diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 77db3a9c..18e8a101 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ and start a new "In Progress" section above it.
 
 ## In progress
 
-## 0.107.8
+# 0.108.0
+- Added support for `apply_vectorcube` UDF signature in `run_udf_code` ([Open-EO/openeo-geopyspark-driver#881]https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-geopyspark-driver/issues/881)
 
+## 0.107.8
 - add `check_config_definition` helper to check definition of `OpenEoBackendConfig` based configs
 
 ## 0.107.7
diff --git a/openeo_driver/_version.py b/openeo_driver/_version.py
index e60bf092..033f92ca 100644
--- a/openeo_driver/_version.py
+++ b/openeo_driver/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.107.8a1"
+__version__ = "0.108.0a1"
diff --git a/openeo_driver/datacube.py b/openeo_driver/datacube.py
index b705ec9e..10414d6d 100644
--- a/openeo_driver/datacube.py
+++ b/openeo_driver/datacube.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import inspect
 import io
 import logging
+import re
 import zipfile
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
@@ -770,9 +771,44 @@ def apply_dimension(
                 or (dimension in {self.DIM_BANDS, self.DIM_PROPERTIES}.intersection(self.get_dimension_names()))
                 and target_dimension is None
             ):
+
+                def check_udf_result(result: openeo.udf.UdfData, require_datacube=False):
+                    if not isinstance(result, openeo.udf.UdfData):
+                        raise ValueError(f"UDF should return UdfData, but got {type(result)}")
+                    feature_list = result.get_feature_collection_list()
+                    if not (feature_list and len(feature_list) == 1):
+                        raise ValueError(
+                            f"UDF should return single feature collection but got {feature_list and len(feature_list)}"
+                        )
+                    if require_datacube:
+                        datacube_list = result.get_datacube_list()
+                        if not (datacube_list and len(datacube_list) == 1):
+                            raise ValueError(
+                                f"UDF should return single datacube but got {datacube_list and len(datacube_list)}"
+                            )
+                        return feature_list[0].data, datacube_list[0].array
+                    return feature_list[0].data, None
+
                 log.warning(
                     f"Using experimental feature: DriverVectorCube.apply_dimension along dim {dimension} and empty cube"
                 )
+                if re.search(r"^def\s+apply_vectorcube\s*\(", single_run_udf.udf, re.MULTILINE):
+                    datacube = openeo.udf.XarrayDataCube(array=self._cube)
+                    feature_collection = openeo.udf.FeatureCollection(id="_", data=self._geometries)
+                    udf_data = openeo.udf.UdfData(
+                        proj={"EPSG": self._geometries.crs.to_epsg()} if self._geometries.crs else None,
+                        datacube_list=[datacube],
+                        feature_collection_list=[feature_collection],
+                        user_context=context,
+                    )
+                    log.info(
+                        f"[run_udf] Running apply_vectorcube UDF {str_truncate(single_run_udf.udf, width = 256)!r} on {udf_data!r}"
+                    )
+                    result_data = env.backend_implementation.processing.run_udf(udf=single_run_udf.udf, data=udf_data)
+                    log.info(f"[run_udf] UDF resulted in {result_data!r}")
+                    result_features, result_datacube = check_udf_result(result_data, require_datacube=True)
+                    return DriverVectorCube(geometries=result_features, cube=result_datacube)
+
                 # TODO: data chunking (e.g. large feature collections)
                 gdf = self._as_geopandas_df()
                 feature_collection = openeo.udf.FeatureCollection(id="_", data=gdf)
@@ -785,15 +821,8 @@ def apply_dimension(
                 log.info(f"[run_udf] Running UDF {str_truncate(single_run_udf.udf, width=256)!r} on {udf_data!r}")
                 result_data = env.backend_implementation.processing.run_udf(udf=single_run_udf.udf, data=udf_data)
                 log.info(f"[run_udf] UDF resulted in {result_data!r}")
-
-                if not isinstance(result_data, openeo.udf.UdfData):
-                    raise ValueError(f"UDF should return UdfData, but got {type(result_data)}")
-                result_features = result_data.get_feature_collection_list()
-                if not (result_features and len(result_features) == 1):
-                    raise ValueError(
-                        f"UDF should return single feature collection but got {result_features and len(result_features)}"
-                    )
-                return DriverVectorCube.from_geodataframe(result_features[0].data)
+                result_features, _ = check_udf_result(result_data)
+                return DriverVectorCube.from_geodataframe(result_features)
 
         raise FeatureUnsupportedException(
             message=f"DriverVectorCube.apply_dimension with {dimension=} and {bool(single_run_udf)=}"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f293cbb4..7aafb612 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         "flask>=2.0.0",
         "werkzeug>=3.0.3",  # https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-python-driver/issues/243
         "requests>=2.28.0",
-        "openeo>=0.25.0",
+        "openeo>=0.32.0.a2.dev",
         "openeo_processes==0.0.4",  # 0.0.4 is special build/release, also see https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-python-driver/issues/152
         "gunicorn>=20.0.1",
         "numpy>=1.22.0",