diff --git a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/file_io.hpp b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/file_io.hpp
index 4e2af4f..aa3b9a9 100644
--- a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/file_io.hpp
+++ b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/file_io.hpp
@@ -170,11 +170,11 @@
 {
   public:
     Handler(oem_platform::Handler* oemPlatformHandler, int hostSockFd,
-            uint8_t hostEid, dbus_api::Requester* dbusImplReqester,
+            uint8_t hostEid, pldm::InstanceIdDb* instanceIdDb,
             pldm::requester::Handler<pldm::requester::Request>* handler) :
         oemPlatformHandler(oemPlatformHandler),
-        hostSockFd(hostSockFd), hostEid(hostEid),
-        dbusImplReqester(dbusImplReqester), handler(handler)
+        hostSockFd(hostSockFd), hostEid(hostEid), instanceIdDb(instanceIdDb),
+        handler(handler)
     {
         handlers.emplace(PLDM_READ_FILE_INTO_MEMORY,
                          [this](const pldm_msg* request, size_t payloadLength) {
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
             pldm::utils::DBusHandler::getBus(),
             sdbusplus::bus::match::rules::interfacesAdded() +
                 sdbusplus::bus::match::rules::argNpath(0, dumpObjPath),
-            [this, hostSockFd, hostEid, dbusImplReqester,
+            [this, hostSockFd, hostEid, instanceIdDb,
              handler](sdbusplus::message_t& msg) {
             std::map<std::string,
                      std::map<std::string, std::variant<std::string, uint32_t>>>
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
                         .emplace_back(
                             std::make_unique<
                                 pldm::requester::oem_ibm::DbusToFileHandler>(
-                                hostSockFd, hostEid, dbusImplReqester, path,
+                                hostSockFd, hostEid, instanceIdDb, path,
                                 handler))
                         ->processNewResourceDump(vspstring, password);
                     break;
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
             pldm::utils::DBusHandler::getBus(),
             sdbusplus::bus::match::rules::interfacesAdded() +
                 sdbusplus::bus::match::rules::argNpath(0, certObjPath),
-            [this, hostSockFd, hostEid, dbusImplReqester,
+            [this, hostSockFd, hostEid, instanceIdDb,
              handler](sdbusplus::message_t& msg) {
             std::map<std::string,
                      std::map<std::string, std::variant<std::string, uint32_t>>>
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@
                                 .emplace_back(
                                     std::make_unique<pldm::requester::oem_ibm::
                                                          DbusToFileHandler>(
-                                        hostSockFd, hostEid, dbusImplReqester,
-                                        path, handler))
+                                        hostSockFd, hostEid, instanceIdDb, path,
+                                        handler))
                                 ->newCsrFileAvailable(csr, fileHandle);
                             break;
                         }
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
     oem_platform::Handler* oemPlatformHandler;
     int hostSockFd;
     uint8_t hostEid;
-    dbus_api::Requester* dbusImplReqester;
+    pldm::InstanceIdDb* instanceIdDb;
     using DBusInterfaceAdded = std::vector<std::pair<
         std::string,
         std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::variant<std::string>>>>>;
diff --git a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/oem_ibm_handler.cpp b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/oem_ibm_handler.cpp
index fd1b0c4..c4befbb 100644
--- a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/oem_ibm_handler.cpp
+++ b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/oem_ibm_handler.cpp
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@
     eventClass->sensor_offset = sensorOffset;
     eventClass->event_state = eventState;
     eventClass->previous_event_state = prevEventState;
-    auto instanceId = requester.getInstanceId(mctp_eid);
+    auto instanceId = instanceIdDb.next(mctp_eid);
     std::vector<uint8_t> requestMsg(sizeof(pldm_msg_hdr) +
                                     PLDM_PLATFORM_EVENT_MESSAGE_MIN_REQ_BYTES +
                                     sensorEventDataVec.size());
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
     if (rc != PLDM_SUCCESS)
     {
         error("Failed to encode state sensor event, rc = {RC}", "RC", rc);
-        requester.markFree(mctp_eid, instanceId);
+        instanceIdDb.free(mctp_eid, instanceId);
         return;
     }
     rc = sendEventToHost(requestMsg, instanceId);
diff --git a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/oem_ibm_handler.hpp b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/oem_ibm_handler.hpp
index 4de6835..520d060 100644
--- a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/oem_ibm_handler.hpp
+++ b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/oem_ibm_handler.hpp
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@
   public:
     Handler(const pldm::utils::DBusHandler* dBusIntf,
             pldm::responder::CodeUpdate* codeUpdate, int mctp_fd,
-            uint8_t mctp_eid, pldm::dbus_api::Requester& requester,
+            uint8_t mctp_eid, pldm::InstanceIdDb& instanceIdDb,
             sdeventplus::Event& event,
             pldm::requester::Handler<pldm::requester::Request>* handler) :
         oem_platform::Handler(dBusIntf),
         codeUpdate(codeUpdate), platformHandler(nullptr), mctp_fd(mctp_fd),
-        mctp_eid(mctp_eid), requester(requester), event(event), handler(handler)
+        mctp_eid(mctp_eid), instanceIdDb(instanceIdDb), event(event),
+        handler(handler)
     {
         codeUpdate->setVersions();
         setEventReceiverCnt = 0;
@@ -192,10 +193,9 @@
     /** @brief MCTP EID of host firmware */
     uint8_t mctp_eid;
 
