diff --git a/superset/sql/parse.py b/superset/sql/parse.py
index c750e0551b0..af72f72e952 100644
--- a/superset/sql/parse.py
+++ b/superset/sql/parse.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 SQLGLOT_DIALECTS = {
     "base": Dialects.DIALECT,
     "ascend": Dialects.HIVE,
-    "awsathena": Dialects.PRESTO,
+    "awsathena": Dialects.ATHENA,
     "bigquery": Dialects.BIGQUERY,
     "clickhouse": Dialects.CLICKHOUSE,
     "clickhousedb": Dialects.CLICKHOUSE,
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/sql/parse_tests.py b/tests/unit_tests/sql/parse_tests.py
index 95d1f364193..f8e7251d808 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/sql/parse_tests.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/sql/parse_tests.py
@@ -2891,6 +2891,20 @@ def test_singlestore_engine_mapping():
     assert "COUNT(*)" in formatted
 
 
+def test_awsathena_engine_mapping():
+    """
+    Test the `awsathena` dialect is properly mapped to ATHENA instead of PRESTO.
+    """
+    sql = (
+        "USING EXTERNAL FUNCTION my_func(x INT) RETURNS INT LAMBDA 'lambda_name' "
+        "SELECT my_func(id) FROM my_table"
+    )
+    statement = SQLStatement(sql, engine="awsathena")
+
+    # Should parse without errors using Athena dialect
+    statement.format()
+
+
 def test_remove_quotes() -> None:
     """
     Test the `remove_quotes` helper function.