diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 27d8b7f8..c0e3db09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,14 @@
 Change log
 ==========
 
-0.9.1 (2023-xx-xx)
+0.10.0 (2023-xx-xx)
+------------------
+
+**Breaking change**
+
+- Failures during type/shape inference and model validation now use exceptions defined in ``spox`` rather than passing through exceptions from ``onnx``. This addresses an issues where the type of the exceptions raised from ``onnx`` depends on the host platform.
+
+0.9.1 (2023-10-05)
 ------------------
 
 **Bug fix**
diff --git a/src/spox/_exceptions.py b/src/spox/_exceptions.py
index 91fd34d8..95cd6bbc 100644
--- a/src/spox/_exceptions.py
+++ b/src/spox/_exceptions.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import onnx.shape_inference
-
-InferenceError = onnx.shape_inference.InferenceError
-ValidationError = onnx.checker.ValidationError
+class InferenceError(ValueError):
+    """An error originating from the type or shape inference."""
 
 
 class InferenceWarning(Warning):
@@ -27,4 +25,4 @@ class BuildError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-__all__ = ["InferenceWarning", "InferenceError", "ValidationError"]
+__all__ = ["InferenceWarning", "InferenceError"]
diff --git a/src/spox/_graph.py b/src/spox/_graph.py
index 11d2c5ee..edc8f9ab 100644
--- a/src/spox/_graph.py
+++ b/src/spox/_graph.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from ._schemas import max_opset_policy
 from ._type_system import Tensor, Type
 from ._utils import from_array
+from ._utils import infer_shapes as _infer_shapes
 from ._var import Var
 
 
@@ -418,7 +419,9 @@ def to_onnx_model(
         )
 
         if infer_shapes:
-            model = onnx.shape_inference.infer_shapes(model)
+            model = _infer_shapes(
+                model, check_type=False, strict_mode=False, data_prop=False
+            )
         if check_model:
             onnx.checker.check_model(model, full_check=check_model >= 2)
         return model
diff --git a/src/spox/_standard.py b/src/spox/_standard.py
index aca55a41..0184ca4b 100644
--- a/src/spox/_standard.py
+++ b/src/spox/_standard.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from ._scope import Scope
 from ._shape import SimpleShape
 from ._type_system import Optional, Sequence, Tensor, Type
-from ._utils import from_array
+from ._utils import from_array, infer_shapes
 from ._value_prop import PropValueType
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -134,11 +134,11 @@ def infer_output_types_onnx(self) -> Dict[str, Type]:
 
         # Attempt to do shape inference - if an error is caught, we extend the traceback a bit
         try:
-            typed_model = onnx.shape_inference.infer_shapes(
+            typed_model = infer_shapes(
                 model, check_type=True, strict_mode=True, data_prop=True
             )
         except InferenceError as e:
-            raise type(e)(
+            raise InferenceError(
                 f"{str(e)} -- for {self.schema.name}: {self.signature}"
             ) from e
 
diff --git a/src/spox/_utils.py b/src/spox/_utils.py
index ab4ccfb4..5c344cb1 100644
--- a/src/spox/_utils.py
+++ b/src/spox/_utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 import numpy as np
 import numpy.typing as npt
 import onnx
-from onnx import TensorProto
+from onnx import ModelProto, TensorProto
+
+from ._exceptions import InferenceError
 
