diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f3f845b..3b7d211 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Configuration variables
-VERSION=1.9.1
+VERSION=1.9.2
 PROJ_DIR?=$(shell pwd)
 VENV_DIR?=${PROJ_DIR}/.bldenv
 BUILD_DIR=${PROJ_DIR}/build
diff --git a/dbt/include/oracle/macros/adapters.sql b/dbt/include/oracle/macros/adapters.sql
index 14bcc58..34bc031 100644
--- a/dbt/include/oracle/macros/adapters.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/oracle/macros/adapters.sql
@@ -422,3 +422,13 @@
     {% set db_name = results.columns[0].values()[0] %}
     {{ return(db_name) }}
 {% endmacro %}
+
+{% macro generate_insert_hint(parallel, insert_mode) %}
+    {% if parallel and insert_mode == 'append' %}
+        /*+parallel({{ parallel }}) append*/
+    {% elif parallel %}
+        /*+parallel({{ parallel }})*/
+    {% elif insert_mode == 'append' %}
+        /*+ append */
+    {% endif %}
+{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/oracle/macros/materializations/incremental/strategies.sql b/dbt/include/oracle/macros/materializations/incremental/strategies.sql
index dad5005..1e76829 100644
--- a/dbt/include/oracle/macros/materializations/incremental/strategies.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/oracle/macros/materializations/incremental/strategies.sql
@@ -94,12 +94,15 @@
 
 {% macro oracle__get_incremental_append_sql(args_dict) %}
     {%- set parallel = config.get('parallel', none) -%}
+    {%- set insert_mode = config.get('insert_mode', none) -%}
+    {%- set insert_hint = generate_insert_hint(parallel, insert_mode) -%}
     {%- set dest_columns = args_dict["dest_columns"] -%}
     {%- set temp_relation = args_dict["temp_relation"] -%}
     {%- set target_relation = args_dict["target_relation"] -%}
     {%- set dest_column_names = dest_columns | map(attribute='name') | list -%}
     {%- set dest_cols_csv = get_quoted_column_csv(model, dest_column_names)  -%}
-    INSERT {% if parallel %} /*+PARALLEL({{ parallel }})*/ {% endif %} INTO {{ target_relation }} ({{ dest_cols_csv }})
+    INSERT {{ insert_hint }}
+    INTO {{ target_relation }} ({{ dest_cols_csv }})
     (
        SELECT {{ dest_cols_csv }}
        FROM {{ temp_relation }}
@@ -108,6 +111,8 @@
 
 {% macro oracle__get_incremental_merge_sql(args_dict) %}
     {%- set parallel = config.get('parallel', none) -%}
+    {%- set insert_mode = config.get('insert_mode', none) -%}
+    {%- set insert_hint = generate_insert_hint(parallel, insert_mode) -%}
     {%- set dest_columns = args_dict["dest_columns"] -%}
     {%- set temp_relation = args_dict["temp_relation"] -%}
     {%- set target_relation = args_dict["target_relation"] -%}
@@ -138,7 +143,8 @@
             {% endfor -%}
           )
     {%- else -%}
-    insert {% if parallel %} /*+parallel({{ parallel }})*/ {% endif %} into  {{ target_relation }} ({{ dest_cols_csv }})
+    insert {{ insert_hint }}
+    into  {{ target_relation }} ({{ dest_cols_csv }})
     (
        select {{ dest_cols_csv }}
        from {{ temp_relation }}
@@ -178,6 +184,8 @@
 
