diff --git a/.github/fixtures/profiles.yml b/.github/fixtures/profiles.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7394d01a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/fixtures/profiles.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+elementary:
+  target: vertica
+  outputs:
+    vertica:
+      type: vertica
+      host: "{{ env_var('VERTICA_HOST') }}"
+      port: "{{ env_var('VERTICA_PORT') | as_number }}"
+      username: "{{ env_var('VERTICA_USER') }}"
+      password: "{{ env_var('VERTICA_PASS') }}"
+      database: "{{ env_var('VERTICA_DATABASE') }}"
+      schema: "{{ env_var('SCHEMA_NAME') }}"
+      connection_load_balance: false
+      retries: 2
+      threads: 4
+
+elementary_tests:
+  target: vertica
+  outputs:
+    vertica:
+      type: vertica
+      host: "{{ env_var('VERTICA_HOST') }}"
+      port: "{{ env_var('VERTICA_PORT') | as_number }}"
+      username: "{{ env_var('VERTICA_USER') }}"
+      password: "{{ env_var('VERTICA_PASS') }}"
+      database: "{{ env_var('VERTICA_DATABASE') }}"
+      schema: "{{ env_var('SCHEMA_NAME') }}"
+      connection_load_balance: false
+      retries: 2
+      threads: 4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-all-warehouses.yml b/.github/workflows/test-all-warehouses.yml
index c5e7ad4d1..ce7388e13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-all-warehouses.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-all-warehouses.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ jobs:
             trino,
             clickhouse,
             dremio,
+            vertica,
           ]
         include:
           - dbt-version: "${{ inputs.dbt-version || 'latest_pre' }}"
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ jobs:
             warehouse-type: redshift
           - dbt-version: "${{ inputs.dbt-version || 'fusion' }}"
             warehouse-type: databricks_catalog
+          - dbt-version: "${{ inputs.dbt-version || '1.8.5' }}"
+            warehouse-type: vertica
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test-warehouse.yml
     with:
       warehouse-type: ${{ matrix.warehouse-type }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-warehouse.yml b/.github/workflows/test-warehouse.yml
index 65bed62cd..455df6b45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-warehouse.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-warehouse.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ on:
           - trino
           - clickhouse
           - dremio
+          - vertica
       elementary-ref:
         type: string
         required: false
@@ -30,6 +31,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: "latest_official"
         description: dbt's version to test with
+      dbt-vertica-version:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: "1.8.5"
+        description: dbt-vertica's version to test with
 
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
@@ -46,6 +52,10 @@ on:
         type: string
         default: "latest_official"
         required: false
+      dbt-vertica-version:
+        type: string
+        default: "1.8.5"
+        required: false
 
 env:
   BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
@@ -123,8 +133,13 @@ jobs:
         if: startsWith(inputs.warehouse-type, 'databricks') && inputs.dbt-version < '1.7.0'
         run: pip install databricks-sql-connector==2.9.3
 
+      - name: Install dbt-vertica
+        if: inputs.warehouse-type == 'vertica' 
+        run:
+          pip install "dbt-vertica==${{ inputs.dbt-vertica-version }}"
+
       - name: Install dbt
-        if: ${{ inputs.dbt-version != 'fusion' }}
+        if: ${{ inputs.dbt-version != 'fusion' && inputs.warehouse-type != 'vertica' }}
         run:
           pip install${{ (inputs.dbt-version == 'latest_pre' && ' --pre') || '' }}
           "dbt-core${{ (!startsWith(inputs.dbt-version, 'latest') && format('=={0}', inputs.dbt-version)) || '' }}"
@@ -145,7 +160,9 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p ~/.dbt
           DBT_VERSION=$(echo "${{ inputs.dbt-version }}" | sed 's/\.//g')
           UNDERSCORED_REF_NAME=$(echo "${{ inputs.warehouse-type }}_dbt_${DBT_VERSION}_${BRANCH_NAME}" | awk '{print tolower($0)}' | head -c 40 | sed "s/[-\/]/_/g")
-          echo "$PROFILES_YML" | base64 -d | sed "s/<SCHEMA_NAME>/dbt_pkg_$UNDERSCORED_REF_NAME/g" > ~/.dbt/profiles.yml
+          SCHEMA_NAME="dbt_pkg_$UNDERSCORED_REF_NAME"
+          echo "SCHEMA_NAME=$SCHEMA_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "$PROFILES_YML" | base64 -d | sed "s/<SCHEMA_NAME>/$SCHEMA_NAME/g" > ~/.dbt/profiles.yml
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         working-directory: ${{ env.TESTS_DIR }}
@@ -154,6 +171,28 @@ jobs:
           ln -sfn ${{ github.workspace }}/dbt-data-reliability dbt_project/dbt_packages/elementary
           pip install -r requirements.txt
 
