diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 64e4b8ed1..749d4dc0c 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.9.0rc1
+current_version = 1.9.0
 parse = (?P<major>[\d]+) # major version number
 	\.(?P<minor>[\d]+) # minor version number
 	\.(?P<patch>[\d]+) # patch version number
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0-rc1.md b/.changes/1.9.0-rc1.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e4628edd..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0-rc1.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-## dbt-snowflake 1.9.0-rc1 - December 02, 2024
-
-### Breaking Changes
-
-- Drop support for Python 3.8 ([#1211](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1211))
-
-### Features
-
-- Allow configurable pagination on list_relations_without_caching to support users with a large number of objects per schema ([#1234](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1234))
-
-### Fixes
-
-- Handle non-English Snowflake error message for non-existing schemas ([#834](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/834))
-- Dynamic Iceberg table base_location_subpath generation fix. ([#1200](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1200))
-- Performance fixes for snowflake microbatch strategy: use temp view instead of table, remove unnecessary 'using' clause ([#1228](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1228))
-- Iceberg quoting ignore fix. ([#1227](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1227))
-- Use timestamp_tz type in microbatch `delete` DDL ([#1256](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1256))
-
-### Under the Hood
-
-- Add telemetry function ([#301](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/301))
-- remove SnowflakeAdapterResponse in favor of updated AdapterResponse in base ([#1233](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1233))
-- Add iceberg docs url to behavior flag. ([#210](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/210))
-
-### Contributors
-- [@pei0804](https://github.com/pei0804) ([#834](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/834))
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0-b1.md b/.changes/1.9.0.md
similarity index 76%
rename from .changes/1.9.0-b1.md
rename to .changes/1.9.0.md
index 15a01afe7..1abfd68fb 100644
--- a/.changes/1.9.0-b1.md
+++ b/.changes/1.9.0.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-## dbt-snowflake 1.9.0-b1 - October 01, 2024
+## dbt-snowflake 1.9.0 - December 09, 2024
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+- Drop support for Python 3.8 ([#1211](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1211))
 
 ### Features
 
@@ -14,9 +18,12 @@
 - Add support for Iceberg table format in Dynamic Tables ([#1183](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1183))
 - Add Iceberg format Incremental Models ([#321](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/321))
 - Add support for all on_schema_change incremental model strategies. ([#321](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/321))
+- Allow configurable pagination on list_relations_without_caching to support users with a large number of objects per schema ([#1234](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1234))
+- Support MicrobatchConcurrency ([#1260](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1260))
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Handle non-English Snowflake error message for non-existing schemas ([#834](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/834))
 - Get catalog metadata for a single relation in the most optimized way using the get_catalog_for_single_relation macro and capability ([#1048](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1048))
 - Update relation caching to correctly identify dynamic tables, accounting for Snowflake's `2024_03` bundle ([#1016](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1016))
 - Rename targets for tables and views use fully qualified names ([#1031](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1031))
@@ -25,6 +32,11 @@
 - Fix scenario where using the `--empty` flag causes metadata queries to contain limit clauses ([#1033](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1033))
 - Use show ... starts with instead of show ... like in _show_object_metadata ([#1102](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1102))
 - Fix issue where dbt-snowflake attempts to drop database roles during grants sync ([#1151](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1151))
+- Dynamic Iceberg table base_location_subpath generation fix. ([#1200](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1200))
+- Performance fixes for snowflake microbatch strategy: use temp view instead of table, remove unnecessary 'using' clause ([#1228](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1228))
+- Iceberg quoting ignore fix. ([#1227](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1227))
+- Use timestamp_tz type in microbatch `delete` DDL ([#1256](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1256))
+- AUTO should no longer lead to rebuilds of dynamic tables. ([#1267](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1267))
 
 ### Under the Hood
 
@@ -37,6 +49,10 @@
 - Add support for Python 3.12 ([#903](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/903))
 - Isolating distribution testing ([#1130](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1130))
 - Change behavior flag semantics to log iceberg flag warnings.. ([#321](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/321))
+- Add telemetry function ([#301](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/301))
+- remove SnowflakeAdapterResponse in favor of updated AdapterResponse in base ([#1233](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1233))
+- Add iceberg docs url to behavior flag. ([#210](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/210))
+- Use new `batch` context variables over `node.config.__dbt_internal` ones ([#1263](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1263))
 
