diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4e36a7cd..587fb484 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+### Release [1.9.7], 2025-XX-XX
+
+#### Improvements
+* Change tests to use dbt-core 1.10 to start validating new functionality ([#570](https://github.com/ClickHouse/dbt-clickhouse/pull/570)).
+* Validate that the new `--sample` flag ([docs](https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/build/sample-flag)) works. Add tests to cover the implementation ([#570](https://github.com/ClickHouse/dbt-clickhouse/pull/570)).
+
+
 ### Release [1.9.6], 2025-11-03
 
 #### Bugs
diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
index c2ae0f42..00723360 100644
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-dbt-core>=1.9.0,<1.10
+dbt-core>=1.10.0,<1.11
 dbt-tests-adapter>=1.10,<2.0
-clickhouse-connect>=0.7.6
-clickhouse-driver>=0.2.7
 pytest>=7.2.0
 pytest-dotenv==0.5.2
 pytest-timeout==2.4.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 899dc5c8..85d6c880 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ def _dbt_clickhouse_version():
     install_requires=[
         f'dbt-core>={dbt_minor_version}',
         'dbt-adapters>=1.16,<1.17',  # This version should be dbt-adapters>=1.16,<2.0, but keeping it fixed for now to avoid unexpected issues. We need to frequently update it.
-        'clickhouse-connect>=0.6.22',
-        'clickhouse-driver>=0.2.6',
+        'clickhouse-connect>=0.10.0',
+        'clickhouse-driver>=0.2.10',
         'setuptools>=0.69',
     ],
     python_requires=">=3.9",
diff --git a/tests/integration/adapter/concurrency/test_concurrency.py b/tests/integration/adapter/concurrency/test_concurrency.py
index 09597a77..b9118784 100644
--- a/tests/integration/adapter/concurrency/test_concurrency.py
+++ b/tests/integration/adapter/concurrency/test_concurrency.py
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ def _validate_results(self, project, results, output):
         check_relations_equal(project.adapter, ["seed", "table_b"])
         check_table_does_not_exist(project.adapter, "invalid")
         check_table_does_not_exist(project.adapter, "skip")
-        assert "PASS=5 WARN=0 ERROR=1 SKIP=1 TOTAL=7" in output
+        assert "PASS=5 WARN=0 ERROR=1 SKIP=1 NO-OP=0 TOTAL=7" in output
diff --git a/tests/integration/adapter/sample_mode/test_sample_mode.py b/tests/integration/adapter/sample_mode/test_sample_mode.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6eadd77d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/adapter/sample_mode/test_sample_mode.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import os
+from unittest import mock
+
+import pytest
+from dbt.tests.adapter.sample_mode.test_sample_mode import (
+    BaseSampleModeTest,
+)
+from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt
+
+# input_model_sql overrided as the `-0` part at the end of `TIMESTAMP '2025-01-01 01:25:00-0'` is not compatible with CH
+input_model_sql = """
+{{ config(materialized='table', event_time='event_time') }}
+select 1 as id, TIMESTAMP '2025-01-01 01:25:00' as event_time
+UNION ALL
+select 2 as id, TIMESTAMP '2025-01-02 13:47:00' as event_time
+UNION ALL
+select 3 as id, TIMESTAMP '2025-01-03 01:32:00' as event_time
+"""
+
+
+class TestSampleMode(BaseSampleModeTest):
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def input_model_sql(self) -> str:
+        """
+        This is the SQL that defines the input model to be sampled, including any {{ config(..) }}.
+        event_time is a required configuration of this input
+        """
+        return input_model_sql
+
+    @mock.patch.dict(os.environ, {"DBT_EXPERIMENTAL_SAMPLE_MODE": "True"})
+    def test_sample_mode_with_range(self, project) -> None:
+        _ = run_dbt(["run"])
+        self.assert_row_count(
+            project=project,
+            relation_name="model_that_samples_input_sql",
+            expected_row_count=3,
+        )
+
+        _ = run_dbt(["run", "--sample", "{'start': '2025-01-02', 'end': '2025-01-03'}"])
+        self.assert_row_count(
+            project=project,
+            relation_name="model_that_samples_input_sql",
+            expected_row_count=1,
+        )