diff --git a/cinderlib/persistence/dbms.py b/cinderlib/persistence/dbms.py
index ef76b15..3fceddc 100644
--- a/cinderlib/persistence/dbms.py
+++ b/cinderlib/persistence/dbms.py
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
 
 import logging
 
+import alembic.script.revision
+import alembic.util.exc
 from cinder.db import api as db_api
 from cinder.db import migration
 from cinder.db.sqlalchemy import api as sqla_api
 from cinder.db.sqlalchemy import models
 from cinder import exception as cinder_exception
 from cinder import objects as cinder_objs
-import migrate
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_db import exception
 from oslo_db.sqlalchemy import models as oslo_db_models
@@ -79,9 +80,9 @@ class DBPersistence(persistence_base.PersistenceDriverBase):
                               sqlite_synchronous,
                               'database')
 
-        # Suppress logging for migration
-        migrate_logger = logging.getLogger('migrate')
-        migrate_logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+        # Suppress logging for alembic
+        alembic_logger = logging.getLogger('alembic.runtime.migration')
+        alembic_logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
         self._clear_facade()
         self.db_instance = db_api.oslo_db_api.DBAPI.from_config(
@@ -99,13 +100,15 @@ class DBPersistence(persistence_base.PersistenceDriverBase):
 
         try:
             migration.db_sync()
-        except exception.DBMigrationError as exc:
+        except alembic.util.exc.CommandError as exc:
             # We can be running 2 Cinder versions at the same time on the same
             # DB while we upgrade, so we must ignore the fact that the DB is
             # now on a newer version.
-            if not isinstance(getattr(exc, 'inner_exception', None),
-                              migrate.exceptions.VersionNotFoundError):
+            if not isinstance(
+                exc.__cause__, alembic.script.revision.ResolutionError,
+            ):
                 raise
+
         self._create_key_value_table()
 
         # NOTE : At this point, the persistence isn't ready so we need to use
diff --git a/cinderlib/tests/unit/persistence/test_dbms.py b/cinderlib/tests/unit/persistence/test_dbms.py
index 1c825e0..10f4ee5 100644
--- a/cinderlib/tests/unit/persistence/test_dbms.py
+++ b/cinderlib/tests/unit/persistence/test_dbms.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 import tempfile
 from unittest import mock
 
+import alembic.script.revision
+import alembic.util.exc
 from cinder.db.sqlalchemy import api as sqla_api
 from cinder.db.sqlalchemy import models as sqla_models
 from cinder import objects as cinder_ovos
@@ -152,10 +154,10 @@ class TestDBPersistenceNewerSchema(base.helper.TestHelper):
         pass
 
     def _raise_exc(self):
-        inner_exc = dbms.migrate.exceptions.VersionNotFoundError()
-        exc = dbms.exception.DBMigrationError(inner_exc)
+        inner_exc = alembic.script.revision.ResolutionError('foo', 'rev')
+        outer_exc = alembic.util.exc.CommandError('bar')
         self.original_db_sync()
-        raise(exc)
+        raise outer_exc from inner_exc
 
     def test_newer_db_schema(self):
         self.original_db_sync = dbms.migration.db_sync
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cf850bc..1d5cc3a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,3 @@ os-brick>=6.3.0  # Apache-2.0
 
 importlib_metadata>=1.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 importlib_resources>=3.2.1;python_version<'3.10' # Apache-2.0
-
-# TODO: cinder removed this as a dependency in 2023.2 (Bobcat)
-# but we need to include it here until cinderlib catches up
-sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.13.0 # Apache-2.0