diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241018-173123.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241018-173123.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eab4e8376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241018-173123.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Fix parsing of the VECTOR type
+time: 2024-10-18T17:31:23.931299-04:00
+custom:
+    Author: achawkins
+    Issue: "1098"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/column.py b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/column.py
index de92a051f..281831b29 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/column.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/column.py
@@ -41,3 +41,11 @@ def string_size(self) -> int:
             return 16777216
         else:
             return int(self.char_size)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_description(cls, name: str, raw_data_type: str) -> "SnowflakeColumn":
+        if "vector" in raw_data_type.lower():
+            column = cls(name, raw_data_type, None, None, None)
+        else:
+            column = super().from_description(name, raw_data_type)
+        return column
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_snowflake_adapter.py b/tests/unit/test_snowflake_adapter.py
index aa580aad2..18a5310dc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_snowflake_adapter.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_snowflake_adapter.py
@@ -863,6 +863,19 @@ def test_float_from_description(self):
         assert col.is_string() is False
         assert col.is_integer() is False
 
+    def test_vector_from_description(self):
+        col = SnowflakeColumn.from_description("my_col", "VECTOR(FLOAT, 768)")
+        assert col.column == "my_col"
+        assert col.dtype == "VECTOR(FLOAT, 768)"
+        assert col.char_size is None
+        assert col.numeric_precision is None
+        assert col.numeric_scale is None
+        assert col.is_float() is False
+        assert col.is_number() is False
+        assert col.is_numeric() is False
+        assert col.is_string() is False
+        assert col.is_integer() is False
+
 
 class SnowflakeConnectionsTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_comment_stripping_regex(self):