diff --git a/cosmos/profiles/base.py b/cosmos/profiles/base.py
index 36f2ccbc5..b1cebb38b 100644
--- a/cosmos/profiles/base.py
+++ b/cosmos/profiles/base.py
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from airflow.models import Connection
 
+DBT_PROFILE_TYPE_FIELD = "type"
+DBT_PROFILE_METHOD_FIELD = "method"
+
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -41,6 +44,26 @@ class BaseProfileMapping(ABC):
     def __init__(self, conn_id: str, profile_args: dict[str, Any] | None = None):
         self.conn_id = conn_id
         self.profile_args = profile_args or {}
+        self._validate_profile_args()
+
+    def _validate_profile_args(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Check if profile_args contains keys that should not be overridden from the
+        class variables when creating the profile.
+        """
+        for profile_field in [DBT_PROFILE_TYPE_FIELD, DBT_PROFILE_METHOD_FIELD]:
+            if profile_field in self.profile_args and self.profile_args.get(profile_field) != getattr(
+                self, f"dbt_profile_{profile_field}"
+            ):
+                raise CosmosValueError(
+                    "`profile_args` for {0} has {1}='{2}' that will override the dbt profile required value of '{3}'. "
+                    "To fix this, remove {1} from `profile_args`.".format(
+                        self.__class__.__name__,
+                        profile_field,
+                        self.profile_args.get(profile_field),
+                        getattr(self, f"dbt_profile_{profile_field}"),
+                    )
+                )
 
     @property
     def conn(self) -> Connection:
@@ -100,11 +123,11 @@ def mock_profile(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         where live connection values don't matter.
         """
         mock_profile = {
-            "type": self.dbt_profile_type,
+            DBT_PROFILE_TYPE_FIELD: self.dbt_profile_type,
         }
 
         if self.dbt_profile_method:
-            mock_profile["method"] = self.dbt_profile_method
+            mock_profile[DBT_PROFILE_METHOD_FIELD] = self.dbt_profile_method
 
         for field in self.required_fields:
             # if someone has passed in a value for this field, use it
@@ -199,11 +222,11 @@ def get_dbt_value(self, name: str) -> Any:
     def mapped_params(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         "Turns the self.airflow_param_mapping into a dictionary of dbt fields and their values."
         mapped_params = {
-            "type": self.dbt_profile_type,
+            DBT_PROFILE_TYPE_FIELD: self.dbt_profile_type,
         }
 
         if self.dbt_profile_method:
-            mapped_params["method"] = self.dbt_profile_method
+            mapped_params[DBT_PROFILE_METHOD_FIELD] = self.dbt_profile_method
 
         for dbt_field in self.airflow_param_mapping:
             mapped_params[dbt_field] = self.get_dbt_value(dbt_field)
diff --git a/tests/profiles/test_base_profile.py b/tests/profiles/test_base_profile.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b1ba3e8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/profiles/test_base_profile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import pytest
+from cosmos.profiles.base import BaseProfileMapping
+from cosmos.exceptions import CosmosValueError
+
+
+class TestProfileMapping(BaseProfileMapping):
+    dbt_profile_method: str = "fake-method"
+    dbt_profile_type: str = "fake-type"
+
+    def profile(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("profile_arg", ["type", "method"])
+def test_validate_profile_args(profile_arg: str):
+    """
+    An error should be raised if the profile_args contains a key that should not be overridden from the class variables.
+    """
+    profile_args = {profile_arg: "fake-value"}
+    dbt_profile_value = getattr(TestProfileMapping, f"dbt_profile_{profile_arg}")
+
+    expected_cosmos_error = (
+        f"`profile_args` for TestProfileMapping has {profile_arg}='fake-value' that will override the dbt profile required value of "
+        f"'{dbt_profile_value}'. To fix this, remove {profile_arg} from `profile_args`."
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(CosmosValueError, match=expected_cosmos_error):
+        TestProfileMapping(
+            conn_id="fake_conn_id",
+            profile_args=profile_args,
+        )