diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20231005-115800.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20231005-115800.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5b56ed72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20231005-115800.yaml	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Under the Hood
+body: Support for use of type aliases in contract column data_type
+time: 2023-10-05T11:58:00.719136-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: gshank
+  Issue: "953"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/column.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/column.py
index 1820a6ba7..1bdf4323d 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/column.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/column.py
@@ -13,12 +13,9 @@
 @dataclass(init=False)
 class BigQueryColumn(Column):
     TYPE_LABELS = {
-        "STRING": "STRING",
-        "TIMESTAMP": "TIMESTAMP",
+        "TEXT": "STRING",
         "FLOAT": "FLOAT64",
         "INTEGER": "INT64",
-        "BOOLEAN": "BOOLEAN",
-        "RECORD": "RECORD",
     }
     fields: List[Self]  # type: ignore
     mode: str  # type: ignore
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/constraints/test_constraints.py b/tests/functional/adapter/constraints/test_constraints.py
index c8c0c11e2..013f2948b 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/constraints/test_constraints.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/constraints/test_constraints.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 _expected_sql_bigquery = """
 create or replace table <model_identifier> (
-    id integer not null primary key not enforced references <foreign_key_model_identifier> (id) not enforced,
+    id INT64 not null primary key not enforced references <foreign_key_model_identifier> (id) not enforced,
     color string,
     date_day string
 )
@@ -79,12 +79,9 @@
 """
 
 # Different on BigQuery:
-# - does not support a data type named 'text' (TODO handle this via type translation/aliasing!)
-constraints_yml = model_schema_yml.replace("text", "string")
-model_constraints_yml = constrained_model_schema_yml.replace("text", "string")
-model_contract_header_schema_yml = model_contract_header_schema_yml.replace("text", "string")
-model_fk_constraint_schema_yml = model_fk_constraint_schema_yml.replace("text", "string")
-constrained_model_schema_yml = constrained_model_schema_yml.replace("text", "string")
+# Switch from text to string handled by aliasing
+constraints_yml = model_schema_yml
+model_constraints_yml = constrained_model_schema_yml
 
 my_model_contract_sql_header_sql = """
 {{
@@ -334,7 +331,7 @@ def models(self):
     def expected_sql(self):
         return """
 create or replace table <model_identifier> (
-    id integer not null,
+    id INT64 not null,
     color string,
     date_day string,
     primary key (id) not enforced,
@@ -361,14 +358,14 @@ class TestBigQueryConstraintQuotedColumn(BaseConstraintQuotedColumn):
     def models(self):
         return {
             "my_model.sql": my_model_with_quoted_column_name_sql,
-            "constraints_schema.yml": model_quoted_column_schema_yml.replace("text", "string"),
+            "constraints_schema.yml": model_quoted_column_schema_yml,
         }
 
     @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
     def expected_sql(self):
         return """
 create or replace table <model_identifier> (
-    id integer not null,
+    id INT64 not null,
     `from` string not null,
     date_day string
 )