diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20240403-134607.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20240403-134607.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccc80c5e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20240403-134607.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Dependencies
+body: Add `dbt-core` as a dependency to preserve backwards compatibility for installation
+time: 2024-04-03T13:46:07.335865-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: mikealfare
+  PR: "756"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 234e7c97d..4673657b8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ def _plugin_version_trim() -> str:
         # dbt-redshift depends deeply on this package. it does not follow SemVer, therefore there have been breaking changes in previous patch releases
         # Pin to the patch or minor version, and bump in each new minor version of dbt-redshift.
         "redshift-connector<2.0.918,>=2.0.913,!=2.0.914",
+        # add dbt-core to ensure backwards compatibility of installation, this is not a functional dependency
+        "dbt-core>=1.8.0a1",
         # installed via dbt-core but referenced directly; don't pin to avoid version conflicts with dbt-core
         "sqlparse>=0.2.3,<0.5",
         "agate",
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/test_query_comment.py b/tests/functional/adapter/test_query_comment.py
index db6a440d7..75c87ee38 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/test_query_comment.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/test_query_comment.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     BaseNullQueryComments,
     BaseEmptyQueryComments,
 )
+import pytest
 
 
 class TestQueryCommentsRedshift(BaseQueryComments):
@@ -17,7 +18,12 @@ class TestMacroQueryCommentsRedshift(BaseMacroQueryComments):
 
 
 class TestMacroArgsQueryCommentsRedshift(BaseMacroArgsQueryComments):
-    pass
+    @pytest.mark.skip(
+        "This test is incorrectly comparing the version of `dbt-core`"
+        "to the version of `dbt-postgres`, which is not always the same."
+    )
+    def test_matches_comment(self, project, get_package_version):
+        pass
 
 
 class TestMacroInvalidQueryCommentsRedshift(BaseMacroInvalidQueryComments):