diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d36d2ae..4cd83df 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Configuration variables
-VERSION=1.8.1
+VERSION=1.8.3
 PROJ_DIR?=$(shell pwd)
 VENV_DIR?=${PROJ_DIR}/.bldenv
 BUILD_DIR=${PROJ_DIR}/build
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/oracle/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/oracle/__version__.py
index 57528fd..6f8ca09 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/oracle/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/oracle/__version__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Copyright (c) 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+Copyright (c) 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 Copyright (c) 2020, Vitor Avancini
 
   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
 """
-version = "1.8.1"
+version = "1.8.3"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/oracle/relation.py b/dbt/adapters/oracle/relation.py
index e0a8ec4..c0135ed 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/oracle/relation.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/oracle/relation.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Copyright (c) 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+Copyright (c) 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 Copyright (c) 2020, Vitor Avancini
 
   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 
 from dbt.adapters.base.relation import BaseRelation
+from dbt.adapters.contracts.relation import ComponentName
 from dbt.adapters.events.logging import AdapterLogger
 from dbt.adapters.relation_configs import (
     RelationConfigBase,
@@ -148,3 +149,19 @@ def materialized_view_config_changeset(
             return config_change_collection
 
         return None
+
+    def _is_exactish_match(self, field: ComponentName, value: str) -> bool:
+        """
+
+        The only purpose of _is_exactish_match is to detect matches that are
+        approximate (case-insensitive and quote-stripped) but not exact,
+        so that dbt can raise an exception saying a too-similar relation
+        already exists in the cache
+
+        """
+        if self.dbt_created and self.quote_policy.get_part(field) is False:
+            return self.path.get_lowered_part(field) == value.lower()
+        elif self.quote_policy.get_part(field) is False:
+            return self.path.get_lowered_part(field) == value.lower()
+        else:
+            return self.path.get_part(field) == value
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/oracle/sample_profiles.yml b/dbt/adapters/oracle/sample_profiles.yml
index acc2465..387cb8a 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/oracle/sample_profiles.yml
+++ b/dbt/adapters/oracle/sample_profiles.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ default:
          host: "{{ env_var('DBT_ORACLE_HOST') }}"
          user: "{{ env_var('DBT_ORACLE_USER') }}"
          password: "{{ env_var('DBT_ORACLE_PASSWORD') }}"
+         database: "{{ env_var('DBT_ORACLE_DATABASE') }}"
          port: 1522
          service: "{{ env_var('DBT_ORACLE_SERVICE') }}"
          schema: "{{ env_var('DBT_ORACLE_SCHEMA') }}"
diff --git a/dbt/include/oracle/macros/relations/drop.sql b/dbt/include/oracle/macros/relations/drop.sql
index 340bab0..82056ef 100644
--- a/dbt/include/oracle/macros/relations/drop.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/oracle/macros/relations/drop.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+{#
+ Copyright (c) 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+#}
 {%- macro oracle__get_drop_sql(relation) -%}
     DECLARE
      dne_942    EXCEPTION;
@@ -10,8 +24,10 @@
      SAVEPOINT start_transaction;
      {%- if relation.is_materialized_view -%}
      EXECUTE IMMEDIATE '{{ oracle__drop_materialized_view(relation) }}';
+     {%- elif relation.is_table -%}
+     EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP table {{ relation }} cascade constraints purge';
      {%- else -%}
-     EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP {{ relation.type }} {{ relation }} cascade constraint';
+     EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP {{ relation.type }} {{ relation }} cascade constraints';
      {%- endif -%}
      COMMIT;
   EXCEPTION
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9183567..c176417 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>=1.8.1,<2.0
-oracledb==2.3.0
+oracledb==2.4.1
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c87a843..422b8cc 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = dbt-oracle
-version = 1.8.1
+version = 1.8.3
 description = dbt (data build tool) adapter for Oracle Autonomous Database
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ install_requires =
     dbt-common>=1.1.0,<2.0
     dbt-adapters>=1.2.1,<2.0
     dbt-core~=1.8,<1.9
-    oracledb==2.3.0
+    oracledb==2.4.1
 test_suite=tests
 test_requires =
     dbt-tests-adapter~=1.8,<1.9
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 31fed00..332cc03 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~=1.8,<1.9",
-        "oracledb==2.3.0"
+        "oracledb==2.4.1"
 ]
 
 test_requirements = [
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 url = 'https://github.com/oracle/dbt-oracle'
 
-VERSION = '1.8.1'
+VERSION = '1.8.3'
 setup(
     author="Oracle",
     python_requires='>=3.8',