diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/bases/standard-source-test/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/standardtest/source/AbstractSourceConnectorTest.java b/airbyte-integrations/bases/standard-source-test/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/standardtest/source/AbstractSourceConnectorTest.java
index 02aeaacb3fde..9bc01f2f7208 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/bases/standard-source-test/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/standardtest/source/AbstractSourceConnectorTest.java
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/bases/standard-source-test/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/standardtest/source/AbstractSourceConnectorTest.java
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ protected StandardCheckConnectionOutput runCheck() throws Exception {
             .run(new StandardCheckConnectionInput().withConnectionConfiguration(getConfig()), jobRoot);
   }
 
+  protected String runCheckAndGetStatusAsString(JsonNode config) throws Exception {
+    return new DefaultCheckConnectionWorker(
+        workerConfigs,
+        new AirbyteIntegrationLauncher(JOB_ID, JOB_ATTEMPT, getImageName(), processFactory, workerConfigs.getResourceRequirements()))
+            .run(new StandardCheckConnectionInput().withConnectionConfiguration(config), jobRoot).getStatus().toString();
+  }
+
   protected AirbyteCatalog runDiscover() throws Exception {
     return new DefaultDiscoverCatalogWorker(
         workerConfigs,
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-snowflake/README.md b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-snowflake/README.md
index c6cca0a4c9b2..759a0a649388 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-snowflake/README.md
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-snowflake/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   "database": "AIRBYTE_DATABASE",
   "schema": "AIRBYTE_SCHEMA",
   "credentails" {
+    "auth_type": "username/password",
     "username": "AIRBYTE_USER",
     "password": "SOMEPASSWORD"
   }
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
   "database": "AIRBYTE_DATABASE",
   "schema": "AIRBYTE_SCHEMA",
   "credentails" {
-    "auth_type": "Client",
+    "auth_type": "OAuth",
     "client_id": "client_id",
     "client_secret": "client_secret",
     "refresh_token": "refresh_token"
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-snowflake/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/io/airbyte/integration_tests/sources/SnowflakeSourceAcceptanceTest.java b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-snowflake/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/io/airbyte/integration_tests/sources/SnowflakeSourceAcceptanceTest.java
index 3db75e69213d..57b64b80d153 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-snowflake/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/io/airbyte/integration_tests/sources/SnowflakeSourceAcceptanceTest.java
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-snowflake/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/io/airbyte/integration_tests/sources/SnowflakeSourceAcceptanceTest.java
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 
 package io.airbyte.integrations.io.airbyte.integration_tests.sources;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import io.airbyte.commons.io.IOs;
 import io.airbyte.commons.json.Jsons;
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 public class SnowflakeSourceAcceptanceTest extends SourceAcceptanceTest {
 
@@ -133,4 +137,15 @@ protected JdbcDatabase setupDataBase() {
             "database", config.get("database").asText()));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testBackwardCompatibilityAfterAddingOauth() throws Exception {
+    final JsonNode deprecatedStyleConfig = Jsons.clone(config);
+    final JsonNode password = deprecatedStyleConfig.get("credentials").get("password");
+
+    ((ObjectNode) deprecatedStyleConfig).remove("credentials");
+    ((ObjectNode) deprecatedStyleConfig).set("password", password);
+
+    assertEquals("SUCCEEDED", runCheckAndGetStatusAsString(deprecatedStyleConfig).toUpperCase());
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-snowflake/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/io/airbyte/integration_tests/sources/SnowflakeSourceDatatypeTest.java b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-snowflake/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/io/airbyte/integration_tests/sources/SnowflakeSourceDatatypeTest.java
index bf739e15246b..df49c9884d3f 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-snowflake/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/io/airbyte/integration_tests/sources/SnowflakeSourceDatatypeTest.java
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-snowflake/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/io/airbyte/integration_tests/sources/SnowflakeSourceDatatypeTest.java
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ protected Database setupDatabase() throws Exception {
 
   private Database getDatabase() {
     return Databases.createDatabase(
-        config.get("username").asText(),
-        config.get("password").asText(),
+        config.get("credentials").get("username").asText(),
+        config.get("credentials").get("password").asText(),
         String.format("jdbc:snowflake://%s/",
             config.get("host").asText()),
         SnowflakeSource.DRIVER_CLASS,