diff --git a/dbt-metricflow/dbt_metricflow/cli/dbt_connectors/adapter_backed_client.py b/dbt-metricflow/dbt_metricflow/cli/dbt_connectors/adapter_backed_client.py
index 9520e9e5af..98d76916b9 100644
--- a/dbt-metricflow/dbt_metricflow/cli/dbt_connectors/adapter_backed_client.py
+++ b/dbt-metricflow/dbt_metricflow/cli/dbt_connectors/adapter_backed_client.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import time
 
 from dbt.adapters.base.impl import BaseAdapter
-from dbt.exceptions import DbtDatabaseError
+from dbt_common.exceptions.base import DbtDatabaseError
 from dbt_semantic_interfaces.enum_extension import assert_values_exhausted
 from metricflow_semantics.errors.error_classes import SqlBindParametersNotSupportedError
 from metricflow_semantics.mf_logging.formatting import indent