diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20250902-153838.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20250902-153838.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70d1c2bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20250902-153838.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Implement support for the second optional argument to dict.pop() in jinja
+time: 2025-09-02T15:38:38.362214+02:00
+custom:
+    author: fornwall
+    issue: "659"
+    project: dbt-fusion
diff --git a/crates/dbt-jinja/minijinja/src/value/object.rs b/crates/dbt-jinja/minijinja/src/value/object.rs
index d89cedeb..895930d6 100644
--- a/crates/dbt-jinja/minijinja/src/value/object.rs
+++ b/crates/dbt-jinja/minijinja/src/value/object.rs
@@ -1550,16 +1550,17 @@ pub mod mutable_map {
     fn pop_impl(map: &Arc<MutableMap>, args: &[Value]) -> Result<Value, Error> {
         match args {
             [key] => Ok(map.remove(key).unwrap_or_default()),
-            _ if args.len() > 1 => Err(Error::new(
+            [key, default] => Ok(map.remove(key).unwrap_or_else(|| default.clone())),
+            _ if args.len() > 2 => Err(Error::new(
                 ErrorKind::TooManyArguments,
                 format!(
-                    "remove() takes exactly one argument, but {} were given",
+                    "pop() takes one or two arguments, but {} were given",
                     args.len()
                 ),
             )),
             _ => Err(Error::new(
                 ErrorKind::MissingArgument,
-                "remove() takes exactly one argument, but none were given",
+                "pop() takes one or two arguments, but none were given",
             )),
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/dbt-jinja/minijinja/tests/inputs/dict.txt b/crates/dbt-jinja/minijinja/tests/inputs/dict.txt
index f1089051..af200083 100644
--- a/crates/dbt-jinja/minijinja/tests/inputs/dict.txt
+++ b/crates/dbt-jinja/minijinja/tests/inputs/dict.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@
 {{ dict(x=1, y=2) }}
 {{ dict(d, c=3)}}
 {% for _ in [1] %}{{ dict(loop, extra=2)|dictsort }}{% endfor %}
-{{ dict([('a', 1), ('b', 2), ('c', 3)]) }}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{ dict([('a', 1), ('b', 2), ('c', 3)]) }}
+{{ {'a':'b'}.pop('a') }}
+{{ {}.pop('a','b') }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/dbt-jinja/minijinja/tests/snapshots/test_templates__vm@dict.txt.snap b/crates/dbt-jinja/minijinja/tests/snapshots/test_templates__vm@dict.txt.snap
index fd1447c2..40c09460 100644
--- a/crates/dbt-jinja/minijinja/tests/snapshots/test_templates__vm@dict.txt.snap
+++ b/crates/dbt-jinja/minijinja/tests/snapshots/test_templates__vm@dict.txt.snap
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ input_file: fs/sa/crates/dbt-jinja/minijinja/tests/inputs/dict.txt
 {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
 (('depth', 1), ('depth0', 0), ('extra', 2), ('first', true), ('index', 1), ('index0', 0), ('last', true), ('length', 1), ('nextitem', undefined), ('previtem', undefined), ('revindex', 1), ('revindex0', 0))
 {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
+b
+b