diff --git a/tests/unit/config/test_project.py b/tests/unit/config/test_project.py
index f51719c7e33..a4aa63f9585 100644
--- a/tests/unit/config/test_project.py
+++ b/tests/unit/config/test_project.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def test_fixture_paths(self, project: Project):
     def test__str__(self, project: Project):
         assert (
             str(project)
-            == "{'name': 'test_project', 'version': 1.0, 'project-root': 'doesnt/actually/exist', 'profile': 'test_profile', 'model-paths': ['models'], 'macro-paths': ['macros'], 'seed-paths': ['seeds'], 'test-paths': ['tests'], 'analysis-paths': ['analyses'], 'docs-paths': ['docs'], 'asset-paths': ['assets'], 'target-path': 'target', 'snapshot-paths': ['snapshots'], 'clean-targets': ['target'], 'log-path': 'path/to/project/logs', 'quoting': {'database': True, 'schema': True, 'identifier': True}, 'models': {}, 'on-run-start': [], 'on-run-end': [], 'dispatch': [{'macro_namespace': 'dbt_utils', 'search_order': ['test_project', 'dbt_utils']}], 'seeds': {}, 'snapshots': {}, 'sources': {}, 'data_tests': {}, 'unit_tests': {}, 'metrics': {}, 'semantic-models': {}, 'saved-queries': {}, 'exposures': {}, 'vars': {}, 'require-dbt-version': ['=1.8.0-b3'], 'restrict-access': False, 'dbt-cloud': {}, 'query-comment': {'comment': \"\\n{%- set comment_dict = {} -%}\\n{%- do comment_dict.update(\\n    app='dbt',\\n    dbt_version=dbt_version,\\n    profile_name=target.get('profile_name'),\\n    target_name=target.get('target_name'),\\n) -%}\\n{%- if node is not none -%}\\n  {%- do comment_dict.update(\\n    node_id=node.unique_id,\\n  ) -%}\\n{% else %}\\n  {# in the node context, the connection name is the node_id #}\\n  {%- do comment_dict.update(connection_name=connection_name) -%}\\n{%- endif -%}\\n{{ return(tojson(comment_dict)) }}\\n\", 'append': False, 'job-label': False}, 'packages': []}"
+            == "{'name': 'test_project', 'version': 1.0, 'project-root': 'doesnt/actually/exist', 'profile': 'test_profile', 'model-paths': ['models'], 'macro-paths': ['macros'], 'seed-paths': ['seeds'], 'test-paths': ['tests'], 'analysis-paths': ['analyses'], 'docs-paths': ['docs'], 'asset-paths': ['assets'], 'target-path': 'target', 'snapshot-paths': ['snapshots'], 'clean-targets': ['target'], 'log-path': 'path/to/project/logs', 'quoting': {'database': True, 'schema': True, 'identifier': True}, 'models': {}, 'on-run-start': [], 'on-run-end': [], 'dispatch': [{'macro_namespace': 'dbt_utils', 'search_order': ['test_project', 'dbt_utils']}], 'seeds': {}, 'snapshots': {}, 'sources': {}, 'data_tests': {}, 'unit_tests': {}, 'metrics': {}, 'semantic-models': {}, 'saved-queries': {}, 'exposures': {}, 'vars': {}, 'require-dbt-version': ['=0.0.0'], 'restrict-access': False, 'dbt-cloud': {}, 'query-comment': {'comment': \"\\n{%- set comment_dict = {} -%}\\n{%- do comment_dict.update(\\n    app='dbt',\\n    dbt_version=dbt_version,\\n    profile_name=target.get('profile_name'),\\n    target_name=target.get('target_name'),\\n) -%}\\n{%- if node is not none -%}\\n  {%- do comment_dict.update(\\n    node_id=node.unique_id,\\n  ) -%}\\n{% else %}\\n  {# in the node context, the connection name is the node_id #}\\n  {%- do comment_dict.update(connection_name=connection_name) -%}\\n{%- endif -%}\\n{{ return(tojson(comment_dict)) }}\\n\", 'append': False, 'job-label': False}, 'packages': []}"
         )
 
     def test_get_selector(self, project: Project):
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/project.py b/tests/unit/utils/project.py
index 53bad5214a8..b34e03da494 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/project.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/project.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
 
-import dbt.config
-import dbt.exceptions
 from dbt.adapters.contracts.connection import QueryComment
 from dbt.config.project import Project, RenderComponents, VarProvider
 from dbt.config.selectors import SelectorConfig
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ def project(selector_config: SelectorConfig) -> Project:
         saved_queries={},
         exposures={},
         vars=VarProvider({}),
-        dbt_version=[VersionSpecifier.from_version_string(dbt.version.__version__)],
+        dbt_version=[VersionSpecifier.from_version_string("0.0.0")],
         packages=PackageConfig([]),
         manifest_selectors={},
         selectors=selector_config,