diff --git a/examples/dbt_example/dbt_example_tests/test_pipeline.py b/examples/dbt_example/dbt_example_tests/test_pipeline.py
index 25dbbb9901b7e..70a4ed1d71faf 100644
--- a/examples/dbt_example/dbt_example_tests/test_pipeline.py
+++ b/examples/dbt_example/dbt_example_tests/test_pipeline.py
@@ -45,6 +45,5 @@ def test_pipeline(pg_hostname, postgres):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
                         "io_manager": {"config": {"base_dir": temp_dir}},
                     },
                 },
-                raise_on_error=False,
             )
             assert res.success
diff --git a/examples/dbt_example/setup.py b/examples/dbt_example/setup.py
index 2a438d60895c4..2300bc03c2286 100644
--- a/examples/dbt_example/setup.py
+++ b/examples/dbt_example/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         "dagster-postgres",
         "dagster-slack",
         "dagstermill",
-        "dbt",
+        "dbt < 0.19.0",
     ],
     author="Elementl",
     license="Apache-2.0",