diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240903-160221.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240903-160221.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8409e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240903-160221.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Allow configuring snapshot column names
+time: 2024-09-03T16:02:21.069085-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: gshank
+  Issue: "144"
diff --git a/dbt/include/postgres/macros/materializations/snapshot_merge.sql b/dbt/include/postgres/macros/materializations/snapshot_merge.sql
index 807c70b..894ea4b 100644
--- a/dbt/include/postgres/macros/materializations/snapshot_merge.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/postgres/macros/materializations/snapshot_merge.sql
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 {% macro postgres__snapshot_merge_sql(target, source, insert_cols) -%}
     {%- set insert_cols_csv = insert_cols | join(', ') -%}
 
+    {%- set columns = config.get("snapshot_table_column_names") or get_snapshot_table_column_names() -%}
+
     update {{ target }}
-    set dbt_valid_to = DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE.dbt_valid_to
+    set {{ columns.dbt_valid_to }} = DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE.{{ columns.dbt_valid_to }}
     from {{ source }} as DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE
-    where DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE.dbt_scd_id::text = {{ target }}.dbt_scd_id::text
+    where DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE.{{ columns.dbt_scd_id }}::text = {{ target }}.{{ columns.dbt_scd_id }}::text
       and DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE.dbt_change_type::text in ('update'::text, 'delete'::text)
-      and {{ target }}.dbt_valid_to is null;
+      and {{ target }}.{{ columns.dbt_valid_to }} is null;
 
     insert into {{ target }} ({{ insert_cols_csv }})
     select {% for column in insert_cols -%}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e6848a4..726dc64 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "psycopg2-binary>=2.9,<3.0",
-    "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",
     # installed via dbt-adapters but used directly