diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 099f0c039..1bde05d95 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # install latest changes in dbt-core
 git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core.git@1.9.latest#egg=dbt-core&subdirectory=core
-git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git
+git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git#subdirectory=dbt-adapters
 git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git#subdirectory=dbt-tests-adapter
 git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-common.git