diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20260329-152534.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20260329-152534.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c1614a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20260329-152534.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Add gcp_adc authentication method with token refreshing
+time: 2026-03-29T15:25:34.597868-04:00
+custom:
+    Author: artemboiko-data
+    Issue: ""
+    PR: "512"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/trino/connections.py b/dbt/adapters/trino/connections.py
index 3b89aa20..4994ed53 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/trino/connections.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/trino/connections.py
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ def _create_trino_profile(cls, profile):
                 return TrinoOauthCredentials
             elif method == "oauth_console":
                 return TrinoOauthConsoleCredentials
+            elif method == "gcp_adc":
+                return TrinoGcpAdcCredentials
         return TrinoNoneCredentials
 
     @classmethod
@@ -91,6 +93,9 @@ def _connection_keys(self):
     def trino_auth(self) -> Optional[trino.auth.Authentication]:
         pass
 
+    def http_session(self):
+        return None
+
 
 @dataclass
 class TrinoNoneCredentials(TrinoCredentials):
@@ -311,6 +316,49 @@ def trino_auth(self):
         return self.OAUTH
 
 
+@dataclass
+class TrinoGcpAdcCredentials(TrinoCredentials):
+    host: str
+    port: Port
+    user: Optional[str] = None
+    client_tags: Optional[List[str]] = None
+    roles: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None
+    cert: Optional[Union[str, bool]] = None
+    http_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None
+    session_properties: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+    prepared_statements_enabled: bool = PREPARED_STATEMENTS_ENABLED_DEFAULT
+    retries: Optional[int] = trino.constants.DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS
+    timezone: Optional[str] = None
+    suppress_cert_warning: Optional[bool] = None
+    scopes: List[str] = field(
+        default_factory=lambda: ["openid", "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email"]
+    )
+
+    @property
+    def http_scheme(self):
+        return HttpScheme.HTTPS
+
+    @property
+    def method(self):
+        return "gcp_adc"
+
+    def trino_auth(self):
+        return trino.constants.DEFAULT_AUTH
+
+    def http_session(self):
+        try:
+            import google.auth
+            from google.auth.transport.requests import AuthorizedSession
+        except ImportError:
+            raise DbtRuntimeError(
+                "The 'google-auth' library is required for the gcp_adc method. "
+                "Please install it with: pip install google-auth"
+            )
+
+        credentials, project_id = google.auth.default(scopes=self.scopes)
+        return AuthorizedSession(credentials)
+
+
 class ConnectionWrapper(object):
     """Wrap a Trino connection in a way that accomplishes two tasks:
 
@@ -506,6 +554,7 @@ def open(cls, connection):
             http_headers=credentials.http_headers,
             session_properties=credentials.session_properties,
             auth=credentials.trino_auth(),
+            http_session=credentials.http_session(),
             max_attempts=credentials.retries,
             isolation_level=IsolationLevel.AUTOCOMMIT,
             source=f"dbt-trino-{version}",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4d5ccab3..e551246c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ def _dbt_trino_version():
         # add dbt-core to ensure backwards compatibility of installation, this is not a functional dependency
         "dbt-core>=1.8.0",
     ],
+    extras_require={
+        "gcp": ["google-auth>=2.49.1"],
+    },
     zip_safe=False,
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_adapter.py b/tests/unit/test_adapter.py
index c389bc84..7b440853 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_adapter.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_adapter.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     TrinoNoneCredentials,
     TrinoOauthConsoleCredentials,
     TrinoOauthCredentials,
+    TrinoGcpAdcCredentials,
 )
 
 from .utils import config_from_parts_or_dicts, mock_connection
@@ -446,6 +447,37 @@ def test_oauth_console_authentication(self):
         self.assertEqual(credentials.timezone, "UTC")
         self.assertEqual(credentials.suppress_cert_warning, False)
 
+    def test_gcp_adc_authentication(self):
+        connection = self.acquire_connection_with_profile(
+            {
+                "type": "trino",
+                "catalog": "trinodb",
+                "host": "database",
+                "port": 5439,
+                "method": "gcp_adc",
+                "schema": "dbt_test_schema",
+                "cert": "/path/to/cert",
+                "client_tags": ["dev", "gcp_adc"],
+                "http_headers": {"X-Trino-Client-Info": "dbt-trino"},
+                "session_properties": {
+                    "query_max_run_time": "4h",
+                    "exchange_compression": True,
+                },
+                "timezone": "UTC",
+                "suppress_cert_warning": False,
+            }
+        )
+        credentials = connection.credentials
+        self.assertIsInstance(credentials, TrinoGcpAdcCredentials)
+        self.assert_default_connection_credentials(credentials)
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.http_scheme, HttpScheme.HTTPS)
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.cert, "/path/to/cert")
+        self.assertEqual(connection.credentials.prepared_statements_enabled, True)
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.client_tags, ["dev", "gcp_adc"])
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.timezone, "UTC")
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.suppress_cert_warning, False)
+        self.assertEqual(credentials.scopes, ["openid", "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email"])
+
 
 class TestPreparedStatementsEnabled(TestCase):
     def setup_profile(self, credentials):