diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6207f81cfd8..3756820e7f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Contributors:
 - Fix bug in retry logic for bad response from hub and when there is a bad git tarball download. ([#4577](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/4577), [#4579](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/4579), [#4609](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/pull/4609)) 
 - Restore previous log level (DEBUG) when a test depends on a disabled resource. Still WARN if the resource is missing ([#4594](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/4594), [#4647](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/pull/4647))
 - Add project name validation to `dbt init` ([#4490](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/4490),[#4536](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/pull/4536))
+- Support click versions in the v7.x series ([#tbd](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/tbd))
 
 Contributors:
 * [@amirkdv](https://github.com/amirkdv) ([#4536](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/pull/4536))
diff --git a/core/dbt/task/init.py b/core/dbt/task/init.py
index 1f1d0daa182..e164917c40f 100644
--- a/core/dbt/task/init.py
+++ b/core/dbt/task/init.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
 Happy modeling!
 """
 
-# https://click.palletsprojects.com/en/8.0.x/api/?highlight=float#types
+# https://click.palletsprojects.com/en/8.0.x/api/#types
+# click v7.0 has UNPROCESSED, STRING, INT, FLOAT, BOOL, and UUID available.
 click_type_mapping = {
     "string": click.STRING,
     "int": click.INT,
diff --git a/core/setup.py b/core/setup.py
index 4d31e64ef7d..a98e3b83100 100644
--- a/core/setup.py
+++ b/core/setup.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     install_requires=[
         'Jinja2==2.11.3',
         'agate>=1.6,<1.6.4',
-        'click>=8,<9',
+        'click>=7.0,<9',
         'colorama>=0.3.9,<0.4.5',
         'hologram==0.0.14',
         'isodate>=0.6,<0.7',