diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 266ee42..ecf9bd4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /vendor/
 composer.lock
 .php-cs-fixer.cache
+.phpunit.result.cache
diff --git a/phpstan-baseline.neon b/phpstan-baseline.neon
index 813ca70..391726d 100644
--- a/phpstan-baseline.neon
+++ b/phpstan-baseline.neon
@@ -10,8 +10,3 @@ parameters:
 			count: 1
 			path: src/DBALEventStore.php
 
-		-
-			message: "#^Method Broadway\\\\EventStore\\\\Dbal\\\\DBALEventStore\\:\\:prepareVisitEventsStatement\\(\\) should return Doctrine\\\\DBAL\\\\Driver\\\\Statement but returns Doctrine\\\\DBAL\\\\ForwardCompatibility\\\\DriverResultStatement\\|Doctrine\\\\DBAL\\\\ForwardCompatibility\\\\DriverStatement\\.$#"
-			count: 1
-			path: src/DBALEventStore.php
-
diff --git a/src/DBALEventStore.php b/src/DBALEventStore.php
index 8bea171..c1db3ad 100644
--- a/src/DBALEventStore.php
+++ b/src/DBALEventStore.php
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
 use Broadway\Serializer\Serializer;
 use Broadway\UuidGenerator\Converter\BinaryUuidConverterInterface;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\DBALException;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Statement;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\UniqueConstraintViolationException;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Result;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Version;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Statement;
 
 /**
  * Event store using a relational database as storage.
@@ -88,13 +88,9 @@ public function __construct(
         $this->payloadSerializer = $payloadSerializer;
         $this->metadataSerializer = $metadataSerializer;
         $this->tableName = $tableName;
-        $this->useBinary = (bool) $useBinary;
+        $this->useBinary = $useBinary;
         $this->binaryUuidConverter = $binaryUuidConverter;
 
-        if ($this->useBinary && Version::compare('2.5.0') >= 0) {
-            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The Binary storage is only available with Doctrine DBAL >= 2.5.0');
-        }
-
         if ($this->useBinary && null === $binaryUuidConverter) {
             throw new \LogicException('binary UUID converter is required when using binary');
         }
@@ -108,10 +104,10 @@ public function load($id): DomainEventStream
         $statement = $this->prepareLoadStatement();
         $statement->bindValue(1, $this->convertIdentifierToStorageValue($id));
         $statement->bindValue(2, 0);
-        $statement->execute();
+        $result = $statement->executeQuery();
 
         $events = [];
-        while ($row = $statement->fetch()) {
+        while ($row = $result->fetchAssociative()) {
             $events[] = $this->deserializeEvent($row);
         }
 
@@ -130,10 +126,10 @@ public function loadFromPlayhead($id, int $playhead): DomainEventStream
         $statement = $this->prepareLoadStatement();
         $statement->bindValue(1, $this->convertIdentifierToStorageValue($id));
         $statement->bindValue(2, $playhead);
-        $statement->execute();
+        $result = $statement->executeQuery();
 
         $events = [];
-        while ($row = $statement->fetch()) {
+        while ($row = $result->fetchAssociative()) {
             $events[] = $this->deserializeEvent($row);
         }
 
@@ -165,7 +161,7 @@ public function append($id, DomainEventStream $eventStream): void
             $this->connection->rollBack();
 
             throw new DuplicatePlayheadException($eventStream, $exception);
-        } catch (DBALException $exception) {
+        } catch (Exception $exception) {
             $this->connection->rollBack();
 
             throw DBALEventStoreException::create($exception);
@@ -293,17 +289,16 @@ private function convertStorageValueToIdentifier($id)
 
     public function visitEvents(Criteria $criteria, EventVisitor $eventVisitor): void
     {
-        $statement = $this->prepareVisitEventsStatement($criteria);
-        $statement->execute();
+        $result = $this->prepareVisitEventsStatement($criteria);
 
-        while ($row = $statement->fetch()) {
+        while ($row = $result->fetchAssociative()) {
             $domainMessage = $this->deserializeEvent($row);
 
