From 6885e1cf8974d4358c260d5aea3e45e3300f1214 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kristin Cowalcijk <bo@wherobots.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:57:54 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] chore: [CI] Fix snowflake tester workflow (#570)

- Yes, I have read the [Contributor
Rules](https://sedona.apache.org/latest/community/rule/) and
[Contributor Development
Guide](https://sedona.apache.org/latest/community/develop/)

- No:
- this is a CI update. The PR name follows the format `[CI] my subject`

Specify the `distribution` property to resolve the error: `Error: Input
required and not supplied: distribution`.

Passing snowflake tests

- No, this PR does not affect any public API so no need to change the
documentation.

---------

Co-authored-by: Jia Yu <jiayu198910@gmail.com>
---
 snowflake-tester/pom.xml                               |  2 +-
 .../apache/sedona/snowflake/snowsql/SnowClient.java    | 10 ++++------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/snowflake-tester/pom.xml b/snowflake-tester/pom.xml
index b407af44936..e6753ebf556 100644
--- a/snowflake-tester/pom.xml
+++ b/snowflake-tester/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.snowflake</groupId>
             <artifactId>snowflake-jdbc</artifactId>
-            <version>3.23.1</version>
+            <version>3.28.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/snowflake-tester/src/test/java/org/apache/sedona/snowflake/snowsql/SnowClient.java b/snowflake-tester/src/test/java/org/apache/sedona/snowflake/snowsql/SnowClient.java
index 51a1efd14ae..a8b22f33d60 100644
--- a/snowflake-tester/src/test/java/org/apache/sedona/snowflake/snowsql/SnowClient.java
+++ b/snowflake-tester/src/test/java/org/apache/sedona/snowflake/snowsql/SnowClient.java
@@ -89,12 +89,10 @@ public void uploadFile(String path, String stage) {
 
   public static SnowClient newFromEnv() throws SQLException {
     Properties prop = new Properties();
-    // check auth method
-    String authMethod = System.getenv("SNOWFLAKE_AUTH_METHOD");
-    if (authMethod.equals("BASIC")) {
-      prop.put("user", System.getenv("SNOWFLAKE_USER"));
-      prop.put("password", System.getenv("SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD"));
-    }
+    // Use PAT (Programmatic Access Token) authentication
+    prop.put("user", System.getenv("SNOWFLAKE_USER"));
+    prop.put("authenticator", "programmatic_access_token");
+    prop.put("token", System.getenv("SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD"));
     prop.put("schema", System.getenv("SNOWFLAKE_SCHEMA"));
     prop.put("warehouse", System.getenv("SNOWFLAKE_WAREHOUSE"));
     prop.put("role", System.getenv("SNOWFLAKE_ROLE"));