diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
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@@ -1473,9 +1473,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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@@ -1500,9 +1500,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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@@ -1572,9 +1572,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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@@ -1586,9 +1586,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+version = "54.1.0"
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@@ -1615,9 +1615,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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@@ -1634,9 +1634,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b37d65331..0d390b6ff 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ arrow = { version = "58" }
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 arrow-schema = { version = "58" }
 arrow-select = { version = "58" }
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-datafusion-substrait = { version = "54" }
-datafusion-proto = { version = "54" }
-datafusion-ffi = { version = "54" }
-datafusion-catalog = { version = "54", default-features = false }
-datafusion-common = { version = "54", default-features = false }
-datafusion-functions-aggregate = { version = "54" }
-datafusion-functions-window = { version = "54" }
-datafusion-spark = { version = "54" }
-datafusion-expr = { version = "54" }
+datafusion = { version = "54.1" }
+datafusion-substrait = { version = "54.1" }
+datafusion-proto = { version = "54.1" }
+datafusion-ffi = { version = "54.1" }
+datafusion-catalog = { version = "54.1", default-features = false }
+datafusion-common = { version = "54.1", default-features = false }
+datafusion-functions-aggregate = { version = "54.1" }
+datafusion-functions-window = { version = "54.1" }
+datafusion-spark = { version = "54.1" }
+datafusion-expr = { version = "54.1" }
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 serde_json = "1"
 uuid = { version = "1.23" }
diff --git a/crates/core/src/expr/recursive_query.rs b/crates/core/src/expr/recursive_query.rs
index e03137b80..0b198a191 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/expr/recursive_query.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/expr/recursive_query.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use pyo3::IntoPyObjectExt;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 
 use super::logical_node::LogicalNode;
+use crate::errors::PyDataFusionResult;
 use crate::sql::logical::PyLogicalPlan;
 
 #[pyclass(
@@ -67,15 +68,15 @@ impl PyRecursiveQuery {
         static_term: PyLogicalPlan,
         recursive_term: PyLogicalPlan,
         is_distinct: bool,
-    ) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            query: RecursiveQuery {
+    ) -> PyDataFusionResult<Self> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            query: RecursiveQuery::try_new(
                 name,
-                static_term: static_term.plan(),
-                recursive_term: recursive_term.plan(),
+                static_term.plan(),
+                recursive_term.plan(),
                 is_distinct,
-            },
-        }
+            )?,
+        })
     }
 
     fn name(&self) -> PyResult<String> {
diff --git a/python/tests/test_expr.py b/python/tests/test_expr.py
index 606c6a984..780bd8367 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_expr.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_expr.py
@@ -411,6 +411,17 @@ def test_recursive_query():
     plan = plan.inputs()[0].inputs()[0].to_variant()
     assert isinstance(plan, RecursiveQuery)
 
+    # Rebuilding the node through the constructor exercises the schema
+    # reconciliation DataFusion performs over the static and recursive terms.
+    rebuilt = RecursiveQuery(
+        plan.name(),
+        plan.static_term(),
+        plan.recursive_term(),
+        plan.is_distinct(),
+    )
+    assert rebuilt.name() == plan.name()
+    assert rebuilt.is_distinct() == plan.is_distinct()
+
 
 def test_values():
     ctx = SessionContext()