diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c41915894..27b909ea8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## dbt-databricks 1.6.8 (December 14, 2023)
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Backport of fix for where we were invoking create schema or not exists when the schema already exists (leading to permission issue) ([529](https://github.com/databricks/dbt-databricks/pull/529))
+
+### Under the Hood
+
+- Update dependency to dbt-spark 1.6.2 (thanks @ChenyuLInx!)
+
 ## dbt-databricks 1.6.7 (November 9, 2023)
 
 ### Under the Hood
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/databricks/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/databricks/__version__.py
index 8b7dc2159..3eb5b31ad 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/databricks/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/databricks/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version: str = "1.6.7"
+version: str = "1.6.8"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/databricks/connections.py b/dbt/adapters/databricks/connections.py
index 3889c64f5..d4f31748b 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/databricks/connections.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/databricks/connections.py
@@ -833,12 +833,19 @@ def _execute_cursor(
                     cursor.close()
 
     def list_schemas(self, database: str, schema: Optional[str] = None) -> Table:
+        database = database.strip("`")
+        if schema:
+            schema = schema.strip("`")
         return self._execute_cursor(
             f"GetSchemas(database={database}, schema={schema})",
             lambda cursor: cursor.schemas(catalog_name=database, schema_name=schema),
         )
 
     def list_tables(self, database: str, schema: str, identifier: Optional[str] = None) -> Table:
+        database = database.strip("`")
+        schema = schema.strip("`")
+        if identifier:
+            identifier = identifier.strip("`")
         return self._execute_cursor(
             f"GetTables(database={database}, schema={schema}, identifier={identifier})",
             lambda cursor: cursor.tables(
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9a43b57b4..8c7af0eee 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 databricks-sql-connector>=2.9.3, <3.0.0
-dbt-spark==1.6.1
+dbt-spark~=1.6.2
 databricks-sdk==0.9.0
 keyring>=23.13.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cbd3fcbac..824734135 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def _get_plugin_version():
     packages=find_namespace_packages(include=["dbt", "dbt.*"]),
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
-        "dbt-spark==1.6.1",
+        "dbt-spark~=1.6.2",
         "databricks-sql-connector>=2.9.3, <3.0.0",
         "databricks-sdk>=0.9.0",
         "keyring>=23.13.0",