diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 33e708e..4853f24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### v1.6.1
+
+## Behind the scenes
+
+* Add explicit support for `ActiveDirectoryServicePrincipal`
 ### v1.6.0
 
 ## Features
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/fabric/fabric_connection_manager.py b/dbt/adapters/fabric/fabric_connection_manager.py
index d045e87..1d655d2 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/fabric/fabric_connection_manager.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/fabric/fabric_connection_manager.py
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ def open(cls, connection: Connection) -> Connection:
             if credentials.authentication == "ActiveDirectoryPassword":
                 con_str.append(f"UID={{{credentials.UID}}}")
                 con_str.append(f"PWD={{{credentials.PWD}}}")
+            if credentials.authentication == "ActiveDirectoryServicePrincipal":
+                con_str.append(f"UID={{{credentials.client_id}}}")
+                con_str.append(f"PWD={{{credentials.client_secret}}}")
             elif credentials.authentication == "ActiveDirectoryInteractive":
                 con_str.append(f"UID={{{credentials.UID}}}")