diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index e32b03d81..3fd0fa630 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # install latest changes in dbt-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
 git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core.git@1.9.latest#egg=dbt-core&subdirectory=core