diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1031aca48..1d50bec96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ### Features
 
+- Declare `CATALOG_V2_CONFIGS` on `DatabricksAdapter` with `UnityDatabricksConfig` and `HiveMetastoreDatabricksConfig` to support parse-time validation of catalogs.yml v2 (requires `use_catalogs_v2` behavior flag in dbt-core)
 - Add `invocation_id` to the default query comment ([#1377](https://github.com/databricks/dbt-databricks/issues/1377))
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/databricks/catalogs/__init__.py b/dbt/adapters/databricks/catalogs/__init__.py
index a6f1bed39..e06a6877c 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/databricks/catalogs/__init__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/databricks/catalogs/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 from dbt.adapters.databricks.catalogs._hive_metastore import HiveMetastoreCatalogIntegration
 from dbt.adapters.databricks.catalogs._relation import DatabricksCatalogRelation
 from dbt.adapters.databricks.catalogs._unity import UnityCatalogIntegration
+from dbt.adapters.databricks.catalogs._v2 import (
+    HiveMetastoreDatabricksConfig,
+    UnityDatabricksConfig,
+)
 
 __all__ = [
     "DatabricksCatalogRelation",
     "HiveMetastoreCatalogIntegration",
+    "HiveMetastoreDatabricksConfig",
     "UnityCatalogIntegration",
+    "UnityDatabricksConfig",
 ]
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/databricks/catalogs/_v2.py b/dbt/adapters/databricks/catalogs/_v2.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2456ef72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/adapters/databricks/catalogs/_v2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Optional
+
+from dbt_common.dataclass_schema import dbtClassMixin
+from dbt_common.exceptions import DbtValidationError
+
+
+@dataclass
+class UnityDatabricksConfig(dbtClassMixin):
+    file_format: str
+    location_root: Optional[str] = None
+    use_uniform: Optional[bool] = None
+
+    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+        if not self.file_format.strip():
+            raise DbtValidationError("'file_format' must be non-empty")
+        if self.use_uniform:
+            if self.file_format.lower() != "delta":
+                raise DbtValidationError("file_format must be 'delta' when 'use_uniform' is true")
+        else:
+            if self.file_format.lower() != "parquet":
+                raise DbtValidationError(
+                    "file_format must be 'parquet' when 'use_uniform' is false or unset"
+                )
+        if self.location_root is not None and not self.location_root.strip():
+            raise DbtValidationError("'location_root' cannot be blank")
+
+
+@dataclass
+class HiveMetastoreDatabricksConfig(dbtClassMixin):
+    file_format: str
+
+    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+        if self.file_format.lower() not in {"delta", "parquet", "hudi"}:
+            raise DbtValidationError(
+                f"file_format must be one of: {sorted({'delta', 'parquet', 'hudi'})}"
+            )
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/databricks/impl.py b/dbt/adapters/databricks/impl.py
index 05b832f78..345885c19 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/databricks/impl.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/databricks/impl.py
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
 from dbt.adapters.databricks.catalogs import (
     DatabricksCatalogRelation,
     HiveMetastoreCatalogIntegration,
+    HiveMetastoreDatabricksConfig,
     UnityCatalogIntegration,
+    UnityDatabricksConfig,
 )
 from dbt.adapters.databricks.column import DatabricksColumn
 from dbt.adapters.databricks.connections import (
@@ -233,6 +235,10 @@ class DatabricksAdapter(SparkAdapter):
         HiveMetastoreCatalogIntegration,
         UnityCatalogIntegration,
     ]
+    CATALOG_V2_CONFIGS = {
+        "unity": UnityDatabricksConfig,
+        "hive_metastore": HiveMetastoreDatabricksConfig,
+    }
     CONSTRAINT_SUPPORT = constraints.CONSTRAINT_SUPPORT
 
     get_column_behavior: GetColumnsBehavior
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_v2_catalog_configs.py b/tests/unit/test_v2_catalog_configs.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..814edf85d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_v2_catalog_configs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import pytest
+
+from dbt.adapters.databricks.catalogs._v2 import (
+    HiveMetastoreDatabricksConfig,
+    UnityDatabricksConfig,
+)
+from dbt.adapters.databricks.impl import DatabricksAdapter
+from dbt_common.exceptions import DbtValidationError
+
+
+# ===== CATALOG_V2_CONFIGS class attribute =====
+
+
+def test_unity_registered():
+    assert DatabricksAdapter.CATALOG_V2_CONFIGS["unity"] is UnityDatabricksConfig
+
+
+def test_hive_metastore_registered():
+    assert (
+        DatabricksAdapter.CATALOG_V2_CONFIGS["hive_metastore"] is HiveMetastoreDatabricksConfig
+    )
+
+
+# ===== UnityDatabricksConfig =====
+
+
+def test_unity_parquet_without_uniform():
+    cfg = UnityDatabricksConfig(file_format="parquet")
+    assert cfg.file_format == "parquet"
+
+
+def test_unity_delta_with_uniform():
+    cfg = UnityDatabricksConfig(file_format="delta", use_uniform=True)
+    assert cfg.file_format == "delta"
+    assert cfg.use_uniform is True
+
+
+def test_unity_with_location_root():
+    cfg = UnityDatabricksConfig(file_format="parquet", location_root="/mnt/data")
+    assert cfg.location_root == "/mnt/data"
+
+
+def test_unity_delta_without_uniform_raises():
+    with pytest.raises(DbtValidationError, match="file_format must be 'parquet'"):
+        UnityDatabricksConfig(file_format="delta")
+
+
+def test_unity_parquet_with_uniform_raises():
+    with pytest.raises(DbtValidationError, match="file_format must be 'delta'"):
+        UnityDatabricksConfig(file_format="parquet", use_uniform=True)
+
+
+def test_unity_blank_file_format_raises():
+    with pytest.raises(DbtValidationError, match="file_format.*non-empty"):
+        UnityDatabricksConfig(file_format="   ")
+
+
+def test_unity_blank_location_root_raises():
+    with pytest.raises(DbtValidationError, match="location_root.*blank"):
+        UnityDatabricksConfig(file_format="parquet", location_root="  ")
+
+
+def test_unity_rejects_unknown_keys():
+    with pytest.raises(Exception, match="Additional properties"):
+        UnityDatabricksConfig.validate({"file_format": "parquet", "bogus": True})
+
+
+# ===== HiveMetastoreDatabricksConfig =====
+
+
+def test_hive_delta_valid():
+    cfg = HiveMetastoreDatabricksConfig(file_format="delta")
+    assert cfg.file_format == "delta"
+
+
+def test_hive_parquet_valid():
+    cfg = HiveMetastoreDatabricksConfig(file_format="parquet")
+    assert cfg.file_format == "parquet"
+
+
+def test_hive_hudi_valid():
+    cfg = HiveMetastoreDatabricksConfig(file_format="hudi")
+    assert cfg.file_format == "hudi"
+
+
+def test_hive_invalid_file_format_raises():
+    with pytest.raises(DbtValidationError, match="file_format must be one of"):
+        HiveMetastoreDatabricksConfig(file_format="avro")
+
+
+def test_hive_rejects_unknown_keys():
+    with pytest.raises(Exception, match="Additional properties"):
+        HiveMetastoreDatabricksConfig.validate({"file_format": "delta", "extra": "bad"})