diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20231107-165830.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20231107-165830.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be523ecfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20231107-165830.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Add support for integers as dataproc batch runtime config properties
+time: 2023-11-07T16:58:30.065966-05:00
+custom:
+  Author: jimmyshah
+  Issue: "1001"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/python_submissions.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/python_submissions.py
index 114ebf979..1325a94e3 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/python_submissions.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/python_submissions.py
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 from typing import Dict, Union
 
-from dbt.events import AdapterLogger
-
-from dbt.adapters.base import PythonJobHelper
-from google.api_core.future.polling import POLLING_PREDICATE
-
-from dbt.adapters.bigquery import BigQueryConnectionManager, BigQueryCredentials
 from google.api_core import retry
 from google.api_core.client_options import ClientOptions
-from google.cloud import storage, dataproc_v1  # type: ignore
+from google.api_core.future.polling import POLLING_PREDICATE
+from google.cloud import dataproc_v1, storage  # type: ignore
 from google.cloud.dataproc_v1.types.batches import Batch
 
+from dbt.adapters.base import PythonJobHelper
+from dbt.adapters.bigquery import BigQueryConnectionManager, BigQueryCredentials
 from dbt.adapters.bigquery.dataproc.batch import (
+    DEFAULT_JAR_FILE_URI,
     create_batch_request,
     poll_batch_job,
-    DEFAULT_JAR_FILE_URI,
     update_batch_from_config,
 )
+from dbt.events import AdapterLogger
 
 OPERATION_RETRY_TIME = 10
 logger = AdapterLogger("BigQuery")
@@ -46,9 +44,12 @@ def __init__(self, parsed_model: Dict, credential: BigQueryCredentials) -> None:
         self.credential = credential
         self.GoogleCredentials = BigQueryConnectionManager.get_credentials(credential)
         self.storage_client = storage.Client(
-            project=self.credential.execution_project, credentials=self.GoogleCredentials
+            project=self.credential.execution_project,
+            credentials=self.GoogleCredentials,
+        )
+        self.gcs_location = "gs://{}/{}".format(
+            self.credential.gcs_bucket, self.model_file_name
         )
-        self.gcs_location = "gs://{}/{}".format(self.credential.gcs_bucket, self.model_file_name)
 
         # set retry policy, default to timeout after 24 hours
         self.timeout = self.parsed_model["config"].get(
@@ -58,7 +59,9 @@ def __init__(self, parsed_model: Dict, credential: BigQueryCredentials) -> None:
             predicate=POLLING_PREDICATE, maximum=10.0, timeout=self.timeout
         )
         self.client_options = ClientOptions(
-            api_endpoint="{}-dataproc.googleapis.com:443".format(self.credential.dataproc_region)
+            api_endpoint="{}-dataproc.googleapis.com:443".format(
+                self.credential.dataproc_region
+            )
         )
         self.job_client = self._get_job_client()
 
@@ -184,4 +187,7 @@ def _configure_batch(self):
         # Apply configuration from dataproc_batch key, possibly overriding defaults.
         if self.credential.dataproc_batch:
             batch = update_batch_from_config(self.credential.dataproc_batch, batch)
+            if batch.runtime_config.properties:
+                for key, val in batch.runtime_config.properties.items():
+                    batch.runtime_config.properties[key] = str(val)
         return batch