diff --git a/driver-requirements.txt b/driver-requirements.txt
index f0902eecb7..f197787199 100644
--- a/driver-requirements.txt
+++ b/driver-requirements.txt
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ sushy>=1.9.0
 ansible>=2.5
 
 # HUAWEI iBMC hardware type uses the python-ibmcclient library
-python-ibmcclient>=0.1.0,<0.2.0
+python-ibmcclient>=0.1.0,!=0.2.1,<0.3.0
 
diff --git a/ironic/drivers/modules/ibmc/utils.py b/ironic/drivers/modules/ibmc/utils.py
index 5813d65e44..e3b3f6f3de 100644
--- a/ironic/drivers/modules/ibmc/utils.py
+++ b/ironic/drivers/modules/ibmc/utils.py
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ from ironic.conf import CONF
 ibmc_client = importutils.try_import('ibmcclient')
 ibmc_error = importutils.try_import('ibmc_client.exceptions')
 
+try:
+    # NOTE(Qianbiao.NG) from python-ibmcclient>=0.2.2, ConnectionError is
+    # renamed to IBMCConnectionError
+    ibmc_error.IBMCConnectionError
+except AttributeError:
+    ibmc_error.IBMCConnectionError = ibmc_error.ConnectionError
+
 LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
 
 REQUIRED_PROPERTIES = {
@@ -153,7 +160,7 @@ def handle_ibmc_exception(action):
 
             try:
                 return f(*args, **kwargs)
-            except ibmc_error.ConnectionError as e:
+            except ibmc_error.IBMCConnectionError as e:
                 error = (_('Failed to connect to iBMC for node %(node)s, '
                            'Error: %(error)s')
                          % {'node': node.uuid, 'error': e})
diff --git a/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/ibmc/test_utils.py b/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/ibmc/test_utils.py
index 87df0e6e03..705bb2816b 100644
--- a/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/ibmc/test_utils.py
+++ b/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/ibmc/test_utils.py
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ class IBMCUtilsTestCase(base.IBMCTestCase):
         conn = self.mock_ibmc_conn(connect_ibmc)
         # Mocks
         conn.system.get.side_effect = [
-            ibmc_error.ConnectionError(url=self.ibmc['address'],
-                                       error='Failed to connect to host'),
+            ibmc_error.IBMCConnectionError(url=self.ibmc['address'],
+                                           error='Failed to connect to host'),
             mock.PropertyMock(
                 boot_source_override=mock.PropertyMock(
                     target=constants.BOOT_SOURCE_TARGET_PXE,
diff --git a/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/third_party_driver_mocks.py b/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/third_party_driver_mocks.py
index fde0dc5d3b..ab1f493bb7 100644
--- a/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/third_party_driver_mocks.py
+++ b/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/third_party_driver_mocks.py
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ if not ibmc_client:
 
     # Mock iBMC client exceptions
     exceptions = mock.MagicMock()
-    exceptions.ConnectionError = (
-        type('ConnectionError', (MockKwargsException,), {}))
+    exceptions.IBMCConnectionError = (
+        type('IBMCConnectionError', (MockKwargsException,), {}))
     exceptions.IBMCClientError = (
         type('IBMCClientError', (MockKwargsException,), {}))
     sys.modules['ibmc_client.exceptions'] = exceptions