diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 475090f5cb..d14ae5de72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           architecture: "x64"
 
       - run: pip3 install hatch
-      - run: hatch run tests.py3.9-2.8:type-check
+      - run: hatch run tests.py3.9-2.8-1.9:type-check
 
   Run-Unit-Tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         airflow-version: ["2.4", "2.5", "2.6", "2.7", "2.8", "2.9", "2.10"]
+        dbt-version: ["1.9"]
         exclude:
           - python-version: "3.11"
             airflow-version: "2.4"
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/pip
             .local/share/hatch/
-          key: unit-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('cosmos/__init__.py') }}
+          key: unit-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('cosmos/__init__.py') }}
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -86,16 +87,16 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install uv
           uv pip install --system hatch
-          hatch -e tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }} run pip freeze
+          hatch -e tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }} run pip freeze
 
-      - name: Test Cosmos against Airflow ${{ matrix.airflow-version }} and Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Test Cosmos against Airflow ${{ matrix.airflow-version }}, Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} and dbt ${{ matrix.dbt-version }}
         run: |
-          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}:test-cov
+          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}:test-cov
 
       - name: Upload coverage to Github
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: coverage-unit-test-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}
+          name: coverage-unit-test-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}
           path: .coverage
           include-hidden-files: true
 
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
         airflow-version: ["2.4", "2.5", "2.6", "2.7", "2.8", "2.9", "2.10"]
+        dbt-version: ["1.9"]
         exclude:
           - python-version: "3.11"
             airflow-version: "2.4"
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/pip
             .local/share/hatch/
-          key: integration-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('cosmos/__init__.py') }}
+          key: integration-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}--${{ matrix.dbt-version }}${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('cosmos/__init__.py') }}
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -150,12 +152,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install uv
           uv pip install --system hatch
-          hatch -e tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }} run pip freeze
+          hatch -e tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }} run pip freeze
 
-      - name: Test Cosmos against Airflow ${{ matrix.airflow-version }} and Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Test Cosmos against Airflow ${{ matrix.airflow-version }}, Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} and dbt ${{ matrix.dbt-version }}
         run: |
-          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}:test-integration-setup
-          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}:test-integration
+          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}:test-integration-setup
+          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}:test-integration
         env:
           AIRFLOW__COSMOS__ENABLE_CACHE_DBT_LS: 0
           AIRFLOW_HOME: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload coverage to Github
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: coverage-integration-test-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}
+          name: coverage-integration-test-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}
           path: .coverage
           include-hidden-files: true
 
@@ -193,6 +195,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.11"]
         airflow-version: ["2.6"]
+        dbt-version: ["1.9"]
 
     services:
       postgres:
@@ -216,7 +219,7 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/pip
             .local/share/hatch/
-          key: integration-expensive-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('cosmos/__init__.py') }}
+          key: integration-expensive-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('cosmos/__init__.py') }}
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -227,12 +230,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install uv
           uv pip install --system hatch
-          hatch -e tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }} run pip freeze
+          hatch -e tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }} run pip freeze
 
-      - name: Test Cosmos against Airflow ${{ matrix.airflow-version }} and Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Test Cosmos against Airflow ${{ matrix.airflow-version }}, Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} and dbt ${{ matrix.dbt-version }}
         run: |
-          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}:test-integration-setup
-          DATABRICKS_UNIQUE_ID="${{github.run_id}}" hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}:test-integration-expensive
+          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}:test-integration-setup
+          DATABRICKS_UNIQUE_ID="${{github.run_id}}" hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}:test-integration-expensive
         env:
           AIRFLOW_HOME: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/
           AIRFLOW_CONN_EXAMPLE_CONN: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
@@ -256,7 +259,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload coverage to Github
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: coverage-integration-expensive-test-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}
+          name: coverage-integration-expensive-test-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}
           path: .coverage
           include-hidden-files: true
 
@@ -274,6 +277,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: [ "3.11" ]
         airflow-version: [ "2.8" ]
+        dbt-version: [ "1.5" ]
     services:
       postgres:
         image: postgres
@@ -296,7 +300,7 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/pip
             .local/share/hatch/
-          key: integration-dbt-1-5-4-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('cosmos/__init__.py') }}
+          key: integration-dbt-1-5-4-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('cosmos/__init__.py') }}
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -307,11 +311,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install uv
           uv pip install --system hatch
-          hatch -e tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }} run pip freeze
+          hatch -e tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }} run pip freeze
 
