diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240206-152435.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240206-152435.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d5cecf873fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240206-152435.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Fix conflict with newer versions of Snowplow tracker
+time: 2024-02-06T15:24:35.778891-06:00
+custom:
+  Author: edgarrmondragon akurdyukov
+  Issue: "8719"
diff --git a/core/dbt/tracking.py b/core/dbt/tracking.py
index e73a089154b..ff7b9e7ebb9 100644
--- a/core/dbt/tracking.py
+++ b/core/dbt/tracking.py
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 import logbook
 import pytz
 import requests
+from packaging.version import Version
 from snowplow_tracker import Emitter, SelfDescribingJson, Subject, Tracker
+from snowplow_tracker import __version__ as snowplow_version  # type: ignore
 from snowplow_tracker import logger as sp_logger
 
 from dbt import version as dbt_version
@@ -49,17 +51,25 @@
 RUN_MODEL_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/run_model/jsonschema/1-0-3"
 PLUGIN_GET_NODES = "iglu:com.dbt/plugin_get_nodes/jsonschema/1-0-0"
 
+SNOWPLOW_TRACKER_VERSION = Version(snowplow_version)
+
+# workaround in case real snowplow tracker is in the env
+# the argument was renamed in https://github.com/snowplow/snowplow-python-tracker/commit/39fd50a3aff98a5efdd5c5c7fb5518fe4761305b
+INIT_KW_ARGS = (
+    {"buffer_size": 30} if SNOWPLOW_TRACKER_VERSION < Version("0.13.0") else {"batch_size": 30}
+)
+
 
 class TimeoutEmitter(Emitter):
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         super().__init__(
             COLLECTOR_URL,
             protocol=COLLECTOR_PROTOCOL,
-            buffer_size=30,
             on_failure=self.handle_failure,
             method="post",
             # don't set this.
             byte_limit=None,
+            **INIT_KW_ARGS,
         )
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -104,7 +114,7 @@ def http_get(self, payload):
 
 emitter = TimeoutEmitter()
 tracker = Tracker(
-    emitter,
+    emitters=emitter,
     namespace="cf",
     app_id="dbt",
 )