 ### Dependencies
 
@@ -59,3 +75,4 @@
 - [@leahwicz](https://github.com/leahwicz) ([#1130](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1130))
 - [@llam15](https://github.com/llam15) ([#1079](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1079), [#726](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/726))
 - [@mikealfare,](https://github.com/mikealfare,) ([#851](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/851))
+- [@pei0804](https://github.com/pei0804) ([#834](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/834))
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index 26cc4b6de..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Breaking Changes-20241016-183143.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Breaking Changes
-body: Drop support for Python 3.8
-time: 2024-10-16T18:31:43.4167-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "1211"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20231219-125152.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20231219-125152.yaml
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index 2d730daf1..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20231219-125152.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update freezegun requirement from ~=1.3 to ~=1.4"
-time: 2023-12-19T12:51:52.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 869
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index f83e5b404..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240412-155921.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Bump actions/upload-artifact from 3 to 4"
-time: 2024-04-12T15:59:21.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 971
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240429-124038.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240429-124038.yaml
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index 5fa954c8a..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240429-124038.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Bump dbt-labs/actions from 1.1.0 to 1.1.1"
-time: 2024-04-29T12:40:38.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1006
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240429-124044.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240429-124044.yaml
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--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240429-124044.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Bump actions/download-artifact from 3 to 4"
-time: 2024-04-29T12:40:44.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1007
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240624-122538.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240624-122538.yaml
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--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240624-122538.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Bump aurelien-baudet/workflow-dispatch from 2 to 4"
-time: 2024-06-24T12:25:38.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1093
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240718-120848.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240718-120848.yaml
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--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240718-120848.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update twine requirement from ~=4.0 to ~=5.1"
-time: 2024-07-18T12:08:48.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1120
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240718-120849.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240718-120849.yaml
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--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240718-120849.yaml
+++ /dev/null
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Bump pre-commit from 3.7.0 to 3.7.1"
-time: 2024-07-18T12:08:49.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1119
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240718-120852.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240718-120852.yaml
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--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240718-120852.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update wheel requirement from ~=0.42 to ~=0.43"
-time: 2024-07-18T12:08:52.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1121
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240718-120857.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240718-120857.yaml
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index e4bfe04d0..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240718-120857.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update pytest-xdist requirement from ~=3.5 to ~=3.6"
-time: 2024-07-18T12:08:57.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1122
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update tox requirement from ~=4.11 to ~=4.16"
-time: 2024-07-19T12:08:28.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1135
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index 63771d71e..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240131-125318.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Features
-body: Support refresh_mode and initialize parameters for dynamic tables
-time: 2024-01-31T12:53:18.111616Z
-custom:
-  Author: HenkvanDyk,mikealfare
-  Issue: "1076"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240430-185714.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240430-185714.yaml
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index 9fd1e97ea..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240430-185714.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Features
-body: Add tests for cross-database `cast` macro
-time: 2024-04-30T18:57:14.753057-06:00
-custom:
-  Author: dbeatty10
-  Issue: "1009"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240501-151901.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240501-151901.yaml
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--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240501-151901.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Features
-body: Cross-database `date` macro
-time: 2024-05-01T15:19:01.141157-06:00
-custom:
-  Author: dbeatty10
-  Issue: 1013
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240604-154856.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240604-154856.yaml
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index 7d83b1da7..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240604-154856.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Features
-body: Replace underscores with hyphens in account IDs to prevent SSL issues
-time: 2024-06-04T15:48:56.845374-07:00
-custom:
-  Author: colin-rogers-dbt
-  Issue: "1068"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240610-171026.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240610-171026.yaml
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index 5cc055160..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240610-171026.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Features
-body: Support JWT Authentication
-time: 2024-06-10T17:10:26.421463-04:00
