diff --git a/datamodelutils/postgres_admin.py b/datamodelutils/postgres_admin.py
index 48caafe..d5da953 100644
--- a/datamodelutils/postgres_admin.py
+++ b/datamodelutils/postgres_admin.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def check_version(driver):
     loaded in memory. False if the database doesn't track version
     """
     if "root" in dictionary.schema:
-        if not (driver.engine.dialect.has_table(driver.engine, "node_root")):
+        if not sa.inspect(driver.engine).has_table("node_root"):
             return False
         with driver.session_scope():
             root_node = driver.nodes(models.Root).first()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dc53cf9..d5d5a97 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "datamodelutils"
-version = "1.1.1"
+version = "1.1.2"
 description = "Gen3 Data Model Utils"
 authors = ["CTDS UChicago <cdis@uchicago.edu>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"