diff --git a/dbt/adapters/duckdb/secrets.py b/dbt/adapters/duckdb/secrets.py
index 62b1307d..243c99e6 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/duckdb/secrets.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/duckdb/secrets.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def to_sql(self) -> str:
         params.update(params.pop("secret_kwargs", {}))
         params_sql = f",\n{tab}".join(
             [
-                f"{key} {value}"
+                f"{key} '{value}'" if key not in ["type", "provider"] else f"{key} {value}"
                 for key, value in params.items()
                 if value is not None and key not in ["name", "persistent"]
             ]
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_credentials.py b/tests/unit/test_credentials.py
index 72c5b8a3..fd0756a3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_credentials.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_credentials.py
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ def test_add_secret_with_empty_name():
     assert sql == \
 """CREATE SECRET (
     type s3,
-    key_id abc,
-    secret xyz,
-    region us-west-2
+    key_id 'abc',
+    secret 'xyz',
+    region 'us-west-2'
 )"""
 
 
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ def test_add_secret_with_name():
     assert sql == \
 """CREATE OR REPLACE SECRET my_secret (
     type s3,
-    scope s3://my-bucket,
-    key_id abc,
-    secret xyz,
-    region us-west-2
+    scope 's3://my-bucket',
+    key_id 'abc',
+    secret 'xyz',
+    region 'us-west-2'
 )"""
 
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def test_add_unsupported_secret_param():
     assert sql == \
 """CREATE OR REPLACE SECRET _dbt_secret_1 (
     type s3,
-    password secret
+    password 'secret'
 )"""
     with pytest.raises(duckdb.BinderException) as e:
         duckdb.sql(sql)
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ def test_add_azure_secret():
 """CREATE SECRET (
     type azure,
     provider service_principal,
-    tenant_id abc,
-    client_id xyz,
-    client_certificate_path foo\\bar\\baz.pem,
-    account_name 123
+    tenant_id 'abc',
+    client_id 'xyz',
+    client_certificate_path 'foo\\bar\\baz.pem',
+    account_name '123'
 )"""
 
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def test_add_hf_secret():
     assert sql == \
 """CREATE SECRET (
     type huggingface,
-    token abc
+    token 'abc'
 )"""
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_duckdb_adapter.py b/tests/unit/test_duckdb_adapter.py
index 43fba6c0..f0942938 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_duckdb_adapter.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_duckdb_adapter.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def test_create_secret(self, connector):
         connection.handle._cursor._cursor.execute.assert_called_with(
 """CREATE OR REPLACE SECRET _dbt_secret_1 (
     type s3,
-    key_id abc,
-    secret xyz,
-    region us-west-2
+    key_id 'abc',
+    secret 'xyz',
+    region 'us-west-2'
 )""")