       - name: Test Cosmos against Airflow ${{ matrix.airflow-version }}, Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} and dbt 1.5.4
         run: |
-          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}:test-integration-dbt-1-5-4
+          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}:test-integration-dbt-1-5-4
         env:
           AIRFLOW_HOME: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/
           AIRFLOW_CONN_EXAMPLE_CONN: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
@@ -335,10 +339,68 @@ jobs:
           AIRFLOW__COSMOS__REMOTE_TARGET_PATH: "s3://cosmos-remote-cache/target_compiled/"
           AIRFLOW__COSMOS__REMOTE_TARGET_PATH_CONN_ID: aws_s3_conn
 
+  Run-Integration-Tests-DBT-Async:
+    needs: Authorize
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [ "3.11" ]
+        airflow-version: [ "2.10" ]
+        dbt-version: ["1.5", "1.6", "1.7", "1.8", "1.9"]
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref }}
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cache/pip
+            .local/share/hatch/
+          key: integration-dbt-async-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('cosmos/__init__.py') }}
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install packages and dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install uv
+          uv pip install --system hatch
+          hatch -e tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }} run pip freeze
+
+      - name: Test Cosmos against Airflow ${{ matrix.airflow-version }}, Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} and dbt ${{ matrix.dbt-version }}
+        run: |
+          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}:test-integration-dbt-async
+        env:
+          AIRFLOW_HOME: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/
+          AIRFLOW_CONN_AWS_S3_CONN: ${{ secrets.AIRFLOW_CONN_AWS_S3_CONN }}
+          AIRFLOW_CONN_GCP_GS_CONN: ${{ secrets.AIRFLOW_CONN_GCP_GS_CONN }}
+          AIRFLOW__CORE__DAGBAG_IMPORT_TIMEOUT: 90.0
+          PYTHONPATH: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/:$PYTHONPATH
+          AIRFLOW__COSMOS__ENABLE_CACHE: 0
+          AIRFLOW__COSMOS__REMOTE_TARGET_PATH: "s3://cosmos-remote-cache/target_compiled/"
+          AIRFLOW__COSMOS__REMOTE_TARGET_PATH_CONN_ID: aws_s3_conn
+          DBT_ADAPTER_VERSION: ${{ matrix.dbt-version }}
+
       - name: Upload coverage to Github
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: coverage-integration-dbt-1-5-4-test-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}
+          name: coverage-integration-dbt-async-test-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}
           path: .coverage
           include-hidden-files: true
 
@@ -354,6 +416,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.11"]
         airflow-version: ["2.8"]
+        dbt-version: ["1.9"]
         num-models: [1, 10, 50, 100, 500]
     services:
       postgres:
@@ -376,7 +439,7 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/pip
             .local/share/hatch/
-          key: perf-test-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('cosmos/__init__.py') }}
+          key: perf-test-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('cosmos/__init__.py') }}
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -387,13 +450,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install uv
           uv pip install --system hatch
-          hatch -e tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }} run pip freeze
+          hatch -e tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }} run pip freeze
 
-      - name: Run performance tests against against Airflow ${{ matrix.airflow-version }} and Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Run performance tests against against Airflow ${{ matrix.airflow-version }}, Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} and dbt ${{ matrix.dbt-version }}
         id: run-performance-tests
         run: |
-          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}:test-performance-setup
-          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}:test-performance
+          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}:test-performance-setup
+          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}:test-performance
 
           # read the performance results and set them as an env var for the next step
           # format: NUM_MODELS={num_models}\nTIME={end - start}\n
@@ -423,6 +486,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: [ "3.12" ]
         airflow-version: [ "2.10" ]
+        dbt-version: [ "1.9" ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -432,7 +496,7 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/pip
             .local/share/hatch/
-          key: coverage-integration-kubernetes-test-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('cosmos/__init__.py') }}
+          key: coverage-integration-kubernetes-test-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('cosmos/__init__.py') }}
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -446,12 +510,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install uv
           uv pip install --system hatch
-          hatch -e tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }} run pip freeze
+          hatch -e tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }} run pip freeze
 
