(schema), false, None, 1024, None, None, None);
diff --git a/arrow/examples/read_csv_infer_schema.rs b/arrow/examples/read_csv_infer_schema.rs
index 11f8cfb7f7d2..e9f5ff650706 100644
--- a/arrow/examples/read_csv_infer_schema.rs
+++ b/arrow/examples/read_csv_infer_schema.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ use std::fs::File;
 fn main() {
     #[cfg(feature = "csv")]
     {
-        let file = File::open("test/data/uk_cities_with_headers.csv").unwrap();
+        let path = format!(
+            "{}/test/data/uk_cities_with_headers.csv",
+            env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")
+        );
+        let file = File::open(path).unwrap();
         let builder = csv::ReaderBuilder::new()
             .has_header(true)
             .infer_schema(Some(100));
diff --git a/arrow/test/dependency/README.md b/arrow/test/dependency/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index b618b4636e7c..000000000000
--- a/arrow/test/dependency/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<!---
-  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-  distributed with this work for additional information
-  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-  specific language governing permissions and limitations
-  under the License.
--->
-
-This directory contains projects that use arrow as a dependency with
-various combinations of feature flags.
diff --git a/arrow/test/dependency/default-features/Cargo.toml b/arrow/test/dependency/default-features/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index c03aef9979e5..000000000000
--- a/arrow/test/dependency/default-features/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-[package]
-name = "defeault-features"
-description = "Models a user application of arrow that uses default features of arrow"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.57"
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
-
-[dependencies]
-arrow = { path = "../../../../arrow", version = "15.0.0" }
-
-[workspace]
diff --git a/arrow/test/dependency/default-features/src/main.rs b/arrow/test/dependency/default-features/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e7a11a969c03..000000000000
--- a/arrow/test/dependency/default-features/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
-}
diff --git a/arrow/test/dependency/no-default-features/Cargo.toml b/arrow/test/dependency/no-default-features/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index c637aa6e9a8b..000000000000
--- a/arrow/test/dependency/no-default-features/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-[package]
-name = "no-default-features"
-description = "Models a user application of arrow that specifies no-default-features=true"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.57"
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
-
-[dependencies]
-arrow = { path = "../../../../arrow", version = "15.0.0", default-features = false }
-
-[workspace]
diff --git a/arrow/test/dependency/no-default-features/src/main.rs b/arrow/test/dependency/no-default-features/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e7a11a969c03..000000000000
--- a/arrow/test/dependency/no-default-features/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
-}
diff --git a/arrow/test/dependency/simd/Cargo.toml b/arrow/test/dependency/simd/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index ecc6a93a8be9..000000000000
--- a/arrow/test/dependency/simd/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-[package]
-name = "defeault-features"
-description = "Models a user application of arrow that uses the simd feature of arrow"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.57"
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
-
-[dependencies]
-arrow = { path = "../../../../arrow", version = "15.0.0", features = ["simd"]}
-
-[workspace]
diff --git a/arrow/test/dependency/simd/src/main.rs b/arrow/test/dependency/simd/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e7a11a969c03..000000000000
--- a/arrow/test/dependency/simd/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
-}
diff --git a/parquet/Cargo.toml b/parquet/Cargo.toml
index bb7a8cd10583..a805ea8c4214 100644
--- a/parquet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/parquet/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,18 +39,19 @@ brotli = { version = "3.3", optional = true }
 flate2 = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 lz4 = { version = "1.23", optional = true }
 zstd = { version = "0.11.1", optional = true, default-features = false }
-chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
+chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 num = "0.4"
 num-bigint = "0.4"
 arrow = { path = "../arrow", version = "15.0.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["ipc"] }
 base64 = { version = "0.13", optional = true }
 clap = { version = "3", optional = true, features = ["derive", "env"] }
-serde_json = { version = "1.0", features = ["preserve_order"], optional = true }
+serde_json = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 rand = "0.8"
 futures = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["macros", "fs", "rt", "io-util"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+base64 = "0.13"
 criterion = "0.3"
 rand = "0.8"
 snap = "1.0"
@@ -58,19 +59,24 @@ tempfile = "3.0"
 brotli = "3.3"
 flate2 = "1.0"
 lz4 = "1.23"
+zstd = "0.11"
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", features = ["preserve_order"] }
-arrow = { path = "../arrow", version = "15.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["test_utils", "prettyprint"] }
+arrow = { path = "../arrow", version = "15.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["ipc", "test_utils", "prettyprint"] }
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["arrow", "snap", "brotli", "flate2", "lz4", "zstd", "base64"]
+# Enable arrow reader/writer APIs
+arrow = ["dep:arrow", "base64"]
+# Enable CLI tools
 cli = ["serde_json", "base64", "clap"]
+# Enable internal testing APIs
 test_common = []
 # Experimental, unstable functionality primarily used for testing
 experimental = []
-# Enable async API
+# Enable async APIs
 async = ["futures", "tokio"]
 
 [[bin]]
@@ -87,11 +93,12 @@ required-features = ["cli"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "arrow_writer"
+required-features = ["arrow"]
 harness = false
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "arrow_reader"
-required-features = ["test_common", "experimental"]
+required-features = ["arrow", "test_common", "experimental"]
 harness = false
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/parquet/README.md b/parquet/README.md
index ed8b5518b8f9..fbb6e3e1b5d5 100644
--- a/parquet/README.md
+++ b/parquet/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ See [crate documentation](https://docs.rs/parquet/latest/parquet/) for examples
 
 ## Rust Version Compatbility
 
-This crate is tested with the latest stable version of Rust. We do not currrently test against other, older versions of the Rust compiler.
+This crate is tested with the latest stable version of Rust. We do not currently test against other, older versions of the Rust compiler.
 