             $eventVisitor->doWithEvent($domainMessage);
         }
     }
 
-    private function prepareVisitEventsStatement(Criteria $criteria): Statement
+    private function prepareVisitEventsStatement(Criteria $criteria): Result
     {
         list($where, $bindValues, $bindValueTypes) = $this->prepareVisitEventsStatementWhereAndBindValues($criteria);
         $query = 'SELECT uuid, playhead, metadata, payload, recorded_on
@@ -311,9 +306,7 @@ private function prepareVisitEventsStatement(Criteria $criteria): Statement
             '.$where.'
             ORDER BY id ASC';
 
-        $statement = $this->connection->executeQuery($query, $bindValues, $bindValueTypes);
-
-        return $statement;
+        return $this->connection->executeQuery($query, $bindValues, $bindValueTypes);
     }
 
     private function prepareVisitEventsStatementWhereAndBindValues(Criteria $criteria): array
diff --git a/src/DBALEventStoreException.php b/src/DBALEventStoreException.php
index 7d5f552..f83fed9 100644
--- a/src/DBALEventStoreException.php
+++ b/src/DBALEventStoreException.php
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 namespace Broadway\EventStore\Dbal;
 
 use Broadway\EventStore\EventStoreException;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\DBALException;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception;
 
 /**
  * Wraps exceptions thrown by the DBAL event store.
  */
 class DBALEventStoreException extends EventStoreException
 {
-    public static function create(DBALException $exception): DBALEventStoreException
+    public static function create(Exception $exception): DBALEventStoreException
     {
         return new DBALEventStoreException('', 0, $exception);
     }
diff --git a/test/BinaryDBALEventStoreTest.php b/test/BinaryDBALEventStoreTest.php
index 5436cc2..0c7b48f 100644
--- a/test/BinaryDBALEventStoreTest.php
+++ b/test/BinaryDBALEventStoreTest.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Version;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Types;
 
 /**
  * @requires extension pdo_sqlite
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ class BinaryDBALEventStoreTest extends DBALEventStoreTest
 
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
-        if (Version::compare('2.5.0') >= 0) {
-            $this->markTestSkipped('Binary type is only available for Doctrine >= v2.5');
-        }
-
         $connection = DriverManager::getConnection(['driver' => 'pdo_sqlite', 'memory' => true]);
         $schemaManager = $connection->getSchemaManager();
         $schema = $schemaManager->createSchema();
@@ -61,7 +57,7 @@ public function table_should_contain_binary_uuid_column()
         $uuidColumn = $this->table->getColumn('uuid');
 
         $this->assertEquals(16, $uuidColumn->getLength());
-        $this->assertEquals(Type::getType(Type::BINARY), $uuidColumn->getType());
+        $this->assertEquals(Type::getType(Types::BINARY), $uuidColumn->getType());
         $this->assertTrue($uuidColumn->getFixed());
     }
 
diff --git a/test/Management/BinaryDBALEventStoreManagementTest.php b/test/Management/BinaryDBALEventStoreManagementTest.php
index abc398a..f38f3ac 100644
--- a/test/Management/BinaryDBALEventStoreManagementTest.php
+++ b/test/Management/BinaryDBALEventStoreManagementTest.php
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 use Broadway\Serializer\SimpleInterfaceSerializer;
 use Broadway\UuidGenerator\Converter\BinaryUuidConverter;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Version;
 
 /**
  * @requires extension pdo_sqlite
@@ -29,10 +28,6 @@ class BinaryDBALEventStoreManagementTest extends DBALEventStoreManagementTest
 
     public function createEventStore()
     {
-        if (Version::compare('2.5.0') >= 0) {
-            $this->markTestSkipped('Binary type is only available for Doctrine >= v2.5');
-        }
-
         $connection = DriverManager::getConnection(['driver' => 'pdo_sqlite', 'memory' => true]);
         $schemaManager = $connection->getSchemaManager();
         $schema = $schemaManager->createSchema();