diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 54fff2830..d319d8eb1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## dbt-databricks 2.0.0 (TBD)
+## dbt-databricks 1.8.0 (TBD)
 
 ### Features
 
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/databricks/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/databricks/__version__.py
index 82253f3af..3a2e7f7f1 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/databricks/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/databricks/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version: str = "2.0.0rc1"
+version: str = "1.8.0rc1"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 6f6f45cf7..17fcde6de 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ deps =
 [testenv:integration-databricks-cluster]
 basepython = python3
 commands =
-  /bin/bash -c '{envpython} -m pytest -v --profile databricks_cluster -n auto tests/functional/adapter/* {posargs}; ret=$?; [ $ret = 5 ] && exit 0 || exit $ret'
+  /bin/bash -c '{envpython} -m pytest -v --profile databricks_cluster -n 10 tests/functional/adapter/* {posargs}; ret=$?; [ $ret = 5 ] && exit 0 || exit $ret'
 passenv =
   DBT_*
   PYTEST_ADDOPTS
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ allowlist_externals = /bin/bash
 [testenv:integration-databricks-uc-cluster]
 basepython = python3
 commands =
-  /bin/bash -c '{envpython} -m pytest -v --profile databricks_uc_cluster -n auto tests/functional/adapter/* {posargs}; ret=$?; [ $ret = 5 ] && exit 0 || exit $ret'
+  /bin/bash -c '{envpython} -m pytest -v --profile databricks_uc_cluster -n 10 tests/functional/adapter/* {posargs}; ret=$?; [ $ret = 5 ] && exit 0 || exit $ret'
 passenv =
   DBT_*
   PYTEST_ADDOPTS
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ allowlist_externals = /bin/bash
 [testenv:integration-databricks-uc-sql-endpoint]
 basepython = python3
 commands =
-  /bin/bash -c '{envpython} -m pytest -v --profile databricks_uc_sql_endpoint -n auto --dist loadscope tests/functional/adapter/* {posargs}; ret=$?; [ $ret = 5 ] && exit 0 || exit $ret'
+  /bin/bash -c '{envpython} -m pytest -v --profile databricks_uc_sql_endpoint -n 10 --dist loadscope tests/functional/adapter/* {posargs}; ret=$?; [ $ret = 5 ] && exit 0 || exit $ret'
 passenv =
   DBT_*
   PYTEST_ADDOPTS