diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20221221-092410.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20221221-092410.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1aa8001f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20221221-092410.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Added escape_single_quotes macro as Spark/Databricks uses a single backslash
+  instead of a single quote
+time: 2022-12-21T09:24:10.952042-06:00
+custom:
+  Author: graciegoheen
+  Issue: "572"
+  PR: "573"
diff --git a/dbt/include/spark/macros/utils/escape_single_quotes.sql b/dbt/include/spark/macros/utils/escape_single_quotes.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2572ffb69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/spark/macros/utils/escape_single_quotes.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{# /* Spark/Databricks uses a single backslash: they're -> they\'re. The second backslash is to escape it from Jinja */ #}
+{% macro spark__escape_single_quotes(expression) -%}
+{{ expression | replace("'","\\'") }}
+{%- endmacro %}
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/utils/test_utils.py b/tests/functional/adapter/utils/test_utils.py
index 102df731a..6fd6a9121 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/utils/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/utils/test_utils.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class TestDateTrunc(BaseDateTrunc):
     pass
 
 
-class TestEscapeSingleQuotes(BaseEscapeSingleQuotesQuote):
+class TestEscapeSingleQuotes(BaseEscapeSingleQuotesBackslash):
     pass