diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3d2891cba7..54f92ab876 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 exclude: '^(.*egg.info.*|.*/parameters.py|docs/).*$'
 default_language_version:
-    python: python3.10
+    python: python3.9
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
     rev: v2.31.1
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/server_connection.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/server_connection.py
index d57e03be11..94df8ceb9c 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/server_connection.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/server_connection.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 )
 
 from snowflake.connector import SnowflakeConnection, connect
-from snowflake.connector.constants import ENV_VAR_PARTNER, FIELD_ID_TO_NAME
+from snowflake.connector.constants import FIELD_ID_TO_NAME
 from snowflake.connector.cursor import ResultMetadata, SnowflakeCursor
 from snowflake.connector.errors import Error, NotSupportedError, ProgrammingError
 from snowflake.connector.network import ReauthenticationRequest
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@
 
 logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
+# backward compatibility constant
+ENV_VAR_PARTNER = "SF_PARTNER"
+
 # parameters needed for usage tracking
 PARAM_APPLICATION = "application"
 PARAM_INTERNAL_APPLICATION_NAME = "internal_application_name"
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/async_job.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/async_job.py
index 2840a19602..7bae2324fc 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/async_job.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/async_job.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Iterator, List, Literal, Optional, Union
 
 import snowflake.snowpark
-from snowflake.connector.cursor import ASYNC_RETRY_PATTERN
 from snowflake.connector.errors import DatabaseError
 from snowflake.connector.options import pandas
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.analyzer_utils import result_scan_statement
@@ -27,6 +26,8 @@
 
 _logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
+ASYNC_RETRY_PATTERN = [1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10]
+
 
 class _AsyncResultType(Enum):
     ROW = "row"
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_telemetry.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_telemetry.py
index 0b8f437a9b..2c090d0617 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_telemetry.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_telemetry.py
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 import uuid
 from datetime import datetime
 from enum import Enum
+from http.client import OK
 from typing import Optional
 
-from snowflake.connector.compat import OK
 from snowflake.connector.secret_detector import SecretDetector
 from snowflake.connector.telemetry_oob import TelemetryService
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.utils import (