diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d24bb3d5d..427becfb1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     <shadeBase>net.snowflake.ingest.internal</shadeBase>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
     <snappy.version>1.1.10.4</snappy.version>
-    <snowjdbc.version>3.14.4</snowjdbc.version>
+    <snowjdbc.version>3.14.3</snowjdbc.version>
     <yetus.version>0.13.0</yetus.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/ingest/TestUtils.java b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/ingest/TestUtils.java
index ba14ff610..cf588c35c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/ingest/TestUtils.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/ingest/TestUtils.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ private static void init() throws Exception {
       KeyFactory kf = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA");
 
       PKCS8EncodedKeySpec keySpec = new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(encoded);
-      privateKey = kf.generatePrivate(keySpec);
+      privateKey = Utils.parsePrivateKey(privateKeyPem);
       keyPair = Utils.createKeyPairFromPrivateKey(privateKey);
     } else {
       user = dummyUser;
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ public static Connection getConnection(boolean isStreamingConnection) throws Exc
     props.put("warehouse", warehouse);
     props.put("client_session_keep_alive", "true");
     props.put("privateKey", privateKey);
+    props.put("role", "ACCOUNTADMIN");
 
     if (isStreamingConnection) {
       streamingConn = DriverManager.getConnection(connectString, props);
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/ingest/streaming/internal/datatypes/AbstractDataTypeTest.java b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/ingest/streaming/internal/datatypes/AbstractDataTypeTest.java
index f449be2d5..24016fcc8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/ingest/streaming/internal/datatypes/AbstractDataTypeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/ingest/streaming/internal/datatypes/AbstractDataTypeTest.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public void before() throws Exception {
     conn.createStatement().execute(String.format("use warehouse %s;", TestUtils.getWarehouse()));
 
     Properties props = TestUtils.getProperties(Constants.BdecVersion.THREE, false);
+    props.setProperty("url", "https://psaha_test.preprod5.us-west-2.aws.snowflakecomputing.com");
     if (props.getProperty(ROLE).equals("DEFAULT_ROLE")) {
       props.setProperty(ROLE, "ACCOUNTADMIN");
     }