diff --git a/kedro-datasets/RELEASE.md b/kedro-datasets/RELEASE.md
index 2ffca13eb..f5569c8ae 100755
--- a/kedro-datasets/RELEASE.md
+++ b/kedro-datasets/RELEASE.md
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ pip install kedro-datasets[pandas-parquetdataset]
 * Added `NetCDFDataset` for loading and saving `*.nc` files.
 
 ## Bug fixes and other changes
+* If using MSSQL, `load_args:params` will be typecasted as tuple.
+
 ## Community contributions
 Many thanks to the following Kedroids for contributing PRs to this release:
 * [Riley Brady](https://github.com/riley-brady)
+* [Andrew Cao](https://github.com/andrewcao1)
 
 
 # Release 2.1.0
diff --git a/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/pandas/sql_dataset.py b/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/pandas/sql_dataset.py
index 24a835f5d..13baf20c3 100644
--- a/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/pandas/sql_dataset.py
+++ b/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/pandas/sql_dataset.py
@@ -566,4 +566,4 @@ def adapt_mssql_date_params(self) -> None:
             except (TypeError, ValueError):
                 new_load_args.append(value)
         if new_load_args:
-            self._load_args["params"] = new_load_args
+            self._load_args["params"] = tuple(new_load_args)
diff --git a/kedro-datasets/tests/pandas/test_sql_dataset.py b/kedro-datasets/tests/pandas/test_sql_dataset.py
index 669d445e4..08f7ecdda 100644
--- a/kedro-datasets/tests/pandas/test_sql_dataset.py
+++ b/kedro-datasets/tests/pandas/test_sql_dataset.py
@@ -487,14 +487,16 @@ def test_adapt_mssql_date_params(self, mocker):
         ds = SQLQueryDataset(
             sql=SQL_QUERY, credentials={"con": MSSQL_CONNECTION}, load_args=load_args
         )
-        assert ds._load_args["params"] == [
-            "2023-01-01T00:00:00",
-            "2023-01-01T20:26",
-            "2023",
-            "test",
-            1.0,
-            100,
-        ]
+        assert ds._load_args["params"] == tuple(
+            [
+                "2023-01-01T00:00:00",
+                "2023-01-01T20:26",
+                "2023",
+                "test",
+                1.0,
+                100,
+            ]
+        )
 
     def test_adapt_mssql_date_params_wrong_input(self, mocker):
         """Test that the adapt_mssql_date_params