diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240112-202739.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240112-202739.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4c71ec85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240112-202739.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: '#556'
+time: 2024-01-12T20:27:39.481488-05:00
+custom:
+  Author: shreyadatar
+  Issue: "556"
diff --git a/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/adapters.sql b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/adapters.sql
index 157738187..5c8285409 100644
--- a/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/adapters.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/adapters.sql
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
     of a materialization
   #}
   {% set dml_transaction -%}
-    begin;
+    begin transaction;
     {{ dml }};
     commit;
   {%- endset %}