diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240607-102708.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240607-102708.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58cd9bbee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240607-102708.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: return to previous naming convention to return to quoting policy
+time: 2024-06-07T10:27:08.542159-05:00
+custom:
+    Author: McKnight-42
+    Issue: "1074"
diff --git a/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/adapters.sql b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/adapters.sql
index 0bf7b7d1b..6e7ea8f6c 100644
--- a/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/adapters.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/adapters.sql
@@ -72,9 +72,15 @@
 
   {% for _ in range(0, max_iter) %}
 
-      {%- set paginated_sql -%}
-         show objects in {{ schema_relation.database }}.{{ schema_relation.schema }} limit {{ max_results_per_iter }} from '{{ watermark.table_name }}'
-      {%- endset -%}
+      {% if schema_relation is string %}
+        {%- set paginated_sql -%}
+          show objects in {{ schema_relation }} limit {{ max_results_per_iter }} from '{{ watermark.table_name }}'
+        {%- endset -%}
+      {% else %}
+        {%- set paginated_sql -%}
+          show objects in {{ schema_relation.include(identifier=False) }} limit {{ max_results_per_iter }} from '{{ watermark.table_name }}'
+        {%- endset -%}
+      {% endif -%}
 
       {%- set paginated_result = run_query(paginated_sql) %}
       {%- set paginated_n = (paginated_result | length) -%}
@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@
 
       {%- if loop.index == max_iter -%}
         {%- set msg -%}
-           dbt will list a maximum of {{ max_total_results }} objects in schema {{ schema_relation.database }}.{{ schema_relation.schema }}.
+           dbt will list a maximum of {{ max_total_results }} objects in schema {{ schema_relation }}.
            Your schema exceeds this limit. Please contact support@getdbt.com for troubleshooting tips,
            or review and reduce the number of objects contained.
         {%- endset -%}
@@ -122,10 +128,15 @@
 {% macro snowflake__list_relations_without_caching(schema_relation, max_iter=10, max_results_per_iter=10000) %}
 
   {%- set max_total_results = max_results_per_iter * max_iter -%}
-
-  {%- set sql -%}
-    show objects in {{ schema_relation.database }}.{{ schema_relation.schema }} limit {{ max_results_per_iter }}
-  {%- endset -%}
+  {% if schema_relation is string %}
+    {%- set sql -%}
+      show objects in {{ schema_relation }} limit {{ max_results_per_iter }}
+    {%- endset -%}
+  {% else %}
+    {%- set sql -%}
+      show objects in {{ schema_relation.include(identifier=False) }} limit {{ max_results_per_iter }}
+    {%- endset -%}
+  {% endif -%}
 
   {%- set result = run_query(sql) -%}
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/list_relations_tests/test_pagination.py b/tests/functional/adapter/list_relations_tests/test_pagination.py
index 8f14a0012..407f9c501 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/list_relations_tests/test_pagination.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/list_relations_tests/test_pagination.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import os
-
 import pytest
-
 import json
 from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt, run_dbt_and_capture
+from dbt.adapters.snowflake import SnowflakeRelation  # Ensure this is the correct import path
 
 # Testing rationale:
 # - snowflake SHOW TERSE OBJECTS command returns at max 10K objects in a single call
@@ -122,8 +121,8 @@ def test__snowflake__list_relations_without_caching_termination(self, project):
         schemas = project.created_schemas
 
         for schema in schemas:
-            schema_relation = {"database": database, "schema": schema}
-            kwargs = {"schema_relation": schema_relation}
+            schema_relation = SnowflakeRelation.create(database=database, schema=schema)
+            kwargs = {"schema_relation": schema_relation.render()}
             _, log_output = run_dbt_and_capture(
                 [
                     "--debug",
@@ -137,7 +136,6 @@ def test__snowflake__list_relations_without_caching_termination(self, project):
 
             parsed_logs = parse_json_logs(log_output)
             n_relations = find_result_in_parsed_logs(parsed_logs, "n_relations")
-
             assert n_relations == "n_relations: 1"
 
 
@@ -171,8 +169,8 @@ def test__snowflake__list_relations_without_caching(self, project):
         schemas = project.created_schemas
 
         for schema in schemas:
-            schema_relation = {"database": database, "schema": schema}
-            kwargs = {"schema_relation": schema_relation}
+            schema_relation = SnowflakeRelation.create(database=database, schema=schema)
+            kwargs = {"schema_relation": schema_relation.render()}
             _, log_output = run_dbt_and_capture(
                 [
                     "--debug",
@@ -199,9 +197,9 @@ def test__snowflake__list_relations_without_caching_raise_error(self, project):
         schemas = project.created_schemas
 
         for schema in schemas:
-            schema_relation = {"database": database, "schema": schema}
+            schema_relation = SnowflakeRelation.create(database=database, schema=schema)
 
-            kwargs = {"schema_relation": schema_relation}
+            kwargs = {"schema_relation": schema_relation.render()}
             _, log_output = run_dbt_and_capture(
                 [
                     "--debug",
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/list_relations_tests/test_special_characters.py b/tests/functional/adapter/list_relations_tests/test_special_characters.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54c00962c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/list_relations_tests/test_special_characters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import pytest
+from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt
+
+
+TABLE_BASE_SQL = """
+-- models/my_model.sql
+{{ config(schema = '1_contains_special*character$') }}
+select 1 as id
+"""
+
+
+class TestSpecialCharactersInSchema:
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def project_config_update(self):
+        return {"quoting": {"schema": True}}
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def models(self):
+        return {
+            "my_model.sql": TABLE_BASE_SQL,
+        }
+
+    def test_schema_with_special_chars(self, project):
+        run_dbt(["run", "-s", "my_model"])