diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 13b8deb39..22bc17816 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ test:
 
 # Run test_tensorflow_model_dataset separately, because these tests are flaky when run as part of the full test-suite
 dataset-tests: dataset-doctests
-	cd kedro-datasets && pytest tests --cov-config pyproject.toml --numprocesses 4 --dist loadfile --ignore tests/databricks --ignore tests/tensorflow
+	cd kedro-datasets && pytest tests --cov-config pyproject.toml --numprocesses 4 --dist loadfile --ignore tests/tensorflow
 	cd kedro-datasets && pytest tests/tensorflow/test_tensorflow_model_dataset.py  --no-cov
 
 extra_pytest_args-no-spark=--ignore kedro_datasets/databricks --ignore kedro_datasets/spark
diff --git a/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/databricks/managed_table_dataset.py b/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/databricks/managed_table_dataset.py
index 0ba659f0a..ae193e68a 100644
--- a/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/databricks/managed_table_dataset.py
+++ b/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/databricks/managed_table_dataset.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from kedro_datasets.spark.spark_dataset import _get_spark
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+pd.DataFrame.iteritems = pd.DataFrame.items
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
diff --git a/kedro-datasets/pyproject.toml b/kedro-datasets/pyproject.toml
index 4976dc2a4..633af72ec 100644
--- a/kedro-datasets/pyproject.toml
+++ b/kedro-datasets/pyproject.toml
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ version = {attr = "kedro_datasets.__version__"}
 fail_under = 100
 show_missing = true
 # temporarily ignore kedro_datasets/__init__.py in coverage report
-omit = ["tests/*", "kedro_datasets/holoviews/*", "kedro_datasets/netcdf/*", "kedro_datasets/snowflake/*", "kedro_datasets/tensorflow/*", "kedro_datasets/__init__.py", "kedro_datasets/conftest.py", "kedro_datasets/databricks/*"]
+omit = ["tests/*", "kedro_datasets/holoviews/*", "kedro_datasets/netcdf/*", "kedro_datasets/snowflake/*", "kedro_datasets/tensorflow/*", "kedro_datasets/__init__.py", "kedro_datasets/conftest.py"]
 exclude_also = ["raise NotImplementedError", "if TYPE_CHECKING:"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]