diff --git a/src/nested_pandas/nestedframe/core.py b/src/nested_pandas/nestedframe/core.py
index af40efa..1c8e182 100644
--- a/src/nested_pandas/nestedframe/core.py
+++ b/src/nested_pandas/nestedframe/core.py
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ def translate_cols(frame, layer, col):
             if layer == "base":
                 # We pass the "base" column as a scalar
                 return frame[col]
-            return np.array(frame[col])
+            return np.asarray(frame[col])
 
         # send arrays along to the apply call
         result = apply_df.apply(