diff --git a/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/dbt_profiles/profiles.yml.tmpl b/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/dbt_profiles/profiles.yml.tmpl
index cce80f8d4..e96931e2d 100644
--- a/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/dbt_profiles/profiles.yml.tmpl
+++ b/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/dbt_profiles/profiles.yml.tmpl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {{- $catalog = "\"\" # workspace default"}}
 {{- end}}
 # This file defines dbt profiles for deployed dbt jobs.
-my_dbt_project:
+{{.project_name}}:
    target: dev # default target
    outputs:
 
diff --git a/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/requirements-dev.txt b/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/requirements-dev.txt
index 10d7b9f10..e6b861203 100644
--- a/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ## requirements-dev.txt: dependencies for local development.
 
-dbt-databricks>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
+dbt-databricks>=1.8.0,<2.0.0
diff --git a/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/resources/{{.project_name}}_job.yml.tmpl b/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/resources/{{.project_name}}_job.yml.tmpl
index acf1aa480..bad12c755 100644
--- a/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/resources/{{.project_name}}_job.yml.tmpl
+++ b/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/resources/{{.project_name}}_job.yml.tmpl
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ resources:
 
           libraries:
           - pypi:
-              package: dbt-databricks>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
+              package: dbt-databricks>=1.8.0,<2.0.0
 
           new_cluster:
             spark_version: {{template "latest_lts_dbr_version"}}
diff --git a/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/src/models/example/schema.yml b/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/src/models/example/schema.yml
index d34b9e645..c64f1bfce 100644
--- a/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/src/models/example/schema.yml
+++ b/libs/template/templates/dbt-sql/template/{{.project_name}}/src/models/example/schema.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ models:
     columns:
       - name: customer_name
         description: "The name of a customer"
-        tests:
+        data_tests:
           - unique
           - not_null
 
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ models:
     columns:
       - name: order_date
         description: "The date on which orders took place"
-        tests:
+        data_tests:
           - unique
           - not_null