 ## Features
 
diff --git a/parquet/src/errors.rs b/parquet/src/errors.rs
index fcbb846f110f..c2fb5bd66cf9 100644
--- a/parquet/src/errors.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/errors.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 //! Common Parquet errors and macros.
 
-use std::{cell, convert, io, result, str};
+use std::{cell, io, result, str};
 
 #[cfg(any(feature = "arrow", test))]
 use arrow::error::ArrowError;
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, ParquetError>;
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Conversion from `ParquetError` to other types of `Error`s
 
-impl convert::From<ParquetError> for io::Error {
+impl From<ParquetError> for io::Error {
     fn from(e: ParquetError) -> Self {
         io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e)
     }
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ macro_rules! eof_err {
     ($fmt:expr, $($args:expr),*) => (ParquetError::EOF(format!($fmt, $($args),*)));
 }
 
+#[cfg(any(feature = "arrow", test))]
 macro_rules! arrow_err {
     ($fmt:expr) => (ParquetError::ArrowError($fmt.to_owned()));
     ($fmt:expr, $($args:expr),*) => (ParquetError::ArrowError(format!($fmt, $($args),*)));
diff --git a/parquet/src/record/api.rs b/parquet/src/record/api.rs
index 95b97bc9546e..5df21e4b0d00 100644
--- a/parquet/src/record/api.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/record/api.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use crate::data_type::{ByteArray, Decimal, Int96};
 use crate::errors::{ParquetError, Result};
 use crate::schema::types::ColumnDescPtr;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "cli")]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "cli", test))]
 use serde_json::Value;
 
 /// Macro as a shortcut to generate 'not yet implemented' panic error.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl Row {
         }
     }
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "cli")]
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "cli", test))]
     pub fn to_json_value(&self) -> Value {
         Value::Object(
             self.fields
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ impl Field {
         }
     }
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "cli")]
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "cli", test))]
     pub fn to_json_value(&self) -> Value {
         match &self {
             Field::Null => Value::Null,
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ impl Field {
             Field::Double(n) => serde_json::Number::from_f64(*n)
                 .map(Value::Number)
                 .unwrap_or(Value::Null),
-            Field::Decimal(n) => Value::String(convert_decimal_to_string(&n)),
+            Field::Decimal(n) => Value::String(convert_decimal_to_string(n)),
             Field::Str(s) => Value::String(s.to_owned()),
             Field::Bytes(b) => Value::String(base64::encode(b.data())),
             Field::Date(d) => Value::String(convert_date_to_string(*d)),
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[cfg(feature = "cli")]
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "cli", test))]
     fn test_to_json_value() {
         assert_eq!(Field::Null.to_json_value(), Value::Null);
         assert_eq!(Field::Bool(true).to_json_value(), Value::Bool(true));
@@ -1707,21 +1707,19 @@ mod tests {
         );
         assert_eq!(
             Field::Float(5.0).to_json_value(),
-            Value::Number(serde_json::Number::from_f64(f64::from(5.0 as f32)).unwrap())
+            Value::Number(serde_json::Number::from_f64(5.0).unwrap())
         );
         assert_eq!(
             Field::Float(5.1234).to_json_value(),
-            Value::Number(
-                serde_json::Number::from_f64(f64::from(5.1234 as f32)).unwrap()
-            )
+            Value::Number(serde_json::Number::from_f64(5.1234_f32 as f64).unwrap())
         );
         assert_eq!(
             Field::Double(6.0).to_json_value(),
-            Value::Number(serde_json::Number::from_f64(6.0 as f64).unwrap())
+            Value::Number(serde_json::Number::from_f64(6.0).unwrap())
         );
         assert_eq!(
             Field::Double(6.1234).to_json_value(),
-            Value::Number(serde_json::Number::from_f64(6.1234 as f64).unwrap())
+            Value::Number(serde_json::Number::from_f64(6.1234).unwrap())
         );
         assert_eq!(
             Field::Str("abc".to_string()).to_json_value(),
diff --git a/parquet_derive/test/dependency/README.md b/parquet_derive/test/dependency/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index b618b4636e7c..000000000000
--- a/parquet_derive/test/dependency/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<!---
-  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-  distributed with this work for additional information
-  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-  specific language governing permissions and limitations
-  under the License.
--->
-
-This directory contains projects that use arrow as a dependency with
-various combinations of feature flags.
diff --git a/parquet_derive/test/dependency/default-features/Cargo.toml b/parquet_derive/test/dependency/default-features/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7434552aaec4..000000000000
--- a/parquet_derive/test/dependency/default-features/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-[package]
-name = "defeault-features"
-description = "Models a user application of parquet_derive that uses no additional features of arrow"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.57"
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
-
-[dependencies]
-parquet_derive = { path = "../../../../parquet_derive", version = "15.0.0" }
-
-# Keep this out of the default workspace
-[workspace]
diff --git a/parquet_derive/test/dependency/default-features/src/main.rs b/parquet_derive/test/dependency/default-features/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e7a11a969c03..000000000000
--- a/parquet_derive/test/dependency/default-features/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
-}