diff --git a/dbt/adapters/fabric/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/fabric/__version__.py
index a26c301..582554e 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/fabric/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/fabric/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.7.3"
+version = "1.7.4"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/fabric/fabric_connection_manager.py b/dbt/adapters/fabric/fabric_connection_manager.py
index 1d2f37b..b84bb52 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/fabric/fabric_connection_manager.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/fabric/fabric_connection_manager.py
@@ -330,6 +330,16 @@ def open(cls, connection: Connection) -> Connection:
         application_name = f"dbt-{credentials.type}/{plugin_version}"
         con_str.append(f"APP={application_name}")
 
+        try:
+            if int(credentials.retries) > 0:
+                con_str.append(f"ConnectRetryCount={credentials.retries}")
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug(
+                "Retry count should be a integer value. Skipping retries in the connection string.",
+                str(e),
+            )
+
         con_str_concat = ";".join(con_str)
 
         index = []