       - name: Run kubernetes tests
         run: |
-          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}:test-kubernetes-setup
-          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}:test-kubernetes
+          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}:test-kubernetes-setup
+          hatch run tests.py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}:test-kubernetes
         env:
           AIRFLOW_HOME: /home/runner/work/astronomer-cosmos/astronomer-cosmos/
           AIRFLOW_CONN_EXAMPLE_CONN: postgres://postgres:postgres@0.0.0.0:5432/postgres
@@ -477,7 +541,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload coverage to Github
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: coverage-integration-kubernetes-test-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}
+          name: coverage-integration-kubernetes-test-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.airflow-version }}-${{ matrix.dbt-version }}
           path: .coverage
           include-hidden-files: true
 
diff --git a/dev/dags/simple_dag_async.py b/dev/dags/simple_dag_async.py
index 23e9836cff..d9afba493d 100644
--- a/dev/dags/simple_dag_async.py
+++ b/dev/dags/simple_dag_async.py
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from cosmos import DbtDag, ExecutionConfig, ExecutionMode, ProfileConfig, ProjectConfig, RenderConfig
+from cosmos.constants import TestBehavior
 from cosmos.profiles import GoogleCloudServiceAccountDictProfileMapping
 
 DEFAULT_DBT_ROOT_PATH = Path(__file__).parent / "dbt"
 DBT_ROOT_PATH = Path(os.getenv("DBT_ROOT_PATH", DEFAULT_DBT_ROOT_PATH))
 
