diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 7690ba8c..8d98074d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ Changelog
 unreleased
 ----------
 
+Added
+~~~~~
+
+* Support for specifying microversions for Cinder service.
+
 Removed
 ~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/rally-jobs/nova.yaml b/rally-jobs/nova.yaml
index 2f905ca3..bfabb6e8 100755
--- a/rally-jobs/nova.yaml
+++ b/rally-jobs/nova.yaml
@@ -499,12 +499,12 @@
           times: 2
           concurrency: 2
       contexts:
+        api_versions:
+          cinder:
+            version: 3.42
         users:
           tenants: 2
           users_per_tenant: 1
-      sla:
-        failure_rate:
-          max: 100
     -
       title: NovaServers.boot_server_from_volume_and_resize tests
       scenario:
diff --git a/rally_openstack/common/osclients.py b/rally_openstack/common/osclients.py
index 71bb4d0d..c291f4a5 100644
--- a/rally_openstack/common/osclients.py
+++ b/rally_openstack/common/osclients.py
@@ -505,13 +505,33 @@ class Heat(OSClient):
         return client
 
 
-@configure("cinder", default_version="3", default_service_type="block-storage",
-           supported_versions=["1", "2", "3"])
+@configure("cinder", default_version="3", default_service_type="block-storage")
 class Cinder(OSClient):
     """Wrapper for CinderClient which returns an authenticated native client.
 
     """
 
+    @classmethod
+    def validate_version(cls, version):
+        from cinderclient import api_versions
+        from cinderclient import exceptions as cinder_exc
+
+        version = str(version)
+        if version in api_versions.REPLACEMENT_VERSIONS:
+            LOG.warning(
+                f"Version {version} is not supported by Cinder. Switching "
+                f"to {api_versions.REPLACEMENT_VERSIONS[version]}."
+            )
+            version = api_versions.REPLACEMENT_VERSIONS[version]
+
+        try:
+            version_obj = api_versions.get_api_version(version)
+            if version_obj > api_versions.APIVersion(api_versions.MAX_VERSION):
+                raise cinder_exc.UnsupportedVersion()
+        except cinder_exc.UnsupportedVersion:
+            raise exceptions.RallyException(
+                "Version string '%s' is unsupported." % version) from None
+
     def create_client(self, version=None, service_type=None):
         """Return cinder client."""
         from cinderclient import client as cinder
diff --git a/samples/tasks/contexts/api-versions.json b/samples/tasks/contexts/api-versions.json
index 095681ca..e4f64d41 100644
--- a/samples/tasks/contexts/api-versions.json
+++ b/samples/tasks/contexts/api-versions.json
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
                         "version": 2.2
                     },
                     "cinder": {
-                        "version": 2,
-                        "service_type": "volumev2"
+                        "version": 3.1,
+                        "service_type": "volumev3"
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/samples/tasks/contexts/api-versions.yaml b/samples/tasks/contexts/api-versions.yaml
index b68c403a..c9861dd2 100644
--- a/samples/tasks/contexts/api-versions.yaml
+++ b/samples/tasks/contexts/api-versions.yaml
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
           nova:
             version: 2.2
           cinder:
-            version: 2
-            service_type: "volumev2"
\ No newline at end of file
+            version: 3.1
+            service_type: "volumev3"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/unit/common/test_osclients.py b/tests/unit/common/test_osclients.py
index f63d4f67..3fd50e04 100644
--- a/tests/unit/common/test_osclients.py
+++ b/tests/unit/common/test_osclients.py
@@ -649,6 +649,16 @@ class OSClientsTestCase(test.TestCase):
                 "3", **kw)
             self.assertEqual(fake_cinder, self.clients.cache["cinder"])
 
+    def test_cinder_validate_version(self):
+        osclients.Cinder.validate_version("2")
+        osclients.Cinder.validate_version("3")
+        osclients.Cinder.validate_version("3.0")
+        osclients.Cinder.validate_version("3.10")
+        self.assertRaises(exceptions.RallyException,
+                          osclients.Cinder.validate_version, "foo")
+        self.assertRaises(exceptions.RallyException,
+                          osclients.Cinder.validate_version, "3.1000")
+
     @mock.patch("%s.Manila._get_endpoint" % PATH)
     def test_manila(self, mock_manila__get_endpoint):
         mock_manila = mock.MagicMock()