diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6f1fe7f..f2dbec6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ classifiers = [
 requires-python = ">= 3.8"
 dependencies = [
         "SQLAlchemy-Continuum",
-        "WuttJamaican[db]>=0.17.0",
+        "WuttJamaican[db]>=0.24.1",
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/src/wutta_continuum/db/alembic/versions/989392cc191d_remove_password.py b/src/wutta_continuum/db/alembic/versions/989392cc191d_remove_password.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..545f75a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wutta_continuum/db/alembic/versions/989392cc191d_remove_password.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"""remove password
+
+Revision ID: 989392cc191d
+Revises: 0a5f8ac0cd06
+Create Date: 2025-10-29 19:42:52.985167
+
+"""
+
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+import wuttjamaican.db.util
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision: str = "989392cc191d"
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = "0a5f8ac0cd06"
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+
+    # user
+    op.drop_column("user_version", "password")
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+
+    # user
+    op.add_column(
+        "user_version",
+        sa.Column(
+            "password", sa.VARCHAR(length=60), autoincrement=False, nullable=True
+        ),
+    )