diff --git a/core/dbt/artifacts/schemas/catalog/__init__.py b/core/dbt/artifacts/schemas/catalog/__init__.py
index 1123f801adf..185b4946d25 100644
--- a/core/dbt/artifacts/schemas/catalog/__init__.py
+++ b/core/dbt/artifacts/schemas/catalog/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # alias to latest
 from dbt.artifacts.schemas.catalog.v1.catalog import *  # noqa
+from dbt_common.contracts.metadata import StatsDict, StatsItem, TableMetadata
diff --git a/core/dbt/artifacts/schemas/catalog/v1/catalog.py b/core/dbt/artifacts/schemas/catalog/v1/catalog.py
index d6d02608bca..ca78e4e09ba 100644
--- a/core/dbt/artifacts/schemas/catalog/v1/catalog.py
+++ b/core/dbt/artifacts/schemas/catalog/v1/catalog.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     BaseArtifactMetadata,
     schema_version,
 )
+from dbt_common.contracts.metadata import StatsDict, TableMetadata
 from dbt_common.dataclass_schema import dbtClassMixin
 from dbt_common.utils.formatting import lowercase
 
@@ -18,18 +19,6 @@
 )
 
 
-@dataclass
-class StatsItem(dbtClassMixin):
-    id: str
-    label: str
-    value: Primitive
-    include: bool
-    description: Optional[str] = None
-
-
-StatsDict = Dict[str, StatsItem]
-
-
 @dataclass
 class ColumnMetadata(dbtClassMixin):
     type: str
@@ -41,16 +30,6 @@ class ColumnMetadata(dbtClassMixin):
 ColumnMap = Dict[str, ColumnMetadata]
 
 
-@dataclass
-class TableMetadata(dbtClassMixin):
-    type: str
-    schema: str
-    name: str
-    database: Optional[str] = None
-    comment: Optional[str] = None
-    owner: Optional[str] = None
-
-
 @dataclass
 class CatalogTable(dbtClassMixin):
     metadata: TableMetadata
diff --git a/core/setup.py b/core/setup.py
index e133b946fa4..f28a47e0814 100644
--- a/core/setup.py
+++ b/core/setup.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         "minimal-snowplow-tracker>=0.0.2,<0.1",
         "dbt-semantic-interfaces>=0.5.1,<0.6",
         # Minor versions for these are expected to be backwards-compatible
-        "dbt-common>=1.1.0,<2.0",
+        "dbt-common>=1.2.0,<2.0",
         "dbt-adapters>=1.1.1,<2.0",
         # ----
         # Expect compatibility with all new versions of these packages, so lower bounds only.