diff --git a/cosmos/operators/airflow_async.py b/cosmos/operators/airflow_async.py
index d6b1bda5a..ff874a06a 100644
--- a/cosmos/operators/airflow_async.py
+++ b/cosmos/operators/airflow_async.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from cosmos.operators._asynchronous.base import DbtRunAirflowAsyncFactoryOperator
 from cosmos.operators.base import AbstractDbtBase
 from cosmos.operators.local import (
+    AbstractDbtLocalBase,
     DbtBuildLocalOperator,
     DbtCloneLocalOperator,
     DbtCompileLocalOperator,
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ def __init__(
         clean_kwargs = {}
         non_async_args = set(inspect.signature(AbstractDbtBase.__init__).parameters.keys())
         non_async_args |= set(inspect.signature(DbtLocalBaseOperator.__init__).parameters.keys())
+        non_async_args |= set(inspect.signature(AbstractDbtLocalBase.__init__).parameters.keys())
 
         dbt_kwargs = {}
 
diff --git a/dev/dags/simple_dag_async.py b/dev/dags/simple_dag_async.py
index 8fb8cb844..4eb910132 100644
--- a/dev/dags/simple_dag_async.py
+++ b/dev/dags/simple_dag_async.py
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@
     catchup=False,
     dag_id="simple_dag_async",
     tags=["simple"],
-    operator_args={"location": "northamerica-northeast1"},
+    operator_args={"location": "northamerica-northeast1", "install_deps": True},
 )
 # [END airflow_async_execution_mode_example]
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index d553fb7b4..6f7991c6d 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ def mock_bigquery_conn():  # type: ignore
     """
     Mocks and returns an Airflow BigQuery connection.
     """
-    extra = {
-        "project": "my_project",
-        "key_path": "my_key_path.json",
-    }
+    extra = {"project": "my_project", "key_path": "my_key_path.json", "dataset": "test"}
     conn = Connection(
         conn_id="my_bigquery_connection",
         conn_type="google_cloud_platform",
diff --git a/tests/operators/test_airflow_async.py b/tests/operators/test_airflow_async.py
index 0f0d5cdf7..309a8341e 100644
--- a/tests/operators/test_airflow_async.py
+++ b/tests/operators/test_airflow_async.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from cosmos import DbtDag, ExecutionConfig, ExecutionMode, ProfileConfig, ProjectConfig
 from cosmos.operators.airflow_async import (
     DbtBuildAirflowAsyncOperator,
     DbtCompileAirflowAsyncOperator,
@@ -18,6 +24,35 @@
     DbtSourceLocalOperator,
     DbtTestLocalOperator,
 )
+from cosmos.profiles import get_automatic_profile_mapping
+
+DBT_PROJECTS_ROOT_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent / "dev/dags/dbt"
+DBT_PROJECT_NAME = "original_jaffle_shop"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+def test_airflow_async_operator_init(mock_bigquery_conn):
+    """Test that Airflow can correctly parse an async operator with operator args"""
+    profile_mapping = get_automatic_profile_mapping(mock_bigquery_conn.conn_id, {})
+
+    profile_config = ProfileConfig(
+        profile_name="airflow_db",
+        target_name="bq",
+        profile_mapping=profile_mapping,
+    )
+
+    DbtDag(
+        project_config=ProjectConfig(dbt_project_path=DBT_PROJECTS_ROOT_DIR / DBT_PROJECT_NAME),
+        profile_config=profile_config,
+        execution_config=ExecutionConfig(
+            execution_mode=ExecutionMode.AIRFLOW_ASYNC,
+        ),
+        schedule_interval=None,
+        start_date=datetime(2023, 1, 1),
+        catchup=False,
+        dag_id="simple_dag_async",
+        operator_args={"location": "us", "install_deps": True},
+    )
 
 
 def test_dbt_build_airflow_async_operator_inheritance():