 
 def tensor_type_to_dtype(ttype: int) -> np.dtype:
@@ -61,3 +63,24 @@ def from_array(arr: np.ndarray, name: Optional[str] = None) -> TensorProto:
         ).flatten(),
         raw=False,
     )
+
+
+def infer_shapes(
+    model: ModelProto, *, check_type: bool, strict_mode: bool, data_prop: bool
+):
+    """Infer the types and shapes of this model.
+
+    This function normalized the exception raised by onnx which appears to be platform dependent.
+
+    Raises
+    ------
+    InferenceError :
+        If the type or shape inference failed.
+    """
+    try:
+        return onnx.shape_inference.infer_shapes(
+            model, check_type=True, strict_mode=True, data_prop=True
+        )
+    except (onnx.shape_inference.InferenceError, RuntimeError) as e:
+        # onnx to raises a less descriptive `RuntimeError`s on MacOS out of needless cruelty
+        raise InferenceError(str(e)) from e
diff --git a/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/ml/v3.py b/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/ml/v3.py
index 5ef6d835..767c3cd2 100644
--- a/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/ml/v3.py
+++ b/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/ml/v3.py
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@
     AttrTensor,
     AttrType,
 )
+from spox._exceptions import InferenceError  # noqa: F401
 from spox._fields import BaseAttributes, BaseInputs, BaseOutputs  # noqa: F401
 from spox._graph import Graph, subgraph  # noqa: F401
 from spox._internal_op import intro  # noqa: F401
 from spox._node import OpType  # noqa: F401
-from spox._standard import InferenceError, StandardNode  # noqa: F401
+from spox._standard import StandardNode  # noqa: F401
 from spox._type_system import Sequence as SpoxSequence  # noqa: F401
 from spox._type_system import Tensor, Type
 from spox._value_prop import PropValueType  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/v17.py b/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/v17.py
index 896e3dfc..e4df1069 100644
--- a/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/v17.py
+++ b/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/v17.py
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@
     AttrTensor,
     AttrType,
 )
+from spox._exceptions import InferenceError  # noqa: F401
 from spox._fields import BaseAttributes, BaseInputs, BaseOutputs  # noqa: F401
 from spox._graph import Graph, subgraph  # noqa: F401
 from spox._internal_op import intro  # noqa: F401
 from spox._node import OpType  # noqa: F401
-from spox._standard import InferenceError, StandardNode  # noqa: F401
+from spox._standard import StandardNode  # noqa: F401
 from spox._type_system import Sequence as SpoxSequence  # noqa: F401
 from spox._type_system import Tensor, Type
 from spox._value_prop import PropValueType  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/v18.py b/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/v18.py
index 0cd9e3ce..196055a1 100644
--- a/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/v18.py
+++ b/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/v18.py
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@
     AttrTensor,
     AttrType,
 )
+from spox._exceptions import InferenceError  # noqa: F401
 from spox._fields import BaseAttributes, BaseInputs, BaseOutputs  # noqa: F401
 from spox._graph import Graph, subgraph  # noqa: F401
 from spox._internal_op import intro  # noqa: F401
 from spox._node import OpType  # noqa: F401
-from spox._standard import InferenceError, StandardNode  # noqa: F401
+from spox._standard import StandardNode  # noqa: F401
 from spox._type_system import Sequence as SpoxSequence  # noqa: F401
 from spox._type_system import Tensor, Type
 from spox._value_prop import PropValueType  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/v19.py b/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/v19.py
index 6695deb6..f1d829a0 100644
--- a/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/v19.py
+++ b/src/spox/opset/ai/onnx/v19.py
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@
     AttrTensor,
     AttrType,
 )
+from spox._exceptions import InferenceError  # noqa: F401
 from spox._fields import BaseAttributes, BaseInputs, BaseOutputs  # noqa: F401
 from spox._graph import Graph, subgraph  # noqa: F401
 from spox._internal_op import intro  # noqa: F401
 from spox._node import OpType  # noqa: F401
-from spox._standard import InferenceError, StandardNode  # noqa: F401
+from spox._standard import StandardNode  # noqa: F401
 from spox._type_system import Sequence as SpoxSequence  # noqa: F401
 from spox._type_system import Tensor, Type
 from spox._value_prop import PropValueType  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/tests/type_inference/test_compress.py b/tests/type_inference/test_compress.py
index 9ec5acd6..6f4ee9c0 100644
--- a/tests/type_inference/test_compress.py
+++ b/tests/type_inference/test_compress.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import pytest
 
 import spox.opset.ai.onnx.v17 as op
+from spox._exceptions import InferenceError
 from spox._graph import arguments
-from spox._standard import InferenceError
 from spox._type_system import Tensor
 
 
diff --git a/tests/type_inference/test_imputer.py b/tests/type_inference/test_imputer.py
index 0686b33d..217ccd50 100644
--- a/tests/type_inference/test_imputer.py
+++ b/tests/type_inference/test_imputer.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 import pytest
 
 import spox.opset.ai.onnx.ml.v3 as op_ml
+from spox._exceptions import InferenceError
 from spox._graph import arguments
-from spox._standard import InferenceError
 from spox._type_system import Tensor
 
 
diff --git a/tests/type_inference/test_one_hot.py b/tests/type_inference/test_one_hot.py
index b7a80460..4f27d51c 100644
--- a/tests/type_inference/test_one_hot.py
+++ b/tests/type_inference/test_one_hot.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import pytest
 
 import spox.opset.ai.onnx.v17 as op
+from spox._exceptions import InferenceError
 from spox._graph import arguments
-from spox._standard import InferenceError
 from spox._type_system import Tensor
 
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def test_one_hot_inference_checks_axis_in_range():
     x, y, z = arguments(
         x=Tensor(int, ("N", "M")), y=Tensor(int, ()), z=Tensor(float, (2,))
     )
-    with pytest.raises(InferenceError):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         assert op.one_hot(x, y, z, axis=-4)
     with pytest.raises(InferenceError):
         assert op.one_hot(x, y, z, axis=3)
diff --git a/tests/type_inference/test_scaler.py b/tests/type_inference/test_scaler.py
index e41a4638..57e7ebfb 100644
--- a/tests/type_inference/test_scaler.py
+++ b/tests/type_inference/test_scaler.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 import pytest
 
 import spox.opset.ai.onnx.ml.v3 as op_ml
+from spox._exceptions import InferenceError
 from spox._graph import arguments
-from spox._standard import InferenceError
 from spox._type_system import Tensor
 
 
diff --git a/tools/templates/preamble.jinja2 b/tools/templates/preamble.jinja2
index 03f8480b..10edc40e 100644
--- a/tools/templates/preamble.jinja2
+++ b/tools/templates/preamble.jinja2
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ from spox._attributes import (
     AttrTensor,
     AttrType,
 )
+from spox._exceptions import InferenceError  # noqa: F401
 from spox._graph import Graph, subgraph  # noqa: F401
 from spox._internal_op import intro  # noqa: F401
 from spox._node import OpType  # noqa: F401
-from spox._standard import InferenceError, StandardNode  # noqa: F401
+from spox._standard import StandardNode  # noqa: F401
 from spox._type_system import Tensor, Type, Sequence as SpoxSequence  # noqa: F401
 from spox._value_prop import PropValueType  # noqa: F401