diff --git a/crates/sparrow-batch/src/batch.rs b/crates/sparrow-batch/src/batch.rs
index 8fc8dbdba..82f311d4d 100644
--- a/crates/sparrow-batch/src/batch.rs
+++ b/crates/sparrow-batch/src/batch.rs
@@ -385,49 +385,53 @@ pub(crate) fn validate_bounds(
     key_hash: &ArrayRef,
     up_to_time: RowTime,
 ) -> error_stack::Result<(), Error> {
+    use arrow::compute::SortColumn;
+
     if time.len() == 0 {
         // No more validation necessary for empty batches.
         return Ok(());
     }
 
-    let time: &TimestampNanosecondArray = time.as_primitive();
-    let subsort: &UInt64Array = subsort.as_primitive();
-    let key_hash: &UInt64Array = key_hash.as_primitive();
-
-    let mut prev_time = time.value(0);
-    let mut prev_subsort = subsort.value(0);
-    let mut prev_key_hash = key_hash.value(0);
-
-    for i in 1..time.len() {
-        let curr_time = time.value(i);
-        let curr_subsort = subsort.value(i);
-        let curr_key_hash = key_hash.value(i);
-
-        let order = prev_time
-            .cmp(&curr_time)
-            .then(prev_subsort.cmp(&curr_subsort))
-            .then(prev_key_hash.cmp(&curr_key_hash));
-
-        error_stack::ensure!(
-            order.is_lt(),
-            Error::internal_msg(format!(
-                "Expected data[i - 1] < data[i], but ({}, {}, {}) >= ({}, {}, {})",
-                prev_time, prev_subsort, prev_key_hash, curr_time, curr_subsort, curr_key_hash
-            ))
-        );
+    let sort_indices = arrow::compute::lexsort_to_indices(
+        &[
+            SortColumn {
+                values: time.clone(),
+                options: None,
+            },
+            SortColumn {
+                values: subsort.clone(),
+                options: None,
+            },
+            SortColumn {
+                values: key_hash.clone(),
+                options: None,
+            },
+        ],
+        None,
+    )
+    .into_report()
+    .change_context(Error::internal_msg("lexsort_to_indices".to_owned()))?;
+
+    let is_sorted = sort_indices
+        .values()
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .all(|(i, x)| i == *x as usize);
 
-        prev_time = curr_time;
-        prev_subsort = curr_subsort;
-        prev_key_hash = curr_key_hash;
-    }
+    error_stack::ensure!(
+        is_sorted,
+        Error::internal_msg("Expected sorted batch".to_owned())
+    );
 
-    let curr_time: i64 = up_to_time.into();
-    let order = prev_time.cmp(&curr_time);
+    let time: &TimestampNanosecondArray = time.as_primitive();
+    let last_time = time.values()[time.len() - 1];
+    let up_to_time: i64 = up_to_time.into();
+    let order = last_time.cmp(&up_to_time);
     error_stack::ensure!(
         order.is_le(),
         Error::internal_msg(format!(
             "Expected last data <= upper bound, but ({}) > ({})",
-            prev_time, curr_time
+            last_time, up_to_time
         ))
     );