-custom:
-    Author: llam15
-    Issue: 1079 726
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-kind: Features
-body: Improve run times for large projects by reusing connections by default
-time: 2024-07-09T19:43:16.489649-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare amardatar
-  Issue: "1082"
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--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240710-172345.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Features
-body: Improve run times when using key pair auth by caching the private key
-time: 2024-07-10T17:23:45.046905-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare aranke
-  Issue: "1082"
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index 024480b96..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240911-001806.yaml
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-kind: Features
-body: Add support for Iceberg table materializations.
-time: 2024-09-11T00:18:06.780586-07:00
-custom:
-    Author: versusfacit
-    Issue: "321"
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-kind: Features
-body: Microbatch incremental strategy
-time: 2024-09-13T21:54:16.492885-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: michelleark
-  Issue: "1182"
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-kind: Features
-body: Add support for Iceberg table format in Dynamic Tables
-time: 2024-09-17T10:05:05.609859-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "1183"
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-kind: Features
-body: Add Iceberg format Incremental Models
-time: 2024-09-23T20:32:04.783741-07:00
-custom:
-    Author: versusfacit
-    Issue: "321"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240930-112041.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240930-112041.yaml
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-kind: Features
-body: Add support for all on_schema_change incremental model strategies.
-time: 2024-09-30T11:20:41.99589-07:00
-custom:
-    Author: versusfacit
-    Issue: "321"
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-kind: Features
-body: 'Allow configurable pagination on list_relations_without_caching to support
-  users with a large number of objects per schema'
-time: 2024-11-07T17:03:07.826352-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "1234"
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-kind: Fixes
-body: Handle non-English Snowflake error message for non-existing schemas
-time: 2023-11-29T12:41:45.1273-07:00
-custom:
-  Author: pei0804
-  Issue: "834"
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-kind: Fixes
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-time: 2024-05-16T17:43:37.336858-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "1016"
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-kind: Fixes
-body: Get catalog metadata for a single relation in the most optimized way using the get_catalog_for_single_relation macro and capability
-time: 2024-05-16T22:41:34.256095+01:00
-custom:
-    Author: aranke
-    Issue: "1048"
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-kind: Fixes
-body: 'Rename targets for tables and views use fully qualified names'
-time: 2024-05-22T16:05:38.602074-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "1031"
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-kind: Fixes
-body: Surface SSO token expiration in logs
-time: 2024-06-05T12:56:11.802237-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare, McKnight-42
-  Issue: "851"
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-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"
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Fix scenario where using the `--empty` flag causes metadata queries to contain
-  limit clauses
-time: 2024-06-28T19:01:40.558234-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "1033"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20240705-165932.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20240705-165932.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ffe902c92..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20240705-165932.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Use show ... starts with instead of show ... like in _show_object_metadata
-time: 2024-07-05T16:59:32.087555+01:00
-custom:
-    Author: aranke
-    Issue: "1102"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20240920-193613.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20240920-193613.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f85f6fc56..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20240920-193613.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Fix issue where dbt-snowflake attempts to drop database roles during grants sync
-time: 2024-09-20T19:36:13.671173-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "1151"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20241008-122635.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20241008-122635.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c069283d6..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20241008-122635.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Dynamic Iceberg table base_location_subpath generation fix.
-time: 2024-10-08T12:26:35.521308-07:00
-custom:
-    Author: versusfacit
-    Issue: "1200"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20241104-104610.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20241104-104610.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c512d0bdd..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20241104-104610.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: 'Performance fixes for snowflake microbatch strategy: use temp view instead
-  of table, remove unnecessary ''using'' clause'
-time: 2024-11-04T10:46:10.005317-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: michelleark
-  Issue: "1228"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20241104-172349.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20241104-172349.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 07c90d93c..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20241104-172349.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Iceberg quoting ignore fix.
-time: 2024-11-04T17:23:49.706297-08:00
-custom:
-    Author: versusfacit
-    Issue: "1227"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20241127-162204.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20241127-162204.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b990b1f9..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Fixes-20241127-162204.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Use timestamp_tz type in microbatch `delete` DDL
-time: 2024-11-27T16:22:04.103212-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: michelleark
-  Issue: "1256"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240327-001304.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240327-001304.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e823ec86..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240327-001304.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Lazy load agate
