diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9ac6696..f888f6b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module www.velocidex.com/golang/vfilter
 
 require (
-	github.com/Velocidex/ordereddict v0.0.0-20230909174157-2aa49cc5d11d
+	github.com/Velocidex/ordereddict v0.0.0-20250821063524-02dc06e46238
 	github.com/alecthomas/assert v1.0.0
 	github.com/alecthomas/participle v0.7.1
 	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e0fbfdc..dcb01a0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github.com/Velocidex/json v0.0.0-20220224052537-92f3c0326e5a h1:AeXPUzhU0yhID/v5JJEIkjaE85ASe+Vh4Kuv1RSLL+4=
 github.com/Velocidex/json v0.0.0-20220224052537-92f3c0326e5a/go.mod h1:ukJBuruT9b24pdgZwWDvOaCYHeS03B7oQPCUWh25bwM=
-github.com/Velocidex/ordereddict v0.0.0-20230909174157-2aa49cc5d11d h1:fn372EqKyazBxYUP5HPpBi3jId4MXuppEypEALGfvEk=
-github.com/Velocidex/ordereddict v0.0.0-20230909174157-2aa49cc5d11d/go.mod h1:+MqO5UMBemyFSm+yRXslbpFTwPUDhFHUf7HPV92twg4=
+github.com/Velocidex/ordereddict v0.0.0-20250821063524-02dc06e46238 h1:Q2DFf1f4fiz1/V4cu2wojDKF6/DfjIY7QmfVAr/UnJY=
+github.com/Velocidex/ordereddict v0.0.0-20250821063524-02dc06e46238/go.mod h1:+MqO5UMBemyFSm+yRXslbpFTwPUDhFHUf7HPV92twg4=
 github.com/Velocidex/yaml/v2 v2.2.8 h1:GUrSy4SBJ6RjGt43k6MeBKtw2z/27gh4A3hfFmFY3No=
 github.com/Velocidex/yaml/v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:PlXIg/Pxmoja48C1vMHo7C5pauAZvLq/UEPOQ3DsjS4=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert v1.0.0 h1:3XmGh/PSuLzDbK3W2gUbRXwgW5lqPkuqvRgeQ30FI5o=
diff --git a/protocols/protocol_associative.go b/protocols/protocol_associative.go
index 6295571..cb43f2d 100644
--- a/protocols/protocol_associative.go
+++ b/protocols/protocol_associative.go
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ import (
 	"www.velocidex.com/golang/vfilter/utils"
 )
 
+var (
+	exportedDictMethods = map[string]bool{
+		"Items":  true,
+		"Keys":   true,
+		"Values": true,
+		"Len":    true,
+		"ToMap":  true,
+		"String": true,
+	}
+)
+
 // Associative protocol.
 type AssociativeProtocol interface {
 	Applicable(a types.Any, b types.Any) bool
@@ -68,6 +79,12 @@ func (self *AssociativeDispatcher) Associative(
 			return result, true
 
 		case *ordereddict.Dict:
+			// Support common dict methods
+			if exportedDictMethods[b_str] {
+				res, pres := DefaultAssociative{}.Associative(scope, a, b)
+				return res, pres
+			}
+
 			res, pres := t.Get(b_str)
 			if !pres {
 				default_value := t.GetDefault()