diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index bbcb134505..ab3bd115a0 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: tiledb
 Type: Package
-Version: 0.31.0
+Version: 0.31.0.1
 Title: Modern Database Engine for Complex Data Based on Multi-Dimensional Arrays
 Authors@R: c(
   person("TileDB, Inc.", role = c("aut", "cph")),
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SystemRequirements: A C++17 compiler is required; on macOS compilation version 1
   build selected); on x86_64 and M1 platforms pre-built TileDB Embedded libraries
   are available at GitHub and are used if no TileDB installation is detected, and
   no other option to build or download was specified by the user.
-Imports: 
+Imports:
     methods,
     Rcpp (>= 1.0.8),
     nanotime,
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0c286fa38a..ffb45f11b2 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Unreleased
+
+* Allow `parse_query_condition()` to work on dimensions when an array is passed
+
 # tiledb 0.31.0
 
 * Update docs with correct S4 methods
diff --git a/R/QueryCondition.R b/R/QueryCondition.R
index 31c3e3d604..2f89d5e3fd 100644
--- a/R/QueryCondition.R
+++ b/R/QueryCondition.R
@@ -163,10 +163,6 @@ parse_query_condition <- function(expr, ta = NULL, debug = FALSE, strict = TRUE,
       .errorFunction("No attribute '", attr, "' present.", call. = FALSE)
       return(NULL)
     }
-    if (ta@sil$status[ind] != 2) {
-      .errorFunction("Argument '", attr, "' is not an attribute.", call. = FALSE)
-      return(NULL)
-    }
     ind
   }
   .getType <- function(x, tp, use_int64 = FALSE) {
@@ -259,10 +255,6 @@ parse_query_condition <- function(expr, ta = NULL, debug = FALSE, strict = TRUE,
           .errorFunction("No attribute '", attr, "' present.", call. = FALSE)
           return(NULL)
         }
-        if (ta@sil$status[ind] != 2) {
-          .errorFunction("Argument '", attr, "' is not an attribute.", call. = FALSE)
-          return(NULL)
-        }
         dtype <- ta@sil$types[ind]
         is_enum <- ta@sil$enum[ind]
       }
diff --git a/inst/tinytest/test_querycondition.R b/inst/tinytest/test_querycondition.R
index 39442a5987..c1d2f38eb9 100644
--- a/inst/tinytest/test_querycondition.R
+++ b/inst/tinytest/test_querycondition.R
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ if (Sys.getenv("CI") != "") set_allocation_size_preference(1024*1024*5)
 ctx <- tiledb_ctx(limitTileDBCores())
 
 ## simple data.frame to test against
-D <- data.frame(a=1:20,
-                b=seq(101,120)+0.5)
+D <- data.frame(a = 1:20, b = seq(101, 120) + 0.5)
 uri <- tempfile()
 fromDataFrame(D, uri, sparse=TRUE)
 arr <- tiledb_array(uri)
@@ -201,7 +200,28 @@ if (tiledb_version(TRUE) >= "2.17.0") {
     expect_true(all(res$body_mass_g > 3500))
 }
 
-unlink(uri, recursive=TRUE)
+unlink(uri, recursive = TRUE)
+
+# Check that query conditions works on dimensions
+uri <- tempfile()
+fromDataFrame(infert, uri, col_index = "education", sparse = TRUE)
+arr <- tiledb_array(uri)
+qc <- parse_query_condition(education == "0-5yrs", ta = arr)
+res <- tiledb_array(uri, query_condition = qc, return_as = "data.frame")[]
+expect_equal(nrow(res), sum(infert$education == "0-5yrs"))
+expect_identical(unique(res$education), "0-5yrs")
+
+if (tiledb_version(TRUE) >= "2.17.0") {
+    qc2 <- parse_query_condition(
+        education %in% c("0-5yrs", "12+ yrs"),
+        ta = arr
+    )
+    res <- tiledb_array(uri, query_condition = qc2, return_as = "data.frame")[]
+    expect_equal(nrow(res), sum(infert$education %in% c("0-5yrs", "12+ yrs")))
+    expect_true(all(res$education %in% c("0-5yrs", "12+ yrs")))
+}
+
+unlink(uri, recursive = TRUE)
 
 ## (some) r-universe builds are/were breaking here
 if (Sys.getenv("MY_UNIVERSE", "") != "") exit_file("Skip remainder at r-universe")