diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index be9ba8923..9d7655c95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ jobs:
           TEST_OIDC_READ_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.TEST_OIDC_READ_CLIENT_ID }}
           TEST_OIDC_READ_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.TEST_OIDC_READ_CLIENT_SECRET }}
           TEST_OIDC_READ_TENANT: ${{ secrets.TEST_OIDC_READ_TENANT }}
+          TEST_OIDC_READ_PROJECT: "publicdata"
           TEST_CLIENT_ID_BLUEFIELD: ${{ secrets.BLUEFIELD_CLIENT_ID }}
           TEST_CLIENT_SECRET_BLUEFIELD: ${{ secrets.BLUEFIELD_CLIENT_SECRET }}
           TEST_AAD_TENANT_BLUEFIELD: "b86328db-09aa-4f0e-9a03-0136f604d20a"
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index cb74388d5..c74c92db7 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ val sparkVersion = "3.3.3"
 val circeVersion = "0.14.6"
 val sttpVersion = "3.5.2"
 val Specs2Version = "4.20.2"
-val cogniteSdkVersion = "2.8.763"
+val cogniteSdkVersion = "2.9.764"
 
 val prometheusVersion = "0.16.0"
 val log4sVersion = "1.10.0"
diff --git a/src/main/scala/cognite/spark/v1/DefaultSource.scala b/src/main/scala/cognite/spark/v1/DefaultSource.scala
index 326214bb9..3e5b55ac6 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/cognite/spark/v1/DefaultSource.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/cognite/spark/v1/DefaultSource.scala
@@ -346,14 +346,7 @@ object DefaultSource {
       }
       clientId <- parameters.get("clientId")
       clientSecret <- parameters.get("clientSecret")
-      project <- parameters.get("project")
-      clientCredentials = OAuth2.ClientCredentials(
-        tokenUri,
-        clientId,
-        clientSecret,
-        scopes,
-        project,
-        audience)
+      clientCredentials = OAuth2.ClientCredentials(tokenUri, clientId, clientSecret, scopes, audience)
     } yield CdfSparkAuth.OAuth2ClientCredentials(clientCredentials)
 
     val session = for {
diff --git a/src/test/scala/cognite/spark/v1/DefaultSourceTest.scala b/src/test/scala/cognite/spark/v1/DefaultSourceTest.scala
index 22794c411..a4ad592a1 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/cognite/spark/v1/DefaultSourceTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/cognite/spark/v1/DefaultSourceTest.scala
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ class DefaultSourceTest extends WordSpec with Matchers {
               "value-ClientId",
               "value-ClientSecret",
               List("value-Scopes"),
-              "value-Project",
               Some("value-Audience")))
         )
       }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/cognite/spark/v1/SdkV1RddTest.scala b/src/test/scala/cognite/spark/v1/SdkV1RddTest.scala
index 881e059fc..66779ef30 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/cognite/spark/v1/SdkV1RddTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/cognite/spark/v1/SdkV1RddTest.scala
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class SdkV1RddTest extends FlatSpec with Matchers with ParallelTestExecution wit
     val sdkRdd = {
       val relationConfig = getDefaultConfig(
         CdfSparkAuth.OAuth2ClientCredentials(readOidcCredentials),
-        readOidcCredentials.cdfProjectName
+        readProject
       )
       SdkV1Rdd[String, String](
         spark.sparkContext,
diff --git a/src/test/scala/cognite/spark/v1/SparkTest.scala b/src/test/scala/cognite/spark/v1/SparkTest.scala
index 6d7f2a943..5080498ac 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/cognite/spark/v1/SparkTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/cognite/spark/v1/SparkTest.scala
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ trait SparkTest {
     clientSecret = OIDCWrite.clientSecret,
     scopes = List(OIDCWrite.scopes),
     audience = Some(OIDCWrite.audience),
-    cdfProjectName = OIDCWrite.project,
   )
   implicit val sttpBackend: SttpBackend[IO, Any] = CdpConnector.retryingSttpBackend(15, 30)
 
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ trait SparkTest {
     OAuth2.ClientCredentialsProvider[IO](writeCredentials).unsafeRunTimed(1.second).get
   val writeClient: GenericClient[IO] = new GenericClient(
     applicationName = "jetfire-test",
-    projectName = writeCredentials.cdfProjectName,
+    projectName = OIDCWrite.project,
     baseUrl = OIDCWrite.baseUrl,
     authProvider = writeAuthProvider,
     apiVersion = None,
@@ -100,6 +99,7 @@ trait SparkTest {
   // readClientSecret has to be renewed every 180 days at https://hub.cognite.com/open-industrial-data-211
   private val readClientSecret = System.getenv("TEST_OIDC_READ_CLIENT_SECRET")
   private val readAadTenant = System.getenv("TEST_OIDC_READ_TENANT")
+  val readProject = System.getenv("TEST_OIDC_READ_PROJECT")
 
   assert(
     readClientId != null && !readClientId.isEmpty,
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ trait SparkTest {
   assert(
     readAadTenant != null && !readAadTenant.isEmpty,
     "Environment variable \"TEST_OIDC_READ_TENANT\" was not set")
+  assert(
+    readProject != null && !readProject.isEmpty,
+    "Environment variable \"TEST_OIDC_READ_PROJECT\" was not set")
 
   private val readTokenUri = s"https://login.microsoftonline.com/$readAadTenant/oauth2/v2.0/token"
 
@@ -117,8 +120,7 @@ trait SparkTest {
     tokenUri = uri"$readTokenUri",
     clientId = readClientId,
     clientSecret = readClientSecret,
-    scopes = List("https://api.cognitedata.com/.default"),
-    cdfProjectName = "publicdata"
+    scopes = List("https://api.cognitedata.com/.default")
   )
 
   def dataFrameReaderUsingOidc: DataFrameReader =
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ trait SparkTest {
       .option("tokenUri", readTokenUri)
       .option("clientId", readClientId)
       .option("clientSecret", readClientSecret)
-      .option("project", "publicdata")
+      .option("project", readProject)
       .option("scopes", "https://api.cognitedata.com/.default")
 
   val testDataSetId = 86163806167772L
@@ -157,8 +159,7 @@ trait SparkTest {
       tokenUri = bluefieldTokenUri,
       clientId = bluefieldClientId,
       clientSecret = bluefieldClientSecret,
-      scopes = List("https://bluefield.cognitedata.com/.default"),
-      cdfProjectName = "extractor-bluefield-testing"
+      scopes = List("https://bluefield.cognitedata.com/.default")
     )
 
     val authProvider =