diff --git a/.changes/1.5.0/Under the Hood-20230223-110314.yaml b/.changes/1.5.0/Under the Hood-20230223-110314.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ef1e35744..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.5.0/Under the Hood-20230223-110314.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Rename constraints_enabled to contract
-time: 2023-02-23T11:03:14.344028-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: gshank
-  Issue: "330"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20230223-110314.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20230223-110314.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4f519569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20230223-110314.yaml	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Under the Hood
+body: Treat contract config as a python object
+time: 2023-02-23T11:03:14.344028-05:00
+custom:
+  Author: gshank emmyoop
+  Issue: 330 382
diff --git a/dbt/include/redshift/macros/adapters.sql b/dbt/include/redshift/macros/adapters.sql
index ebf2e16a5..c863ee362 100644
--- a/dbt/include/redshift/macros/adapters.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/redshift/macros/adapters.sql
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
 
   {{ sql_header if sql_header is not none }}
 
-  {%- if config.get('contract', False) %}
+  {%- set contract_config = config.get('contract') -%}
+  {%- if contract_config.enforced -%}
 
   create {% if temporary -%}temporary{%- endif %} table
     {{ relation.include(database=(not temporary), schema=(not temporary)) }}
@@ -85,7 +86,8 @@
   {{ sql_header if sql_header is not none }}
 
   create view {{ relation }}
-  {% if config.get('contract', False) -%}
+  {%- set contract_config = config.get('contract') -%}
+  {%- if contract_config.enforced -%}
     {{ get_assert_columns_equivalent(sql) }}
   {%- endif %} as (
     {{ sql }}