 {% macro oracle__get_incremental_delete_insert_sql(args_dict) %}
     {%- set parallel = config.get('parallel', none) -%}
+    {%- set insert_mode = config.get('insert_mode', none) -%}
+    {%- set insert_hint = generate_insert_hint(parallel, insert_mode) -%}
     {%- set dest_columns = args_dict["dest_columns"] -%}
     {%- set temp_relation = args_dict["temp_relation"] -%}
     {%- set target_relation = args_dict["target_relation"] -%}
@@ -188,12 +196,14 @@
     {%- if unique_key or incremental_predicates -%}
         BEGIN
         EXECUTE IMMEDIATE  '{{ oracle__get_delete_sql_for_delete_insert_strategy(target_relation, temp_relation, unique_key, incremental_predicates) }}';
-        EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'insert {% if parallel %} /*+parallel({{ parallel }})*/ {% endif %} into  {{ target_relation }} ({{ dest_cols_csv }})(
+        EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'INSERT {{ insert_hint }}
+           into {{ target_relation }} ({{ dest_cols_csv }})(
            select {{ dest_cols_csv }}
            from {{ temp_relation }})';
         END;
     {%- else -%}
-    insert {% if parallel %} /*+parallel({{ parallel }})*/ {% endif %} into  {{ target_relation }} ({{ dest_cols_csv }})
+    insert {{ insert_hint }}
+    into  {{ target_relation }} ({{ dest_cols_csv }})
     (
        select {{ dest_cols_csv }}
        from {{ temp_relation }}
diff --git a/dbt/include/oracle/macros/materializations/snapshot/snapshot.sql b/dbt/include/oracle/macros/materializations/snapshot/snapshot.sql
index 0745469..05c547b 100644
--- a/dbt/include/oracle/macros/materializations/snapshot/snapshot.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/oracle/macros/materializations/snapshot/snapshot.sql
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@
 
 
 {% materialization snapshot, adapter='oracle' %}
-  {%- set config = model['config'] -%}
 
   {%- set target_table = model.get('alias', model.get('name')) -%}
 
diff --git a/dbt_adbs_test_project/models/us_product_delete_insert.sql b/dbt_adbs_test_project/models/us_product_delete_insert.sql
index b4b516e..09513e2 100644
--- a/dbt_adbs_test_project/models/us_product_delete_insert.sql
+++ b/dbt_adbs_test_project/models/us_product_delete_insert.sql
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         incremental_predicates=["DBT_INTERNAL_DEST.calendar_month_desc > TO_CHAR(sysdate, ''yyyy/mm/dd'')"],
         incremental_strategy='delete+insert',
         parallel=4,
+        insert_mode="append",
         partition_config={"clause": "PARTITION BY HASH(PROD_NAME) PARTITIONS 4"},
         table_compression_clause='COLUMN STORE COMPRESS FOR QUERY LOW')
 }}
diff --git a/dbt_adbs_test_project/snapshots/promotion_costs.sql b/dbt_adbs_test_project/snapshots/promotion_costs.sql
index cbaf7a2..0ab66cd 100644
--- a/dbt_adbs_test_project/snapshots/promotion_costs.sql
+++ b/dbt_adbs_test_project/snapshots/promotion_costs.sql
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@
                 strategy='check',
                 unique_key='promo_id',
                 check_cols='all',
-                hard_deletes='invalidate'
+                hard_deletes='invalidate',
+                snapshot_meta_column_names={
+                    "dbt_valid_from": "promo_valid_from",
+                    "dbt_valid_to": "promo_valid_to",
+                    "dbt_scd_id": "dbt_scd_id"
+                }
             )
     }}
     select * from {{ ref('promotion_costs') }}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 55a934d..e92386f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 dbt-common>=1.1.0,<2.0
 dbt-adapters>=1.2.1,<2.0
 dbt-core>=1.9.1,<2.0
-oracledb==3.1.0
+oracledb==3.1.1
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9463bb0..b838d97 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = dbt-oracle
-version = 1.9.1
+version = 1.9.2
 description = dbt (data build tool) adapter for Oracle Autonomous Database
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ install_requires =
     dbt-common>=1.1.0,<2.0
     dbt-adapters>=1.2.1,<2.0
     dbt-core~=1.9,<1.10
-    oracledb==3.1.0
+    oracledb==3.1.1
 test_suite=tests
 test_requires =
     dbt-tests-adapter~=1.10,<1.11
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5df3ceb..8399b9e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         "dbt-common>=1.1.0,<2.0",
         "dbt-adapters>=1.2.1,<2.0",
         "dbt-core~=1.9,<1.10",
-        "oracledb==3.1.0"
+        "oracledb==3.1.1"
 ]
 
 test_requirements = [
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 url = 'https://github.com/oracle/dbt-oracle'
 
-VERSION = '1.9.1'
+VERSION = '1.9.2'
 setup(
     author="Oracle",
     python_requires='>=3.9',