-time: 2024-03-27T00:13:04.246062-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: dwreeves
-  Issue: "953"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240425-144556.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240425-144556.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 002da3c1f..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240425-144556.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Speedup catalog string comparison by using ilike before equals
-time: 2024-04-25T14:45:56.549787+02:00
-custom:
-  Author: aranke
-  Issue: '1035'
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240517-143743.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240517-143743.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 598c60ad4..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240517-143743.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Improve memory efficiency of the process_results() override.
-time: 2024-05-17T14:37:43.7414-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: peterallenwebb
-  Issue: "1053"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240614-170858.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240614-170858.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index cc806726b..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240614-170858.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Automate all manual integration tests for Dynamic Tables
-time: 2024-06-14T17:08:58.231472-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "1084"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240716-174655.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240716-174655.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 14c3c8d76..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240716-174655.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Add support for experimental record/replay testing.
-time: 2024-07-16T17:46:55.11204-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: peterallenwebb
-  Issue: "1106"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240719-125618.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240719-125618.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d90b732c..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240719-125618.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Remove `freezegun` as a testing dependency; this package is no longer used
-time: 2024-07-19T12:56:18.957049-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "1136"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240722-143114.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240722-143114.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index dc5c2dbb1..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240722-143114.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Add support for Python 3.12
-time: 2024-07-22T14:31:14.024865-07:00
-custom:
-  Author: versusfacit
-  Issue: "903"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240806-215935.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240806-215935.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 660918350..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240806-215935.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Isolating distribution testing
-time: 2024-08-06T21:59:35.284641-04:00
-custom:
-    Author: leahwicz
-    Issue: "1130"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240917-181147.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240917-181147.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f52174dd..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240917-181147.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Change behavior flag semantics to log iceberg flag warnings..
-time: 2024-09-17T18:11:47.525026-07:00
-custom:
-    Author: versusfacit
-    Issue: "321"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20241016-035544.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20241016-035544.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 59e4f70de..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20241016-035544.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Add telemetry function
-time: 2024-10-16T03:55:44.144174-07:00
-custom:
-    Author: versusfacit
-    Issue: "301"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20241106-113249.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20241106-113249.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0437a8c88..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20241106-113249.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: remove SnowflakeAdapterResponse in favor of updated AdapterResponse in base
-time: 2024-11-06T11:32:49.503467-08:00
-custom:
-  Author: colin-rogers-dbt
-  Issue: "1233"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20241118-231637.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20241118-231637.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f787a2a79..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20241118-231637.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Add iceberg docs url to behavior flag.
-time: 2024-11-18T23:16:37.926576-08:00
-custom:
-    Author: versusfacit
-    Issue: "210"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20241202-095136.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20241202-095136.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 973866a6d..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20241202-095136.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Features
-body: Support MicrobatchConcurrency
-time: 2024-12-02T09:51:36.606097-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: michelleark
-  Issue: "1260"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241209-131530.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241209-131530.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b3196a3b0..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241209-131530.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: AUTO should no longer lead to rebuilds of dynamic tables.
-time: 2024-12-09T13:15:30.554566-08:00
-custom:
-    Author: versusfacit
-    Issue: "1267"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20241205-144036.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20241205-144036.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index aedcb4ce1..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20241205-144036.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Use new `batch` context variables over `node.config.__dbt_internal` ones
-time: 2024-12-05T14:40:36.373637-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: michelleark
-  Issue: "1263"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7cdd0206c..10c29b80a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 - "Breaking changes" listed under a version may require action from end users or external maintainers when upgrading to that version.
 - Do not edit this file directly. This file is auto-generated using [changie](https://github.com/miniscruff/changie). For details on how to document a change, see [the contributing guide](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#adding-changelog-entry)
 
