diff --git a/flow/connectors/snowflake/snowflake.go b/flow/connectors/snowflake/snowflake.go
index 55108ffb76..d0ff430888 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/snowflake/snowflake.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/snowflake/snowflake.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/aws/smithy-go/ptr"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
 	"github.com/snowflakedb/gosnowflake"
 	"go.temporal.io/sdk/activity"
@@ -173,6 +174,9 @@ func NewSnowflakeConnector(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	additionalParams := make(map[string]*string)
+	additionalParams["CLIENT_SESSION_KEEP_ALIVE"] = ptr.String("true")
+
 	snowflakeConfig := gosnowflake.Config{
 		Account:          snowflakeProtoConfig.AccountId,
 		User:             snowflakeProtoConfig.Username,
@@ -183,7 +187,9 @@ func NewSnowflakeConnector(
 		Role:             snowflakeProtoConfig.Role,
 		RequestTimeout:   time.Duration(snowflakeProtoConfig.QueryTimeout),
 		DisableTelemetry: true,
+		Params:           additionalParams,
 	}
+
 	snowflakeConfigDSN, err := gosnowflake.DSN(&snowflakeConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get DSN from Snowflake config: %w", err)
@@ -499,6 +505,7 @@ func (c *SnowflakeConnector) NormalizeRecords(ctx context.Context, req *model.No
 	}
 
 	for batchId := normBatchID + 1; batchId <= req.SyncBatchID; batchId++ {
+		c.logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("normalizing records for batch %d [of %d]", batchId, req.SyncBatchID))
 		mergeErr := c.mergeTablesForBatch(ctx, batchId,
 			req.FlowJobName, req.TableNameSchemaMapping,
 			&protos.PeerDBColumns{
@@ -565,7 +572,7 @@ func (c *SnowflakeConnector) mergeTablesForBatch(
 			}
 
 			startTime := time.Now()
-			c.logger.Info("[merge] merging records...", "destTable", tableName)
+			c.logger.Info("[merge] merging records...", "destTable", tableName, "batchId", batchId)
 
 			result, err := c.database.ExecContext(gCtx, mergeStatement, tableName)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -575,7 +582,7 @@ func (c *SnowflakeConnector) mergeTablesForBatch(
 
 			endTime := time.Now()
 			c.logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("[merge] merged records into %s, took: %d seconds",
-				tableName, endTime.Sub(startTime)/time.Second))
+				tableName, endTime.Sub(startTime)/time.Second), "batchId", batchId)
 
 			rowsAffected, err := result.RowsAffected()
 			if err != nil {