diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 87f66ab6763f0..2cf3e39b201de 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def get_git_sha():
         'parsedatetime',
         'pathlib2',
         'polyline',
-        'pydruid>=0.4.3',
+        'pydruid>=0.5.2',
         'python-dateutil',
         'python-geohash',
         'pyyaml>=3.13',
diff --git a/superset/connectors/druid/models.py b/superset/connectors/druid/models.py
index 43a092c20c548..17ec4b82ebcf8 100644
--- a/superset/connectors/druid/models.py
+++ b/superset/connectors/druid/models.py
@@ -1118,7 +1118,8 @@ def run_query(  # noqa / druid
             columns.append('__time')
             del qry['post_aggregations']
             del qry['aggregations']
-            qry['dimensions'] = columns
+            del qry['dimensions']
+            qry['columns'] = columns
             qry['metrics'] = []
             qry['granularity'] = 'all'
             qry['limit'] = row_limit