diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index a76df7e9e..c361cb987 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip --version
           pre-commit --version
           mypy --version
-          dbt --version
 
       - name: pre-commit hooks
         run: pre-commit run --all-files --show-diff-on-failure
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Check wheel distributions
         run: |
-          dbt --version
+          python -c "import dbt.adapters.redshift"
 
       - name: Install source distributions
         run: |
@@ -212,4 +211,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Check source distributions
         run: |
-          dbt --version
+          python -c "import dbt.adapters.redshift"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 88942e251..f68eb3320 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ on:
       package_test_command:
         description: "Package test command"
         type: string
-        default: "dbt --version"
+        default: "python -c \"import dbt.adapters.redshift\""
         required: true
       test_run:
         description: "Test run (Publish release as draft)"
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ on:
       package_test_command:
         description: "Package test command"
         type: string
-        default: "dbt --version"
+        default: "python -c \"import dbt.adapters.redshift\""
         required: true
       test_run:
         description: "Test run (Publish release as draft)"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a1b63306b..6cfd2823e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def _plugin_version() -> str:
         # Pin to the patch or minor version, and bump in each new minor version of dbt-redshift.
         "redshift-connector<=2.0.918, >=2.0.913, !=2.0.914",
         # installed via dbt-core but referenced directly; don't pin to avoid version conflicts with dbt-core
+        "sqlparse>=0.2.3,<0.5",
         "agate",
     ],
     zip_safe=False,