diff --git a/dbt/adapters/databricks/global_state.py b/dbt/adapters/databricks/global_state.py
index 52cd8a15..de240d39 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/databricks/global_state.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/databricks/global_state.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class GlobalState:
     def get_use_long_sessions(cls) -> bool:
         if cls.__use_long_sessions is None:
             cls.__use_long_sessions = (
-                os.environ.get("DBT_DATABRICKS_LONG_SESSIONS", "True").upper() == "TRUE"
+                os.getenv("DBT_DATABRICKS_LONG_SESSIONS", "True").upper() == "TRUE"
             )
         return cls.__use_long_sessions
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def get_use_long_sessions(cls) -> bool:
     @classmethod
     def get_invocation_env(cls) -> Optional[str]:
         if not cls.__invocation_env_set:
-            cls.__invocation_env = os.environ.get("DBT_DATABRICKS_INVOCATION_ENV")
+            cls.__invocation_env = os.getenv("DBT_DATABRICKS_INVOCATION_ENV")
             cls.__invocation_env_set = True
         return cls.__invocation_env
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def get_invocation_env(cls) -> Optional[str]:
     @classmethod
     def get_http_session_headers(cls) -> Optional[str]:
         if not cls.__session_headers_set:
-            cls.__session_headers = os.environ.get("DBT_DATABRICKS_HTTP_SESSION_HEADERS")
+            cls.__session_headers = os.getenv("DBT_DATABRICKS_HTTP_SESSION_HEADERS")
             cls.__session_headers_set = True
         return cls.__session_headers
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def get_http_session_headers(cls) -> Optional[str]:
     def get_char_limit_bypass(cls) -> bool:
         if cls.__describe_char_bypass is None:
             cls.__describe_char_bypass = (
-                os.environ.get("DBT_DESCRIBE_TABLE_2048_CHAR_BYPASS", "False").upper() == "TRUE"
+                os.getenv("DBT_DESCRIBE_TABLE_2048_CHAR_BYPASS", "False").upper() == "TRUE"
             )
         return cls.__describe_char_bypass
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def get_char_limit_bypass(cls) -> bool:
     @classmethod
     def get_connector_log_level(cls) -> str:
         if cls.__connector_log_level is None:
-            cls.__connector_log_level = os.environ.get(
+            cls.__connector_log_level = os.getenv(
                 "DBT_DATABRICKS_CONNECTOR_LOG_LEVEL", "WARN"
             ).upper()
         return cls.__connector_log_level
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_adapter.py b/tests/unit/test_adapter.py
index 4ac564be..d42fa5e1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_adapter.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_adapter.py
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ def test_invalid_custom_user_agent(self):
         with pytest.raises(DbtValidationError) as excinfo:
             config = self._get_config()
             adapter = DatabricksAdapter(config, get_context("spawn"))
-            with patch.dict("os.environ", **{"DBT_DATABRICKS_INVOCATION_ENV": "(Some-thing)"}):
+            with patch(
+                "dbt.adapters.databricks.global_state.GlobalState.get_invocation_env",
+                return_value="(Some-thing)",
+            ):
                 connection = adapter.acquire_connection("dummy")
                 connection.handle  # trigger lazy-load
 
@@ -126,8 +129,9 @@ def test_custom_user_agent(self):
             "dbt.adapters.databricks.connections.dbsql.connect",
             new=self._connect_func(expected_invocation_env="databricks-workflows"),
         ):
-            with patch.dict(
-                "os.environ", **{"DBT_DATABRICKS_INVOCATION_ENV": "databricks-workflows"}
+            with patch(
+                "dbt.adapters.databricks.global_state.GlobalState.get_invocation_env",
+                return_value="databricks-workflows",
             ):
                 connection = adapter.acquire_connection("dummy")
                 connection.handle  # trigger lazy-load
@@ -188,9 +192,9 @@ def _test_environment_http_headers(
             "dbt.adapters.databricks.connections.dbsql.connect",
             new=self._connect_func(expected_http_headers=expected_http_headers),
         ):
-            with patch.dict(
-                "os.environ",
-                **{"DBT_DATABRICKS_HTTP_SESSION_HEADERS": http_headers_str},
+            with patch(
+                "dbt.adapters.databricks.global_state.GlobalState.get_http_session_headers",
+                return_value=http_headers_str,
             ):
                 connection = adapter.acquire_connection("dummy")
                 connection.handle  # trigger lazy-load
@@ -910,7 +914,10 @@ def test_describe_table_extended_2048_char_limit(self):
         assert get_identifier_list_string(table_names) == "|".join(table_names)
 
         # If environment variable is set, then limit the number of characters
-        with patch.dict("os.environ", **{"DBT_DESCRIBE_TABLE_2048_CHAR_BYPASS": "true"}):
+        with patch(
+            "dbt.adapters.databricks.global_state.GlobalState.get_char_limit_bypass",
+            return_value="true",
+        ):
             # Long list of table names is capped
             assert get_identifier_list_string(table_names) == "*"
 
@@ -939,7 +946,10 @@ def test_describe_table_extended_should_limit(self):
         table_names = set([f"customers_{i}" for i in range(200)])
 
         # If environment variable is set, then limit the number of characters
-        with patch.dict("os.environ", **{"DBT_DESCRIBE_TABLE_2048_CHAR_BYPASS": "true"}):
+        with patch(
+            "dbt.adapters.databricks.global_state.GlobalState.get_char_limit_bypass",
+            return_value="true",
+        ):
             # Long list of table names is capped
             assert get_identifier_list_string(table_names) == "*"
 
@@ -952,7 +962,10 @@ def test_describe_table_extended_may_limit(self):
         table_names = set([f"customers_{i}" for i in range(200)])
 
         # If environment variable is set, then we may limit the number of characters
-        with patch.dict("os.environ", **{"DBT_DESCRIBE_TABLE_2048_CHAR_BYPASS": "true"}):
+        with patch(
+            "dbt.adapters.databricks.global_state.GlobalState.get_char_limit_bypass",
+            return_value="true",
+        ):
             # But a short list of table names is not capped
             assert get_identifier_list_string(list(table_names)[:5]) == "|".join(
                 list(table_names)[:5]