diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
index 3baa6a0d..d7f7832b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        hatch-env: [default, sa20]
+        hatch-env: [default, sa14]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             ./coverage.xml
 
-  test-dialect-v20:
-    name: Test dialect v20 ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.cloud-provider }}
+  test-dialect-v14:
+    name: Test dialect v14 ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.cloud-provider }}
     needs: [ lint, build-install ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
@@ -204,15 +204,15 @@ jobs:
           python -m uv pip install -U hatch
           python -m hatch env create default
       - name: Run tests
-        run: hatch run sa20:test-dialect
+        run: hatch run sa14:test-dialect
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: coverage.xml_dialect-v20-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.cloud-provider }}
+          name: coverage.xml_dialect-v14-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.cloud-provider }}
           path: |
             ./coverage.xml
 
-  test-dialect-compatibility-v20:
-    name: Test dialect v20 compatibility ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.cloud-provider }}
+  test-dialect-compatibility-v14:
+    name: Test dialect v14 compatibility ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.cloud-provider }}
     needs: lint
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
@@ -250,17 +250,17 @@ jobs:
           gpg --quiet --batch --yes --decrypt --passphrase="$PARAMETERS_SECRET" \
           .github/workflows/parameters/parameters_${{ matrix.cloud-provider }}.py.gpg > tests/parameters.py
       - name: Run tests
-        run: hatch run sa20:test-dialect-compatibility
+        run: hatch run sa14:test-dialect-compatibility
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: coverage.xml_dialect-v20-compatibility-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.cloud-provider }}
+          name: coverage.xml_dialect-v14-compatibility-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.cloud-provider }}
           path: |
             ./coverage.xml
 
   combine-coverage:
     name: Combine coverage
     if: ${{ success() || failure() }}
-    needs: [test-dialect, test-dialect-compatibility, test-dialect-v20, test-dialect-compatibility-v20]
+    needs: [test-dialect, test-dialect-compatibility, test-dialect-v14, test-dialect-compatibility-v14]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Set up Python
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION.md b/DESCRIPTION.md
index 8b4dcd37..782c426d 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION.md
+++ b/DESCRIPTION.md
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ Source code is also available at:
 
 # Release Notes
 
-- v1.6.0(Not released)
+- v1.6.0(July 4, 2024)
 
   - support for installing with SQLAlchemy 2.0.x
+  - use `hatch` & `uv` for managing project virtual environments
 
 - v1.5.4
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0c75854e..c428353f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ containing special characters need to be URL encoded to be parsed correctly. Thi
 characters could lead to authentication failure.
 
 The encoding for the password can be generated using `urllib.parse`:
+
 ```python
 import urllib.parse
 urllib.parse.quote("kx@% jj5/g")
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ urllib.parse.quote("kx@% jj5/g")
 
 To create an engine with the proper encodings, either manually constructing the url string by formatting
 or taking advantage of the `snowflake.sqlalchemy.URL` helper method:
+
 ```python
 import urllib.parse
 from snowflake.sqlalchemy import URL
@@ -191,14 +193,23 @@ engine = create_engine(...)
 engine.execute(<SQL>)
 engine.dispose()
 
-# Do this.
+# Better.
 engine = create_engine(...)
 connection = engine.connect()
 try:
-    connection.execute(<SQL>)
+  connection.execute(text(<SQL>))
 finally:
     connection.close()
     engine.dispose()
+
+# Best
+try:
+    with engine.connext() as connection:
+        connection.execute(text(<SQL>))
+        # or
+        connection.exec_driver_sql(<SQL>)
+finally:
+    engine.dispose()
 ```
 
 ### Auto-increment Behavior
@@ -242,14 +253,14 @@ engine = create_engine(URL(
 
 specific_date = np.datetime64('2016-03-04T12:03:05.123456789Z')
 
-connection = engine.connect()
-connection.execute(
-    "CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE ts_tbl(c1 TIMESTAMP_NTZ)")
-connection.execute(
-    "INSERT INTO ts_tbl(c1) values(%s)", (specific_date,)
-)
-df = pd.read_sql_query("SELECT * FROM ts_tbl", engine)
-assert df.c1.values[0] == specific_date
+with engine.connect() as connection:
+    connection.exec_driver_sql(
+        "CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE ts_tbl(c1 TIMESTAMP_NTZ)")
+    connection.exec_driver_sql(
+        "INSERT INTO ts_tbl(c1) values(%s)", (specific_date,)
+    )
+    df = pd.read_sql_query("SELECT * FROM ts_tbl", connection)
+    assert df.c1.values[0] == specific_date
 ```
 
 The following `NumPy` data types are supported:
diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
index 4229506d..85d67df7 100755
--- a/ci/build.sh
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Build snowflake-sqlalchemy
 set -o pipefail
 
