diff --git a/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/provision.py b/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/provision.py
index f8918623856ea3564484c9b3fd68aa54ce72d6ed..4d1add56393e914fece4b244068fcaf29d91c8f7 100644
--- a/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/provision.py
+++ b/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/provision.py
@@ -605,9 +605,11 @@ class PostgresqlBackendImpl(BackendImpl):
         return bool(
             engine.scalar(
                 sqlalchemy.text(
-                    "SELECT datname FROM pg_database "
-                    "WHERE datname=:name"), name=ident)
+                    "SELECT datname FROM pg_database WHERE datname=:name"
+                ),
+                {'name': ident},
             )
+        )
 
     def _close_out_database_users(self, conn, ident):
         """Attempt to guarantee a database can be dropped.
@@ -631,7 +633,9 @@ class PostgresqlBackendImpl(BackendImpl):
                     "WHERE usename=current_user AND "
                     "pid != pg_backend_pid() AND "
                     "datname=:dname"
-                ), dname=ident)
+                ),
+                {'dname': ident},
+            )
 
 
 def _random_ident():
diff --git a/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/utils.py b/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/utils.py
index 180b07f72b3bf6b6c2f6022ca380e4e40421336d..90236d50efbeb25ee9f49804e71c24c3680e406b 100644
--- a/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/utils.py
+++ b/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/utils.py
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ def get_non_innodb_tables(connectable, skip_tables=('migrate_version',
 
     params['database'] = connectable.engine.url.database
     query = text(query_str)
-    noninnodb = connectable.execute(query, **params)
+    noninnodb = connectable.execute(query, params)
     return [i[0] for i in noninnodb]
 
 
diff --git a/oslo_db/tests/fixtures.py b/oslo_db/tests/fixtures.py
index 561ebc558055cb12449b808583ba5cf3ec96d262..ccecccd4c3d5a8f4bfa03f6f14c904221534f112 100644
--- a/oslo_db/tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/oslo_db/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ class WarningsFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
             message=r'The Engine.execute\(\) method is considered legacy .*',
             category=sqla_exc.SADeprecationWarning)
 
-        warnings.filterwarnings(
-            'once',
-            message=r'The connection.execute\(\) method in SQLAlchemy 2.0 .*',
-            category=sqla_exc.SADeprecationWarning)
-
         warnings.filterwarnings(
             'once',
             message=r'Calling the mapper\(\) function directly outside .*',
diff --git a/oslo_db/tests/sqlalchemy/test_sqlalchemy.py b/oslo_db/tests/sqlalchemy/test_sqlalchemy.py
index 003a49aa33e5b589a208dd349d5f0ff8f63f3640..45539c5f90d3d07c902bbf19f9c13410a16c52da 100644
--- a/oslo_db/tests/sqlalchemy/test_sqlalchemy.py
+++ b/oslo_db/tests/sqlalchemy/test_sqlalchemy.py
@@ -324,8 +324,7 @@ class MySQLModeTestCase(db_test_base._MySQLOpportunisticTestCase):
 
     def _test_string_too_long(self, value):
         with self.connection.begin():
-            self.connection.execute(self.test_table.insert(),
-                                    bar=value)
+            self.connection.execute(self.test_table.insert(), {'bar': value})
             result = self.connection.execute(self.test_table.select())
             return result.fetchone().bar