diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9f95df8c..61ec4dfa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ packages = ["dbt"]
 [tool.hatch.version]
 path = "dbt/adapters/postgres/__version__.py"
 
+[tool.hatch.metadata]
+allow-direct-references = true
+
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
 dependencies = [
     "dbt-adapters @ git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git@dbeatty/date-macro",