diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231204-224210.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231204-224210.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c415934db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231204-224210.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: "Dependencies"
+body: "Update freezegun requirement from ~=1.2 to ~=1.3"
+time: 2023-12-04T22:42:10.00000Z
+custom:
+  Author: dependabot[bot]
+  PR: 956
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231212-223929.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231212-223929.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65f308f75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231212-223929.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: "Dependencies"
+body: "Update black requirement from ~=23.11 to ~=23.12"
+time: 2023-12-12T22:39:29.00000Z
+custom:
+  Author: dependabot[bot]
+  PR: 959
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20231214-134728.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20231214-134728.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1de2ddb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20231214-134728.yaml	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Under the Hood
+body: Remove unused `invalid_insert_overwrite_delta_msg` message
+time: 2023-12-14T13:47:28.444107-07:00
+custom:
+  Author: dbeatty10
+  Issue: "962"
diff --git a/dbt/include/spark/macros/materializations/incremental/validate.sql b/dbt/include/spark/macros/materializations/incremental/validate.sql
index 88b851ca4..0d4c4d8b6 100644
--- a/dbt/include/spark/macros/materializations/incremental/validate.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/spark/macros/materializations/incremental/validate.sql
@@ -29,17 +29,12 @@
     You can only choose this strategy when file_format is set to 'delta' or 'iceberg' or 'hudi'
   {%- endset %}
 
-  {% set invalid_insert_overwrite_delta_msg -%}
-    Invalid incremental strategy provided: {{ raw_strategy }}
-    You cannot use this strategy when file_format is set to 'delta' or 'iceberg'
-    Use the 'append' or 'merge' strategy instead
-  {%- endset %}
-
   {% set invalid_insert_overwrite_endpoint_msg -%}
     Invalid incremental strategy provided: {{ raw_strategy }}
     You cannot use this strategy when connecting via endpoint
     Use the 'append' or 'merge' strategy instead
   {%- endset %}
+
   {% if raw_strategy not in ['append', 'merge', 'insert_overwrite'] %}
     {% do exceptions.raise_compiler_error(invalid_strategy_msg) %}
   {%-else %}
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 1d8aea7b9..fe960ed03 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core.git#egg=dbt-tests-adapter&subdirectory=
 
 # if version 1.x or greater -> pin to major version
 # if version 0.x -> pin to minor
-black~=23.11
+black~=23.12
 bumpversion~=0.6.0
 click~=8.1
 flake8~=6.1;python_version>="3.8"
 flaky~=3.7
-freezegun~=1.2
+freezegun~=1.3
 ipdb~=0.13.13
 mypy==1.7.1  # patch updates have historically introduced breaking changes
 pip-tools~=7.3