+      - name: Set Vertica environment variables
+        if: inputs.warehouse-type == 'vertica'
+        run: |
+          echo "VERTICA_PORT=5433" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "VERTICA_HOST=localhost" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "VERTICA_USER=dbadmin" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "VERTICA_PASS=vertica" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "VERTICA_DATABASE=elementary_tests" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "VERTICA_SCHEMA=$SCHEMA_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Start Vertica
+        if: inputs.warehouse-type == 'vertica'
+        working-directory: ${{ env.TESTS_DIR }}
+        run: docker compose -f docker-compose-vertica.yml up -d
+
+      - name: Wait for Vertica to be ready
+        if: inputs.warehouse-type == 'vertica'
+        run: |
+          echo "Waiting for Vertica to be healthy..."
+          timeout 60 bash -c 'until [ "$(docker inspect --format="{{.State.Health.Status}}" vertica)" == "healthy" ]; do echo "Waiting..."; sleep 5; done'
+          echo "Vertica is ready!"
+
       - name: Check DWH connection
         working-directory: ${{ env.TESTS_DIR }}
         run: |
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5172d726c..93a57e825 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ dbt_internal_packages/
 logs/
 scripts/
 
+.github/fixtures/.user.yml
 .idea
 .DS_Store
 
diff --git a/integration_tests/docker-compose-vertica.yml b/integration_tests/docker-compose-vertica.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bae881fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/docker-compose-vertica.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+services:
+  vertica:
+    environment:
+      VERTICA_USER: dbadmin
+      VERTICA_PASS: vertica
+      VERTICA_HOST: localhost
+      VERTICA_PORT: 5433
+      VERTICA_DATABASE: elementary_tests
+      VERTICA_SCHEMA: ${SCHEMA_NAME}
+      APP_DB_USER: ${VERTICA_USER}
+      APP_DB_PASSWORD: ${VERTICA_PASS}
+      TZ: "America/Los_Angeles"
+      VERTICA_DB_NAME: ${VERTICA_DATABASE}
+      VMART_ETL_SCRIPT: ""
+    container_name: vertica
+    image: ghcr.io/ratiopbc/vertica-ce
+    ports:
+      - "${VERTICA_PORT}:${VERTICA_PORT}"
+      - "5444:5444"
+    deploy:
+      mode: global
+    ulimits:
+      nofile:
+        soft: 65536
+        hard: 65536
+    volumes:
+      - type: volume
+        source: vertica-data
+        target: /data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "/opt/vertica/bin/vsql -U ${VERTICA_USER} -w ${VERTICA_PASS} -c 'SELECT 1;'"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+volumes:
+  vertica-data:
diff --git a/macros/edr/system/system_utils/empty_table.sql b/macros/edr/system/system_utils/empty_table.sql
index 07ccc3e4d..8987f52d4 100644
--- a/macros/edr/system/system_utils/empty_table.sql
+++ b/macros/edr/system/system_utils/empty_table.sql
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
     {%- set empty_table_query -%}
         select * from (
             select
-            {% for column in column_name_and_type_list %}
+            {%- for column in column_name_and_type_list -%}
                 {{ elementary.empty_column(column[0], column[1]) }} {%- if not loop.last -%},{%- endif %}
             {%- endfor %}
         ) as empty_table
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
         cast({{ dummy_values['int'] }} as Nullable({{ elementary.edr_type_int() }})) as {{ column_name }}
     {%- else %}
         cast('{{ dummy_values['string'] }}' as {{ elementary.edr_type_string() }}) as {{ column_name }}
-    {%- endif %}
+    {%- endif -%}
 
 {% endmacro %}
 
diff --git a/macros/utils/cross_db_utils/timeadd.sql b/macros/utils/cross_db_utils/timeadd.sql
index 0f2419e86..69d46c938 100644
--- a/macros/utils/cross_db_utils/timeadd.sql
+++ b/macros/utils/cross_db_utils/timeadd.sql
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
     {{ elementary.edr_cast_as_timestamp(timestamp_expression) }} + {{ elementary.edr_cast_as_int(number) }} * INTERVAL '1 {{ date_part }}'
 {% endmacro %}
 
+{% macro vertica__edr_timeadd(date_part, number, timestamp_expression) %}
+    timestampadd({{ date_part | upper }}, {{ elementary.edr_cast_as_int(number) }}, {{ elementary.edr_cast_as_timestamp(timestamp_expression) }})
+{% endmacro %}
+
 {% macro redshift__edr_timeadd(date_part, number, timestamp_expression) %}
     dateadd({{ date_part }}, {{ elementary.edr_cast_as_int(number) }}, {{ elementary.edr_cast_as_timestamp(timestamp_expression) }})
 {% endmacro %}
diff --git a/macros/utils/table_operations/insert_rows.sql b/macros/utils/table_operations/insert_rows.sql
index aa278027a..48c840805 100644
--- a/macros/utils/table_operations/insert_rows.sql
+++ b/macros/utils/table_operations/insert_rows.sql
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@
     {{- return(string_value | replace("'", "''")) -}}
 {%- endmacro -%}
 
+{%- macro vertica__escape_special_chars(string_value) -%}
+    {{- return(string_value | replace("'", "''")) -}}
+{%- endmacro -%}
+
 {%- macro athena__escape_special_chars(string_value) -%}
     {{- return(string_value | replace("'", "''")) -}}
 {%- endmacro -%}