diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241023-105407.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241023-105407.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c8c9b554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241023-105407.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Pin build dependencies to final releases
+time: 2024-10-23T10:54:07.142933-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: mikealfare
+  Issue: "1129"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9ad9bfa38..5d9d882e0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ def _get_plugin_version_dict():
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
         "sqlparams>=3.0.0",
-        "dbt-common>=0.1.0a1,<2.0",
-        "dbt-adapters>=0.1.0a1,<2.0",
+        "dbt-common>=0.1.0,<2.0",
+        "dbt-adapters>=0.1.0,<2.0",
         # add dbt-core to ensure backwards compatibility of installation, this is not a functional dependency
-        "dbt-core>=1.8.0a1",
+        "dbt-core>=1.8.0",
     ],
     extras_require={
         "ODBC": odbc_extras,
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/test_python_model.py b/tests/functional/adapter/test_python_model.py
index 05e25c5f4..70a74e0be 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/test_python_model.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/test_python_model.py
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
     BasePythonModelTests,
     BasePythonIncrementalTests,
 )
-from dbt.tests.adapter.python_model.test_spark import BasePySparkTests
+from dbt.tests.adapter.python_model.test_spark import (
+    BasePySparkTests,
+    PANDAS_MODEL,
+    PANDAS_ON_SPARK_MODEL,
+    PYSPARK_MODEL,
+)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skip_profile("apache_spark", "spark_session", "databricks_sql_endpoint")
@@ -15,7 +20,13 @@ class TestPythonModelSpark(BasePythonModelTests):
 
 @pytest.mark.skip_profile("apache_spark", "spark_session", "databricks_sql_endpoint")
 class TestPySpark(BasePySparkTests):
-    pass
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def models(self):
+        return {
+            "pandas_df.py": PANDAS_MODEL,
+            "pyspark_df.py": PYSPARK_MODEL,
+            "pandas_on_spark_df.py": PANDAS_ON_SPARK_MODEL,
+        }
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skip_profile("apache_spark", "spark_session", "databricks_sql_endpoint")