diff --git a/go/adbc/driver/snowflake/connection.go b/go/adbc/driver/snowflake/connection.go
index 5abf90476c..973fdaa291 100644
--- a/go/adbc/driver/snowflake/connection.go
+++ b/go/adbc/driver/snowflake/connection.go
@@ -314,22 +314,22 @@ func (c *connectionImpl) GetObjects(ctx context.Context, depth adbc.ObjectDepth,
 	// just as done by the snowflake JDBC driver. In those cases we don't need to propagate
 	// the current session database/schema.
 	if depth == adbc.ObjectDepthColumns || depth == adbc.ObjectDepthAll {
-		// the connection that is used is not the same connection context where the database may have been set
-		// if the caller called SetCurrentCatalog() so need to ensure the database context is appropriate
-		if !isNilOrEmpty(catalog) {
-			_, e := conn.ExecContext(context.Background(), fmt.Sprintf("USE DATABASE %s;", quoteTblName(*catalog)), nil)
-			if e != nil {
-				return nil, errToAdbcErr(adbc.StatusIO, e)
-			}
+		dbname, err := c.GetCurrentCatalog()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errToAdbcErr(adbc.StatusIO, err)
 		}
 
-		// the connection that is used is not the same connection context where the schema may have been set
-		// if the caller called SetCurrentDbSchema() so need to ensure the schema context is appropriate
-		if !isNilOrEmpty(dbSchema) {
-			_, e2 := conn.ExecContext(context.Background(), fmt.Sprintf("USE SCHEMA %s;", quoteTblName(*dbSchema)), nil)
-			if e2 != nil {
-				return nil, errToAdbcErr(adbc.StatusIO, e2)
-			}
+		schemaname, err := c.GetCurrentDbSchema()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errToAdbcErr(adbc.StatusIO, err)
+		}
+
+		// the connection that is used is not the same connection context where the database may have been set
+		// if the caller called SetCurrentCatalog() so need to ensure the database context is appropriate
+		multiCtx, _ := gosnowflake.WithMultiStatement(ctx, 2)
+		_, err = conn.ExecContext(multiCtx, fmt.Sprintf("USE DATABASE %s; USE SCHEMA %s;", quoteTblName(dbname), quoteTblName(schemaname)))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errToAdbcErr(adbc.StatusIO, err)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/go/adbc/driver/snowflake/driver_test.go b/go/adbc/driver/snowflake/driver_test.go
index 895015ffd7..c67389ca14 100644
--- a/go/adbc/driver/snowflake/driver_test.go
+++ b/go/adbc/driver/snowflake/driver_test.go
@@ -1215,15 +1215,15 @@ func (suite *SnowflakeTests) TestSqlIngestMapType() {
 	[
 		{
 			"col_int64": 1,
-			"col_map": "{\n  \"key_value\": [\n    {\n      \"key\": \"key1\",\n      \"value\": 1\n    }\n  ]\n}"
+			"col_map": "{\n  \"key1\": 1\n}"
 		},
 		{
 			"col_int64": 2,
-			"col_map": "{\n  \"key_value\": [\n    {\n      \"key\": \"key2\",\n      \"value\": 2\n    }\n  ]\n}"
+			"col_map": "{\n  \"key2\": 2\n}"
 		},
 		{
 			"col_int64": 3,
-			"col_map": "{\n  \"key_value\": [\n    {\n      \"key\": \"key3\",\n      \"value\": 3\n    }\n  ]\n}"
+			"col_map": "{\n  \"key3\": 3\n}"
 		}
 	]
 	`)))
@@ -2161,6 +2161,9 @@ func (suite *SnowflakeTests) TestGetSetClientConfigFile() {
 
 func (suite *SnowflakeTests) TestGetObjectsWithNilCatalog() {
 	// this test demonstrates calling GetObjects with the catalog depth and a nil catalog
-	_, err := suite.cnxn.GetObjects(suite.ctx, adbc.ObjectDepthCatalogs, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	rdr, err := suite.cnxn.GetObjects(suite.ctx, adbc.ObjectDepthCatalogs, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
 	suite.NoError(err)
+	// test suite validates memory allocator so we need to make sure we call
+	// release on the result reader
+	rdr.Release()
 }