diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eda5216..9203592 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 - Add on_schema_change possibility
 - Fix table materialization for Delta models
 - Change GlueColumn parent from base Column to SparkColumn
+- Fix unraised DbtDatabaseError
 - Fix get_columns_in_relation function to stop returning additional partition columns
 
 ## v1.8.1
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/glue/gluedbapi/cursor.py b/dbt/adapters/glue/gluedbapi/cursor.py
index faac8e4..2837246 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/glue/gluedbapi/cursor.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/glue/gluedbapi/cursor.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import json
 from dbt.adapters.contracts.connection import AdapterResponse
 from dbt import exceptions as dbterrors
+from dbt_common.exceptions import DbtDatabaseError
 from dbt.adapters.glue.gluedbapi.commons import GlueStatement
 from dbt.adapters.glue.util import get_pandas_dataframe_from_result_file
 from dbt.adapters.events.logging import AdapterLogger
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ def execute(self, sql, bindings=None):
                     logger.error(error_message)
                 else:
                     logger.debug(error_message)
-                    raise dbterrors.DbtDatabaseError(msg=error_message)
+                    raise DbtDatabaseError(msg=error_message)
 
             self.result = self.response
             if self.connection.use_arrow:
@@ -143,11 +144,11 @@ def execute(self, sql, bindings=None):
             output = response.get("Statement", {}).get("Output", {})
             error_message = f"Glue cursor returned `{output.get('Status')}` for statement {self.statement_id} for code {self.code}, {output.get('ErrorName')}: {output.get('ErrorValue')}"
             logger.debug(error_message)
-            raise dbterrors.DbtDatabaseError(msg=error_message)
+            raise DbtDatabaseError(msg=error_message)
 
         if self.state in [GlueCursorState.CANCELLED, GlueCursorState.CANCELLING]:
             self._post()
-            raise dbterrors.DbtDatabaseError(
+            raise DbtDatabaseError(
                 msg=f"Statement {self.connection.session_id}.{self.statement_id} cancelled.")
 
         logger.debug("GlueCursor execute successfully")