-    /** @brief reference to Requester object, primarily used to access API to
-     *  obtain PLDM instance id.
-     */
-    pldm::dbus_api::Requester& requester;
+    /** @brief reference to an InstanceIdDb object, used to obtain a PLDM
+     * instance id. */
+    pldm::InstanceIdDb& instanceIdDb;
     /** @brief sdeventplus event source */
     std::unique_ptr<sdeventplus::source::Defer> assembleImageEvent;
     std::unique_ptr<sdeventplus::source::Defer> startUpdateEvent;
diff --git a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/platform_oem_ibm.cpp b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/platform_oem_ibm.cpp
index e7966a2..022404c 100644
--- a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/platform_oem_ibm.cpp
+++ b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/platform_oem_ibm.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 namespace platform
 {
 int sendBiosAttributeUpdateEvent(
-    uint8_t eid, dbus_api::Requester* requester,
+    uint8_t eid, pldm::InstanceIdDb* instanceIdDb,
     const std::vector<uint16_t>& handles,
     pldm::requester::Handler<pldm::requester::Request>* handler)
 {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
             "EXCEP_NAME", e.name());
     }
 
-    auto instanceId = requester->getInstanceId(eid);
+    auto instanceId = instanceIdDb->next(eid);
 
     std::vector<uint8_t> requestMsg(
         sizeof(pldm_msg_hdr) + sizeof(pldm_bios_attribute_update_event_req) -
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         error(
             "BIOS Attribute update event message encode failure. PLDM error code = {RC}",
             "RC", lg2::hex, rc);
-        requester->markFree(eid, instanceId);
+        instanceIdDb->free(eid, instanceId);
         return rc;
     }
 
diff --git a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/platform_oem_ibm.hpp b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/platform_oem_ibm.hpp
index 94dc2dd..13ec2d5 100644
--- a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/platform_oem_ibm.hpp
+++ b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/platform_oem_ibm.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "pldmd/dbus_impl_requester.hpp"
+#include "pldmd/instance_id.hpp"
 #include "requester/handler.hpp"
 
 #include <vector>
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
  *  list of BIOS attribute handles.
  *
  *  @param[in] eid - MCTP EID of host firmware
- *  @param[in] requester - pointer to Requester object
+ *  @param[in] instanceIdDb - pointer to InstanceIdDb object
  *  @param[in] handles - List of BIOS attribute handles
  *  @param[in] handler - PLDM request handler
  */
 int sendBiosAttributeUpdateEvent(
-    uint8_t eid, dbus_api::Requester* requester,
+    uint8_t eid, pldm::InstanceIdDb* instanceIdDb,
     const std::vector<uint16_t>& handles,
     pldm::requester::Handler<pldm::requester::Request>* handler);