diff --git a/tempest/api/database/limits/test_limits.py b/tempest/api/database/limits/test_limits.py
index 7d2fbac..4b7f2d6 100644
--- a/tempest/api/database/limits/test_limits.py
+++ b/tempest/api/database/limits/test_limits.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     def test_absolute_limits(self):
         # Test to verify if all absolute limit paramaters are
         # present when verb is ABSOLUTE
-        limits = self.client.list_db_limits()
+        limits = self.client.list_db_limits()['limits']
         expected_abs_limits = ['max_backups', 'max_volumes',
                                'max_instances', 'verb']
         absolute_limit = [l for l in limits
diff --git a/tempest/api/database/versions/test_versions.py b/tempest/api/database/versions/test_versions.py
index 55d8246..ae568b1 100644
--- a/tempest/api/database/versions/test_versions.py
+++ b/tempest/api/database/versions/test_versions.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     @test.idempotent_id('6952cd77-90cd-4dca-bb60-8e2c797940cf')
     def test_list_db_versions(self):
-        versions = self.client.list_db_versions()
+        versions = self.client.list_db_versions()['versions']
         self.assertTrue(len(versions) > 0, "No database versions found")
         # List of all versions should contain the current version, and there
         # should only be one 'current' version
diff --git a/tempest/services/database/json/limits_client.py b/tempest/services/database/json/limits_client.py
index 830b67f..9358a33 100644
--- a/tempest/services/database/json/limits_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/database/json/limits_client.py
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@
             url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, self._parse_resp(body))
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
diff --git a/tempest/services/database/json/versions_client.py b/tempest/services/database/json/versions_client.py
index ed1ba81..43d253b 100644
--- a/tempest/services/database/json/versions_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/database/json/versions_client.py
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@
 
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, self._parse_resp(body))
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)