diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/snowflake/utils.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/snowflake/utils.py
index 0876d44c269..e9f2be41869 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/snowflake/utils.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/snowflake/utils.py
@@ -120,13 +120,10 @@ def get_view_definition(  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
     schema = schema or self.default_schema_name
     if schema:
         cursor = connection.execute(
-            "SHOW /* sqlalchemy:get_view_definition */ VIEWS "
-            f"LIKE '{view_name}' IN {schema}"
+            f"SELECT GET_DDL('VIEW','{schema}.{view_name}') AS \"text\""
         )
     else:
-        cursor = connection.execute(
-            "SHOW /* sqlalchemy:get_view_definition */ VIEWS " f"LIKE '{view_name}'"
-        )
+        cursor = connection.execute(f"SELECT GET_DDL('VIEW','{view_name}') AS \"text\"")
     n2i = self.__class__._map_name_to_idx(cursor)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
     try:
         ret = cursor.fetchone()