-## dbt-snowflake 1.9.0-rc1 - December 02, 2024
+## dbt-snowflake 1.9.0 - December 09, 2024
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
@@ -13,30 +13,6 @@
 
 ### Features
 
-- Allow configurable pagination on list_relations_without_caching to support users with a large number of objects per schema ([#1234](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1234))
-
-### Fixes
-
-- Handle non-English Snowflake error message for non-existing schemas ([#834](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/834))
-- Dynamic Iceberg table base_location_subpath generation fix. ([#1200](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1200))
-- Performance fixes for snowflake microbatch strategy: use temp view instead of table, remove unnecessary 'using' clause ([#1228](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1228))
-- Iceberg quoting ignore fix. ([#1227](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1227))
-- Use timestamp_tz type in microbatch `delete` DDL ([#1256](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1256))
-
-### Under the Hood
-
-- Add telemetry function ([#301](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/301))
-- remove SnowflakeAdapterResponse in favor of updated AdapterResponse in base ([#1233](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1233))
-- Add iceberg docs url to behavior flag. ([#210](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/210))
-
-### Contributors
-- [@pei0804](https://github.com/pei0804) ([#834](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/834))
-
-
-## dbt-snowflake 1.9.0-b1 - October 01, 2024
-
-### Features
-
 - Support refresh_mode and initialize parameters for dynamic tables ([#1076](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1076))
 - Add tests for cross-database `cast` macro ([#1009](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1009))
 - Cross-database `date` macro ([#1013](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1013))
@@ -49,9 +25,12 @@
 - Add support for Iceberg table format in Dynamic Tables ([#1183](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1183))
 - Add Iceberg format Incremental Models ([#321](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/321))
 - Add support for all on_schema_change incremental model strategies. ([#321](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/321))
+- Allow configurable pagination on list_relations_without_caching to support users with a large number of objects per schema ([#1234](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1234))
+- Support MicrobatchConcurrency ([#1260](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1260))
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Handle non-English Snowflake error message for non-existing schemas ([#834](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/834))
 - Get catalog metadata for a single relation in the most optimized way using the get_catalog_for_single_relation macro and capability ([#1048](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1048))
 - Update relation caching to correctly identify dynamic tables, accounting for Snowflake's `2024_03` bundle ([#1016](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1016))
 - Rename targets for tables and views use fully qualified names ([#1031](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1031))
@@ -60,6 +39,11 @@
 - Fix scenario where using the `--empty` flag causes metadata queries to contain limit clauses ([#1033](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1033))
 - Use show ... starts with instead of show ... like in _show_object_metadata ([#1102](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1102))
 - Fix issue where dbt-snowflake attempts to drop database roles during grants sync ([#1151](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1151))
+- Dynamic Iceberg table base_location_subpath generation fix. ([#1200](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1200))
+- Performance fixes for snowflake microbatch strategy: use temp view instead of table, remove unnecessary 'using' clause ([#1228](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1228))
+- Iceberg quoting ignore fix. ([#1227](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1227))
+- Use timestamp_tz type in microbatch `delete` DDL ([#1256](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1256))
+- AUTO should no longer lead to rebuilds of dynamic tables. ([#1267](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1267))
 
 ### Under the Hood
 
@@ -72,6 +56,10 @@
 - Add support for Python 3.12 ([#903](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/903))
 - Isolating distribution testing ([#1130](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1130))
 - Change behavior flag semantics to log iceberg flag warnings.. ([#321](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/321))
+- Add telemetry function ([#301](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/301))
+- remove SnowflakeAdapterResponse in favor of updated AdapterResponse in base ([#1233](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1233))
+- Add iceberg docs url to behavior flag. ([#210](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/210))
+- Use new `batch` context variables over `node.config.__dbt_internal` ones ([#1263](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1263))
 
 ### Dependencies
 
@@ -94,6 +82,8 @@
 - [@leahwicz](https://github.com/leahwicz) ([#1130](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1130))
 - [@llam15](https://github.com/llam15) ([#1079](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/1079), [#726](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/726))
 - [@mikealfare,](https://github.com/mikealfare,) ([#851](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/851))
+- [@pei0804](https://github.com/pei0804) ([#834](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-snowflake/issues/834))
+
 
 ## Previous Releases
 For information on prior major and minor releases, see their changelogs:
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/__version__.py
index c70591d8a..7aba64097 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.9.0rc1"
+version = "1.9.0"