diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 77eb72581..961fe01a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-## dbt-spark 1.1.0 (TBD)
+## dbt-spark 1.2.0 (April 28, 2022)
+
+### Fixes
+- `adapter.get_columns_in_relation` (method) and `get_columns_in_relation` (macro) now return identical responses. The previous behavior of `get_columns_in_relation` (macro) is now represented by a new macro, `get_columns_in_relation_raw` ([#354](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/354), [#355](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/355))
+
+## dbt-spark 1.1.0 (April 28, 2022)
 
 ### Features
 - Add session connection method ([#272](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/272), [#279](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/279))
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/spark/column.py b/dbt/adapters/spark/column.py
index 4df6b301b..83e90e371 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/spark/column.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/spark/column.py
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, TypeVar, Union
 
 from dbt.adapters.base.column import Column
-from dbt.dataclass_schema import dbtClassMixin
+from dbt.contracts.relation import FakeAPIObject
 from hologram import JsonDict
 
 Self = TypeVar("Self", bound="SparkColumn")
 
 
 @dataclass
-class SparkColumn(dbtClassMixin, Column):
+class SparkColumn(FakeAPIObject, Column):
     table_database: Optional[str] = None
     table_schema: Optional[str] = None
     table_name: Optional[str] = None
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/spark/impl.py b/dbt/adapters/spark/impl.py
index 39d2eb73a..c626609ec 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/spark/impl.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/spark/impl.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 logger = AdapterLogger("Spark")
 
-GET_COLUMNS_IN_RELATION_MACRO_NAME = "get_columns_in_relation"
+GET_COLUMNS_IN_RELATION_RAW_MACRO_NAME = "spark__get_columns_in_relation_raw"
 LIST_SCHEMAS_MACRO_NAME = "list_schemas"
 LIST_TABLES_MACRO_NAME = "spark__list_tables_without_caching"
 LIST_VIEWS_MACRO_NAME = "spark__list_views_without_caching"
@@ -279,14 +279,16 @@ def get_columns_in_relation(self, relation: Relation) -> List[SparkColumn]:
         else:
             updated_relation = self._set_relation_information(cached_relation)
 
-        return updated_relation.columns
+        return updated_relation.columns if updated_relation is not None else []
 
     def _get_updated_relation(self, relation: BaseRelation) -> Optional[SparkRelation]:
         metadata = None
         columns = []
 
         try:
-            rows: List[agate.Row] = super().get_columns_in_relation(relation)
+            rows: List[agate.Row] = self.execute_macro(
+                    GET_COLUMNS_IN_RELATION_RAW_MACRO_NAME, kwargs={"relation": relation}
+                )
             metadata, columns = self.parse_describe_extended(relation, rows)
         except dbt.exceptions.RuntimeException as e:
             # spark would throw error when table doesn't exist, where other
@@ -334,7 +336,7 @@ def _get_columns_for_catalog(
     ) -> Iterable[Dict[str, Any]]:
         updated_relation = self._set_relation_information(relation)
 
-        for column in updated_relation.columns:
+        for column in (updated_relation.columns if updated_relation is not None else []):
             # convert SparkColumns into catalog dicts
             as_dict = column.to_column_dict()
             as_dict["column_name"] = as_dict.pop("column", None)
diff --git a/dbt/include/spark/macros/adapters.sql b/dbt/include/spark/macros/adapters.sql
index c84ef5f31..1dac8b638 100644
--- a/dbt/include/spark/macros/adapters.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/spark/macros/adapters.sql
@@ -168,11 +168,15 @@
   {%- endcall -%}
 {% endmacro %}
 
-{% macro spark__get_columns_in_relation(relation) -%}
-  {% call statement('get_columns_in_relation', fetch_result=True) %}
+{% macro spark__get_columns_in_relation_raw(relation) -%}
+  {% call statement('get_columns_in_relation_raw', fetch_result=True) %}
       describe extended {{ relation.include(schema=(schema is not none)) }}
   {% endcall %}
-  {% do return(load_result('get_columns_in_relation').table) %}
+  {% do return(load_result('get_columns_in_relation_raw').table) %}
+{% endmacro %}
+
+{% macro spark__get_columns_in_relation(relation) -%}
+  {{ return(adapter.get_columns_in_relation(relation)) }}
 {% endmacro %}
 
 {% macro spark__list_tables_without_caching(relation) %}
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 7ba95d47b..0c624713c 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
     parser.addoption("--profile", action="store", default="apache_spark", type=str)
 
 
-# Using @pytest.mark.skip_adapter('apache_spark') uses the 'skip_by_adapter_type'
+# Using @pytest.mark.skip_profile('apache_spark') uses the 'skip_by_profile_type'
 # autouse fixture below
 def pytest_configure(config):
     config.addinivalue_line(