-PYTHON="python3.7"
+PYTHON="python3.8"
 THIS_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 SQLALCHEMY_DIR="$(dirname "${THIS_DIR}")"
 DIST_DIR="${SQLALCHEMY_DIR}/dist"
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ DIST_DIR="${SQLALCHEMY_DIR}/dist"
 cd "$SQLALCHEMY_DIR"
 # Clean up previously built DIST_DIR
 if [ -d "${DIST_DIR}" ]; then
-    echo "[WARN] ${DIST_DIR} already existing, deleting it..."
-    rm -rf "${DIST_DIR}"
+  echo "[WARN] ${DIST_DIR} already existing, deleting it..."
+  rm -rf "${DIST_DIR}"
 fi
 
 # Constants and setup
@@ -20,5 +20,8 @@ fi
 echo "[Info] Building snowflake-sqlalchemy with $PYTHON"
 # Clean up possible build artifacts
 rm -rf build generated_version.py
-${PYTHON} -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel build
-${PYTHON} -m build --outdir ${DIST_DIR} .
+# ${PYTHON} -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel build
+# ${PYTHON} -m build --outdir ${DIST_DIR} .
+export UV_NO_CACHE=true
+${PYTHON} -m pip install uv hatch
+${PYTHON} -m hatch build
diff --git a/ci/test_linux.sh b/ci/test_linux.sh
index 695251e6..f5afc4fb 100755
--- a/ci/test_linux.sh
+++ b/ci/test_linux.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 #   - This script assumes that ../dist/repaired_wheels has the wheel(s) built for all versions to be tested
 #   - This is the script that test_docker.sh runs inside of the docker container
 
-PYTHON_VERSIONS="${1:-3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11}"
-THIS_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-SQLALCHEMY_DIR="$( dirname "${THIS_DIR}")"
+PYTHON_VERSIONS="${1:-3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11}"
+THIS_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+SQLALCHEMY_DIR="$(dirname "${THIS_DIR}")"
 
 # Install one copy of tox
 python3 -m pip install -U tox
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ python3 -m pip install -U tox
 # Run tests
 cd $SQLALCHEMY_DIR
 for PYTHON_VERSION in ${PYTHON_VERSIONS}; do
-    echo "[Info] Testing with ${PYTHON_VERSION}"
-    SHORT_VERSION=$(python3 -c "print('${PYTHON_VERSION}'.replace('.', ''))")
-    SQLALCHEMY_WHL=$(ls $SQLALCHEMY_DIR/dist/snowflake_sqlalchemy-*-py2.py3-none-any.whl | sort -r | head -n 1)
-    TEST_ENVLIST=fix_lint,py${SHORT_VERSION}-ci,py${SHORT_VERSION}-coverage
-    echo "[Info] Running tox for ${TEST_ENVLIST}"
-    python3 -m tox -e ${TEST_ENVLIST} --installpkg ${SQLALCHEMY_WHL}
+  echo "[Info] Testing with ${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+  SHORT_VERSION=$(python3 -c "print('${PYTHON_VERSION}'.replace('.', ''))")
+  SQLALCHEMY_WHL=$(ls $SQLALCHEMY_DIR/dist/snowflake_sqlalchemy-*-py3-none-any.whl | sort -r | head -n 1)
+  TEST_ENVLIST=fix_lint,py${SHORT_VERSION}-ci,py${SHORT_VERSION}-coverage
+  echo "[Info] Running tox for ${TEST_ENVLIST}"
+  python3 -m tox -e ${TEST_ENVLIST} --installpkg ${SQLALCHEMY_WHL}
 done
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d2316a44..58544017 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -73,13 +73,14 @@ exclude = ["/.github"]
 packages = ["src/snowflake"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
-extra-dependencies = ["SQLAlchemy>=1.4.19,<2.0.0"]
+extra-dependencies = ["SQLAlchemy>=1.4.19,<2.1.0"]
 features = ["development", "pandas"]
 python = "3.8"
 installer = "uv"
 
-[tool.hatch.envs.sa20]
-extra-dependencies = ["SQLAlchemy>=1.4.19,<=2.1.0"]
+[tool.hatch.envs.sa14]
+extra-dependencies = ["SQLAlchemy>=1.4.19,<2.0.0"]
+features = ["development", "pandas"]
 python = "3.8"
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default.env-vars]
@@ -93,6 +94,14 @@ test-dialect-compatibility = "pytest -ra -vvv --tb=short --cov snowflake.sqlalch
 gh-cache-sum = "python -VV | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f1"
 check-import = "python -c 'import snowflake.sqlalchemy; print(snowflake.sqlalchemy.__version__)'"
 
+[[tool.hatch.envs.release.matrix]]
+python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+features = ["development", "pandas"]
+
+[tool.hatch.envs.release.scripts]
+test-dialect = "pytest -ra -vvv --tb=short --ignore=tests/sqlalchemy_test_suite tests/"
+test-compatibility = "pytest -ra -vvv --tb=short tests/sqlalchemy_test_suite tests/"
+
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 88