+DBT_ADAPTER_VERSION = os.getenv("DBT_ADAPTER_VERSION", "1.9")
+
 profile_config = ProfileConfig(
     profile_name="default",
     target_name="dev",
@@ -26,12 +29,9 @@
     profile_config=profile_config,
     execution_config=ExecutionConfig(
         execution_mode=ExecutionMode.AIRFLOW_ASYNC,
-        async_py_requirements=["dbt-bigquery"],
-    ),
-    render_config=RenderConfig(
-        select=["path:models"],
-        # test_behavior=TestBehavior.NONE
+        async_py_requirements=[f"dbt-bigquery=={DBT_ADAPTER_VERSION}"],
     ),
+    render_config=RenderConfig(select=["path:models"], test_behavior=TestBehavior.NONE),
     # normal dag parameters
     schedule_interval=None,
     start_date=datetime(2023, 1, 1),
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 122e06da28..24a00c4962 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ pre-install-commands = ["sh scripts/test/pre-install-airflow.sh {matrix:airflow}
 [[tool.hatch.envs.tests.matrix]]
 python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 airflow = ["2.4", "2.5", "2.6", "2.7", "2.8", "2.9", "2.10"]
+dbt = ["1.5", "1.6", "1.7", "1.8", "1.9"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.tests.overrides]
 matrix.airflow.dependencies = [
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ test-integration = 'sh scripts/test/integration.sh'
 test-kubernetes = "sh scripts/test/integration-kubernetes.sh"
 test-kubernetes-setup = "sh scripts/test/kubernetes-setup.sh"
 test-integration-dbt-1-5-4 = 'sh scripts/test/integration-dbt-1-5-4.sh'
+test-integration-dbt-async = 'sh scripts/test/integration-dbt-async.sh  {matrix:dbt}'
 test-integration-expensive = 'sh scripts/test/integration-expensive.sh'
 test-integration-setup = 'sh scripts/test/integration-setup.sh'
 test-performance = 'sh scripts/test/performance.sh'
diff --git a/scripts/test/integration-dbt-async.sh b/scripts/test/integration-dbt-async.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4ff9e9195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test/integration-dbt-async.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+DBT_VERSION="$1"
+echo "DBT_VERSION:"
+echo "$DBT_VERSION"
+
+
+pip uninstall dbt-adapters dbt-common dbt-core dbt-extractor dbt-postgres dbt-semantic-interfaces -y
+pip install "dbt-postgres==$DBT_VERSION"  "dbt-databricks==$DBT_VERSION" "dbt-bigquery==$DBT_VERSION"
+export SOURCE_RENDERING_BEHAVIOR=all
+rm -rf airflow.*; \
+airflow db init; \
+
+if [ "$DBT_VERSION" = "1.7" ]; then
+    # Otherwise, we will get the following error:
+    # stderr: MessageToJson() got an unexpected keyword argument 'including_default_value_fields'
+    echo "DBT version is 1.7 — Installing protobuf==4.25.6..."
+    pip install protobuf==4.25.6
+fi
+
+rm -rf dbt/jaffle_shop/dbt_packages;
+pytest -vv \
+    --cov=cosmos \
+    --cov-report=term-missing \
+    --cov-report=xml \
+    "tests/test_async_example_dag.py::test_example_dag[simple_dag_async]"
diff --git a/scripts/test/integration.sh b/scripts/test/integration.sh
index 985c99df57..bf19b4248f 100644
--- a/scripts/test/integration.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/integration.sh
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ pytest -vv \
     --cov-report=xml \
     -m 'integration'  \
     --ignore=tests/perf \
+    --ignore=tests/test_async_example_dag.py \
     --ignore=tests/test_example_k8s_dags.py \
     -k 'not ( example_cosmos_python_models or example_virtualenv or jaffle_shop_kubernetes)'
diff --git a/scripts/test/performance.sh b/scripts/test/performance.sh
index 2023026d3b..97941e86b7 100644
--- a/scripts/test/performance.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/performance.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ pytest -vv \
     -s \
     -m 'perf' \
     --ignore=tests/test_example_dags.py \
+    --ignore=tests/test_async_example_dag.py \
     --ignore=tests/test_example_dags_no_connections.py \
     --ignore=tests/test_example_k8s_dags.py
diff --git a/scripts/test/unit-cov.sh b/scripts/test/unit-cov.sh
index 8d8fe3589a..50cd268c40 100644
--- a/scripts/test/unit-cov.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/unit-cov.sh
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ pytest \
     -m "not (integration or perf)" \
     --ignore=tests/perf \
     --ignore=tests/test_example_dags.py \
+    --ignore=tests/test_async_example_dag.py \
     --ignore=tests/test_example_dags_no_connections.py \
     --ignore=tests/test_example_k8s_dags.py
diff --git a/scripts/test/unit.sh b/scripts/test/unit.sh
index b80aab72ea..39069c423a 100644
--- a/scripts/test/unit.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/unit.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ pytest \
     -m "not (integration or perf)" \
     --ignore=tests/perf \
     --ignore=tests/test_example_dags.py \
+    --ignore=tests/test_async_example_dag.py \
     --ignore=tests/test_example_dags_no_connections.py \
     --ignore=tests/test_example_k8s_dags.py
diff --git a/tests/test_async_example_dag.py b/tests/test_async_example_dag.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d70af6a64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_async_example_dag.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# We already have tests/test_example_dags.py, but it doesn’t run against multiple dbt versions in CI.
+# Some dbt versions have shown parsing issues with certain example DAGs — something we may need to address over time.
+# With PR #1535, the goal is to test the async example DAG across multiple dbt versions. To prevent the CI job from
+# failing early due to unrelated DAG parsing errors, PR #1535 introduces this new test_async_example_dag.py file.
+# This file replicates tests/test_example_dags.py but excludes all DAGs except simple_async_dag by adding them to
+# .airflowignore. This ensures the CI job focuses solely on testing simple_async_dag over multiple dbt versions
+# without being disrupted by other DAG parsing issues.
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+try:
+    from functools import cache
+except ImportError:
+    from functools import lru_cache as cache
+
+
+import airflow
+import pytest
+from airflow.models.dagbag import DagBag
+from airflow.utils.db import create_default_connections
+from airflow.utils.session import provide_session
+from packaging.version import Version
+
+EXAMPLE_DAGS_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "dev/dags"
+ALL_FILES_TO_IGNORE = [
+    f.name for f in EXAMPLE_DAGS_DIR.iterdir() if f.is_file() and f.suffix == ".py" and f.name != "simple_dag_async.py"
+]
+
+AIRFLOW_IGNORE_FILE = EXAMPLE_DAGS_DIR / ".airflowignore"
+AIRFLOW_VERSION = Version(airflow.__version__)
+
+
+@provide_session
+def get_session(session=None):
+    create_default_connections(session)
+    return session
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def session():
+    return get_session()
+
+
+@cache
+def get_dag_bag() -> DagBag:
+    """Create a DagBag by adding the files that are not supported to .airflowignore"""
+
+    with open(AIRFLOW_IGNORE_FILE, "w+") as file:
+        for dagfile in ALL_FILES_TO_IGNORE:
+            print(f"Adding {dagfile} to .airflowignore")
+            file.writelines([f"{dagfile}\n"])
+
+    print(".airflowignore contents: ")
+    print(AIRFLOW_IGNORE_FILE.read_text())
+    db = DagBag(EXAMPLE_DAGS_DIR, include_examples=False)
+    assert db.dags
+    assert not db.import_errors
+    return db
+
+
+def get_dag_ids() -> list[str]:
+    dag_bag = get_dag_bag()
+    return dag_bag.dag_ids
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("dag_id", get_dag_ids())
+def test_example_dag(session, dag_id: str):
+    dag_bag = get_dag_bag()
+    dag = dag_bag.get_dag(dag_id)
+    dag.test()