diff --git a/dbt/adapters/synapse/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/synapse/__version__.py
index a55413d..037ac1f 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/synapse/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/synapse/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0rc1"
diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
index e9444c0..99b8b10 100644
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
-pytest==8.0.0
+# install latest changes in dbt-core
+# TODO: how to automate switching from develop to version branches?
+git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core.git@fc431010ef0bd11ee6a502fc6c9e5e3e75c5d72d#egg=dbt-core&subdirectory=core
+git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git@4c289b150853b94beb67921f2a8dd203abe53cbe
+git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git@4c289b150853b94beb67921f2a8dd203abe53cbe#subdirectory=dbt-tests-adapter
+
+pytest==8.0.1
 twine==5.0.0
 wheel==0.42.0
-pre-commit==3.5.0
+pre-commit==3.5.0;python_version<"3.9"
+pre-commit==3.6.2;python_version>="3.9"
 pytest-dotenv==0.5.2
-dbt-tests-adapter~=1.7.4
 aiohttp==3.8.3
 azure-mgmt-synapse==2.0.0
 flaky==3.7.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fd74438..b8696de 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "Sam Debruyn",
 ]
 dbt_version = "1.8"
-dbt_fabric_requirement = "dbt-fabric~=1.8.0"
+dbt_fabric_requirement = "dbt-fabric~=1.8.0rc2"
 description = """An Azure Synapse adapter plugin for dbt"""
 
 this_directory = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))