diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230801-094626.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230801-094626.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28664b70acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230801-094626.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Test case for `merge_exclude_columns`
+time: 2023-08-01T09:46:26.829362-06:00
+custom:
+  Author: dbeatty10
+  Issue: "8267"
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_merge_exclude_columns.py b/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_merge_exclude_columns.py
index 7597865154c..a56634e0906 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_merge_exclude_columns.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_merge_exclude_columns.py
@@ -115,3 +115,7 @@ def test__merge_exclude_columns(self, project):
             update_sql_file=None,
         )
         self.check_scenario_correctness(expected_fields, test_case_fields, project)
+
+
+class TestMergeExcludeColumns(BaseMergeExcludeColumns):
+    pass