diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dcba6ad..d9119c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
-version = "1.0.4"
+version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6748e8def348ed4d14996fa801f4122cd763fff530258cdc03f64b25f89d3a5a"
+checksum = "0f2135563fb5c609d2b2b87c1e8ce7bc41b0b45430fa9661f457981503dd5bf0"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
@@ -304,15 +304,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
-version = "3.13.0"
+version = "3.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a3e2c3daef883ecc1b5d58c15adae93470a91d425f3532ba1695849656af3fc1"
+checksum = "7f30e7476521f6f8af1a1c4c0b8cc94f0bee37d91763d0ca2665f299b6cd8aec"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "89b2fd2a0dcf38d7971e2194b6b6eebab45ae01067456a7fd93d5547a61b70be"
+checksum = "a2bd12c1caf447e69cd4528f47f94d203fd2582878ecb9e9465484c4148a8223"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
@@ -338,17 +338,16 @@ checksum = "fd16c4719339c4530435d38e511904438d07cce7950afa3718a84ac36c10e89e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "chrono"
-version = "0.4.26"
+version = "0.4.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec837a71355b28f6556dbd569b37b3f363091c0bd4b2e735674521b4c5fd9bc5"
+checksum = "7f2c685bad3eb3d45a01354cedb7d5faa66194d1d58ba6e267a8de788f79db38"
 dependencies = [
  "android-tzdata",
  "iana-time-zone",
  "js-sys",
  "num-traits",
- "time",
  "wasm-bindgen",
- "winapi",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -460,7 +459,7 @@ checksum = "be4136b2a15dd319360be1c07d9933517ccf0be8f16bf62a3bee4f0d618df427"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "wasi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -630,9 +629,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.147"
+version = "0.2.148"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b4668fb0ea861c1df094127ac5f1da3409a82116a4ba74fca2e58ef927159bb3"
+checksum = "9cdc71e17332e86d2e1d38c1f99edcb6288ee11b815fb1a4b049eaa2114d369b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
@@ -648,9 +647,9 @@ checksum = "b5e6163cb8c49088c2c36f57875e58ccd8c87c7427f7fbd50ea6710b2f3f2e8f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.6.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2dffe52ecf27772e601905b7522cb4ef790d2cc203488bbd0e2fe85fcb74566d"
+checksum = "8f232d6ef707e1956a43342693d2a31e72989554d58299d7a88738cc95b0d35c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ndk"
@@ -797,7 +796,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.29",
+ "syn 2.0.37",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -828,9 +827,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "odbc-api"
-version = "0.57.0"
+version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "24f67900e105061dac15759103b393022d06c491aed041864dccab0b1d820dad"
+checksum = "3b5dcaea985ce9253d2f436e6fa3414e6ff71d969fd366692c5b414e4ff7962c"
 dependencies = [
  "force-send-sync",
  "log",
@@ -879,9 +878,9 @@ checksum = "dc375e1527247fe1a97d8b7156678dfe7c1af2fc075c9a4db3690ecd2a148068"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.66"
+version = "1.0.67"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "18fb31db3f9bddb2ea821cde30a9f70117e3f119938b5ee630b7403aa6e2ead9"
+checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -912,9 +911,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.9.3"
+version = "1.9.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "81bc1d4caf89fac26a70747fe603c130093b53c773888797a6329091246d651a"
+checksum = "697061221ea1b4a94a624f67d0ae2bfe4e22b8a17b6a192afb11046542cc8c47"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -924,9 +923,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.3.6"
+version = "0.3.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fed1ceff11a1dddaee50c9dc8e4938bd106e9d89ae372f192311e7da498e3b69"
+checksum = "c2f401f4955220693b56f8ec66ee9c78abffd8d1c4f23dc41a23839eb88f0795"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -935,9 +934,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e5ea92a5b6195c6ef2a0295ea818b312502c6fc94dde986c5553242e18fd4ce2"
+checksum = "dbb5fb1acd8a1a18b3dd5be62d25485eb770e05afb408a9627d14d451bae12da"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "static_assertions"
@@ -971,9 +970,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.29"
+version = "2.0.37"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c324c494eba9d92503e6f1ef2e6df781e78f6a7705a0202d9801b198807d518a"
+checksum = "7303ef2c05cd654186cb250d29049a24840ca25d2747c25c0381c8d9e2f582e8"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -991,22 +990,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.47"
+version = "1.0.48"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "97a802ec30afc17eee47b2855fc72e0c4cd62be9b4efe6591edde0ec5bd68d8f"
+checksum = "9d6d7a740b8a666a7e828dd00da9c0dc290dff53154ea77ac109281de90589b7"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.47"
+version = "1.0.48"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6bb623b56e39ab7dcd4b1b98bb6c8f8d907ed255b18de254088016b27a8ee19b"
+checksum = "49922ecae66cc8a249b77e68d1d0623c1b2c514f0060c27cdc68bd62a1219d35"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.29",
+ "syn 2.0.37",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1019,17 +1018,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "time"
-version = "0.1.45"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b797afad3f312d1c66a56d11d0316f916356d11bd158fbc6ca6389ff6bf805a"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "wasi 0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tiny-keccak"
 version = "2.0.2"
@@ -1047,9 +1035,9 @@ checksum = "7cda73e2f1397b1262d6dfdcef8aafae14d1de7748d66822d3bfeeb6d03e5e4b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_edit"
-version = "0.19.14"
+version = "0.19.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f8123f27e969974a3dfba720fdb560be359f57b44302d280ba72e76a74480e8a"
+checksum = "1b5bb770da30e5cbfde35a2d7b9b8a2c4b8ef89548a7a6aeab5c9a576e3e7421"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "toml_datetime",
@@ -1058,9 +1046,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
-version = "1.0.11"
+version = "1.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "301abaae475aa91687eb82514b328ab47a211a533026cb25fc3e519b86adfc3c"
+checksum = "3354b9ac3fae1ff6755cb6db53683adb661634f67557942dea4facebec0fee4b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
@@ -1068,12 +1056,6 @@ version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasi"
-version = "0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1a143597ca7c7793eff794def352d41792a93c481eb1042423ff7ff72ba2c31f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -1101,7 +1083,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.29",
+ "syn 2.0.37",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -1123,7 +1105,7 @@ checksum = "54681b18a46765f095758388f2d0cf16eb8d4169b639ab575a8f5693af210c7b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.29",
+ "syn 2.0.37",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
@@ -1362,6 +1344,6 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xml-rs"
-version = "0.8.16"
+version = "0.8.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "47430998a7b5d499ccee752b41567bc3afc57e1327dc855b1a2aa44ce29b5fa1"
+checksum = "bab77e97b50aee93da431f2cee7cd0f43b4d1da3c408042f2d7d164187774f0a"
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 8d97a06..817bca1 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.2.4
+
+- Update rust dependencies
+- Better error message if passing a non-string argument using `parameters` into `read_arrow_batches_from_odbc`.
+
 ## 1.2.3
 
