diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-snowflake/build.gradle b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-snowflake/build.gradle
index c63d242b7d01..a991fefc5fc7 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-snowflake/build.gradle
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-snowflake/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ application {
 dependencies {
     implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage:1.113.16'
     implementation 'com.google.auth:google-auth-library-oauth2-http:0.25.5'
-    implementation 'net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc:3.12.14'
+    implementation 'net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc:3.13.9'
     implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-csv:1.4'
     implementation 'com.github.alexmojaki:s3-stream-upload:2.2.2'
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/airbyte-integration-test-java.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/airbyte-integration-test-java.gradle
index 9d3bc6b98602..e7865a585445 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/airbyte-integration-test-java.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/airbyte-integration-test-java.gradle
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ class AirbyteIntegrationTestJavaPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
             maxHeapSize = '3g'
 
             mustRunAfter project.test
+
+            // This is needed to make the destination-snowflake tests succeed - https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-jdbc/issues/589#issuecomment-983944767
+            jvmArgs = ["--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED"]
         }
 
         // make sure we create the integrationTest task once in case a standard source test was already initialized