diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240903-161003.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240903-161003.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57a0f14c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240903-161003.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Allow configuring snapshot column names
+time: 2024-09-03T16:10:03.021221-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: gshank
+  Issue: "1096"
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 055cb92f7..a1dcf6906 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # 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#egg=dbt-core&subdirectory=core
+git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core.git@snapshot_column_names#egg=dbt-core&subdirectory=core
 git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-common.git
-git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git
+git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git@snapshot_column_names
 git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git#subdirectory=dbt-tests-adapter
 
 # dev