 - Update Rust dependencies. Includes update to arrow-odbc 0.28.12, which does not add a semicolon at the end of INSERT statements any more in an effort to increase compatbility with IBM db2.
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 9add322..9ced740 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 author = "Markus Klein"
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "1.2.3"
+release = "1.2.4"
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d18e415..21252ad 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "arrow-odbc"
 authors = [{name = "Markus Klein"}]
 description="Read the data of an ODBC data source as sequence of Apache Arrow record batches."
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "1.2.3"
+version = "1.2.4"
 dependencies = ["cffi", "pyarrow >= 8.0.0"]
 
 [project.license]
diff --git a/python/arrow_odbc/reader.py b/python/arrow_odbc/reader.py
index 51be78f..5c9e0b2 100644
--- a/python/arrow_odbc/reader.py
+++ b/python/arrow_odbc/reader.py
@@ -282,6 +282,14 @@ def read_arrow_batches_from_odbc(
         parameters_len = 0
         encoded_parameters = []
     else:
+        # Check precondition in order to save users some debugging, in case they directly pass a
+        # non-string argument and do not use a type linter.
+        if not all([p is None or hasattr(p, "encode") for p in parameters]):
+            raise TypeError(
+                "read_arrow_batches_from_odbc only supports string arguments for SQL query "
+                "parameters"
+            )
+        
         parameters_array = ffi.new("ArrowOdbcParameter *[]", len(parameters))
         parameters_len = len(parameters)
         # Must be kept alive. Within Rust code we only allocate an additional
diff --git a/tests/test_arrow_odbc.py b/tests/test_arrow_odbc.py
index eaa98bf..64e4228 100644
--- a/tests/test_arrow_odbc.py
+++ b/tests/test_arrow_odbc.py
@@ -422,6 +422,28 @@ def test_query_with_none_parameter():
         next(it)
 
 
+def test_query_with_int_parameter():
+    """
+    Use an int parameter in a where clause and verify that the result is filtered accordingly
+    """
+    table = "QueryWithIntParameter"
+    os.system(f'odbcsv fetch -c "{MSSQL}" -q "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS {table};"')
+    os.system(
+        f'odbcsv fetch -c "{MSSQL}" -q "CREATE TABLE {table} (column_a CHAR(1), column_b INTEGER);"'
+    )
+    rows = "column_a,column_b\nA,1\nB,2\nC,3\nD,4\n"
+    run(["odbcsv", "insert", "-c", MSSQL, table], input=rows, encoding="ascii")
+
+    query = f"SELECT column_a FROM {table} WHERE column_b=?;"
+    with raises(
+        TypeError,
+        match="read_arrow_batches_from_odbc only supports string arguments for SQL query parameters",
+    ):
+        read_arrow_batches_from_odbc(
+            query=query, batch_size=10, connection_string=MSSQL, parameters=[2]
+        )
+
+
 def test_iris():
     """
     Validate usage works like in the readme