diff --git a/otio_openassetio/operations/openassetio_media_linker.py b/otio_openassetio/operations/openassetio_media_linker.py
index e6b291e..89c23fb 100644
--- a/otio_openassetio/operations/openassetio_media_linker.py
+++ b/otio_openassetio/operations/openassetio_media_linker.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from collections import namedtuple
 
-from openassetio import log, exceptions
+from openassetio import log, errors
 from openassetio.access import ResolveAccess
 from openassetio.hostApi import HostInterface, ManagerFactory
 from openassetio.pluginSystem import PythonPluginSystemManagerImplementationFactory
@@ -60,9 +60,12 @@ def link_media_reference(in_clip, media_linker_argument_map):
             ResolveAccess.kRead,
             session_state.context,
         )
-        mr.target_url = LocatableContentTrait(entity_data).getLocation()
+        target_url = LocatableContentTrait(entity_data).getLocation()
+        if target_url is None:
+            raise ValueError(f"Entity '{entity_reference}' has no location")
+        mr.target_url = target_url
     except Exception as exc:
-        raise exceptions.EntityResolutionError(
+        raise errors.OpenAssetIOException(
             "Failed to resolve location from LocatableContent trait", entity_reference
         ) from exc
 
@@ -152,7 +155,14 @@ def _createSessionState(args: dict) -> SessionState:
     else:
         manager = ManagerFactory.defaultManagerForInterface(host, factory, logger)
         if not manager:
-            raise RuntimeError("No default OpenAssetIO manager configured")
+            raise errors.ConfigurationException(
+                "No default OpenAssetIO manager configured"
+            )
+
+    if not manager.hasCapability(manager.Capability.kResolution):
+        raise errors.ConfigurationException(
+            f"{manager.displayName()} is not capable of resolving entity references"
+        )
 
     # The lifetime of the context would ideally be tied to each specific
     # call to read_from_string or similar. Maybe we could introspect
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d88e636..a404b17 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     },
     install_requires=[
         "OpenTimelineIO >= 0.12.0",
-        "openassetio == 1.0.0a14",
+        "openassetio >= 1.0.0b1.rev0, < 1.0.0b2.rev0",
         "openassetio-mediacreation == 1.0.0a7",
     ],
     extras_require={
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
             "pytest",
             "flake8",
             "twine",
-            "openassetio-manager-bal == 1.0.0a10"
+            "openassetio-manager-bal == 1.0.0a12"
         ]
     },
     classifiers=[
diff --git a/tests/test_otio_openassetio.py b/tests/test_otio_openassetio.py
index 14582bd..1fe50d9 100644
--- a/tests/test_otio_openassetio.py
+++ b/tests/test_otio_openassetio.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # Copyright The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 import os
+from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
 
 import opentimelineio as otio
-from openassetio import exceptions
-from openassetio.hostApi import ManagerFactory
+from openassetio import errors
+from openassetio.hostApi import ManagerFactory, Manager
+
 
 raw = """{
         "OTIO_SCHEMA": "Timeline.1",
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ def test_when_linker_used_then_references_are_resolved(bal_linker_args):
 def test_when_linker_used_with_incorrect_data_exception_thrown(
     bal_linker_args_missing_asset,
 ):
-    with pytest.raises(exceptions.EntityResolutionError):
+    with pytest.raises(errors.OpenAssetIOException):
         otio.adapters.read_from_string(
             raw,
             media_linker_name="openassetio_media_linker",
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ def test_when_linker_used_with_incorrect_data_exception_thrown(
 
 
 def test_when_manager_cant_be_found_exception_thrown(bal_linker_args_malformed_manager):
-    with pytest.raises(exceptions.PluginError):
+    with pytest.raises(errors.InputValidationException):
         otio.adapters.read_from_string(
             raw,
             media_linker_name="openassetio_media_linker",
@@ -121,16 +123,37 @@ def test_when_manager_cant_be_found_exception_thrown(bal_linker_args_malformed_m
         )
 
 
+def test_when_manager_cant_resolve_then_exception_thrown(bal_linker_args, monkeypatch):
+    hasCapability = mock.Mock(spec=Manager.hasCapability)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Manager, "hasCapability", hasCapability)
+    hasCapability.return_value = False
+
+    with pytest.raises(
+        errors.ConfigurationException,
+        match="Basic Asset Library 📖 is not capable of resolving entity references",
+    ):
+        otio.adapters.read_from_string(
+            raw,
+            media_linker_name="openassetio_media_linker",
+            media_linker_argument_map=bal_linker_args,
+        )
+
+    hasCapability.assert_called_once_with(Manager.Capability.kResolution)
+
+
 def test_when_no_locatable_content_trait_exception_thrown(
     bal_linker_args_no_locatable_content,
 ):
-    with pytest.raises(exceptions.EntityResolutionError):
+    with pytest.raises(errors.OpenAssetIOException) as err:
         otio.adapters.read_from_string(
             raw,
             media_linker_name="openassetio_media_linker",
             media_linker_argument_map=bal_linker_args_no_locatable_content,
         )
 
+    assert isinstance(err.value.__cause__, ValueError)
+    assert str(err.value.__cause__) == "Entity 'bal:///asset1' has no location"
+
 
 def test_when_no_manager_setting_then_default_config_used(
     linker_args_no_settings, monkeypatch
@@ -148,7 +171,7 @@ def test_when_no_manager_setting_then_default_config_used(
     monkeypatch.delenv("BAL_LIBRARY_PATH", raising=False)
 
     with pytest.raises(
-        exceptions.PluginError,
+        errors.ConfigurationException,
         match="'library_path'/BAL_LIBRARY_PATH not set or is empty",
     ):
         otio.adapters.read_from_string(
@@ -163,7 +186,7 @@ def test_when_no_manager_setting_and_no_default_config_then_error_raised(
 ):
     monkeypatch.delenv(ManagerFactory.kDefaultManagerConfigEnvVarName, raising=False)
     with pytest.raises(
-        RuntimeError, match="No default OpenAssetIO manager configured"
+        errors.ConfigurationException, match="No default OpenAssetIO manager configured"
     ):
         otio.adapters.read_from_string(
             raw,