diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240903-161003.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240903-161003.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57a0f14c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240903-161003.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Allow configuring snapshot column names
+time: 2024-09-03T16:10:03.021221-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: gshank
+  Issue: "1096"
diff --git a/dbt/include/spark/macros/materializations/snapshot.sql b/dbt/include/spark/macros/materializations/snapshot.sql
index a397f84e5..43c4750f6 100644
--- a/dbt/include/spark/macros/materializations/snapshot.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/spark/macros/materializations/snapshot.sql
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 
 {% macro spark__snapshot_merge_sql(target, source, insert_cols) -%}
+    {%- set columns = config.get("snapshot_table_column_names") or get_snapshot_table_column_names() -%}
 
     merge into {{ target }} as DBT_INTERNAL_DEST
     {% if target.is_iceberg %}
@@ -21,12 +22,12 @@
     {% else %}
       using {{ source }} as DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE
     {% endif %}
-    on DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE.dbt_scd_id = DBT_INTERNAL_DEST.dbt_scd_id
+    on DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE.{{ columns.dbt_scd_id }} = DBT_INTERNAL_DEST.{{ columns.dbt_scd_id }}
     when matched
-     and DBT_INTERNAL_DEST.dbt_valid_to is null
+     and DBT_INTERNAL_DEST.{{ columns.dbt_valid_to }} is null
      and DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE.dbt_change_type in ('update', 'delete')
         then update
-        set dbt_valid_to = DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE.dbt_valid_to
+        set {{ columns.dbt_valid_to }} = DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE.{{ columns.dbt_valid_to }}
 
     when not matched
      and DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE.dbt_change_type = 'insert'
@@ -81,13 +82,12 @@
 
 
 {% materialization snapshot, adapter='spark' %}
-  {%- set config = model['config'] -%}
 
   {%- set target_table = model.get('alias', model.get('name')) -%}
 
   {%- set strategy_name = config.get('strategy') -%}
   {%- set unique_key = config.get('unique_key') %}
-  {%- set file_format = config.get('file_format', 'parquet') -%}
+  {%- set file_format = config.get('file_format') or 'parquet' -%}
   {%- set grant_config = config.get('grants') -%}
 
   {% set target_relation_exists, target_relation = get_or_create_relation(
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
   {{ run_hooks(pre_hooks, inside_transaction=True) }}
 
   {% set strategy_macro = strategy_dispatch(strategy_name) %}
-  {% set strategy = strategy_macro(model, "snapshotted_data", "source_data", config, target_relation_exists) %}
+  {% set strategy = strategy_macro(model, "snapshotted_data", "source_data", model['config'], target_relation_exists) %}
 
   {% if not target_relation_exists %}
 
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@
 
   {% else %}
 
-      {{ adapter.valid_snapshot_target(target_relation) }}
+      {% set columns = config.get("snapshot_table_column_names") or get_snapshot_table_column_names() %}
+
+      {{ adapter.valid_snapshot_target(target_relation, columns) }}
 
       {% set staging_table = spark_build_snapshot_staging_table(strategy, sql, target_relation) %}
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9e1fa31e3..2de68a6ff 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def _get_plugin_version_dict():
     install_requires=[
         "sqlparams>=3.0.0",
         "dbt-common>=1.0.4,<2.0",
-        "dbt-adapters>=1.1.1,<2.0",
+        "dbt-adapters>=1.7.0,<2.0",
         # add dbt-core to ensure backwards compatibility of installation, this is not a functional dependency
         "dbt-core>=1.8.0",
     ],