diff --git a/pkg/spanner/client.go b/pkg/spanner/client.go
index 90a68d9..31e0609 100644
--- a/pkg/spanner/client.go
+++ b/pkg/spanner/client.go
@@ -311,6 +311,13 @@ func (c *Client) ExecuteMigrations(ctx context.Context, migrations Migrations, l
 				}
 			}
 		case statementKindDML:
+			if _, err := c.ApplyDML(ctx, m.Statements); err != nil {
+				return &Error{
+					Code: ErrorCodeExecuteMigrations,
+					err:  err,
+				}
+			}
+		case statementKindPartitionedDML:
 			if _, err := c.ApplyPartitionedDML(ctx, m.Statements); err != nil {
 				return &Error{
 					Code: ErrorCodeExecuteMigrations,
diff --git a/pkg/spanner/migration.go b/pkg/spanner/migration.go
index c47cc95..daa709c 100644
--- a/pkg/spanner/migration.go
+++ b/pkg/spanner/migration.go
@@ -42,12 +42,19 @@ var (
 
 	MigrationNameRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+`)
 
-	dmlRegex = regexp.MustCompile("^(UPDATE|DELETE)[\t\n\f\r ].*")
+	dmlAnyRegex = regexp.MustCompile("(?i)^(UPDATE|DELETE|INSERT)[\t\n\f\r ].*")
+
+	// Instead of a regex to determine if a DML statement is a PartitionedDML we check if it's
+	// not a PartitionedDML by checking for INSERT statements.
+	// An improvement would be to use spanners algo to distinguish between DML types.
+	notPartitionedDmlRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^INSERT`)
+
 )
 
 const (
 	statementKindDDL statementKind = "DDL"
 	statementKindDML statementKind = "DML"
+	statementKindPartitionedDML statementKind = "PartitionedDML"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -143,27 +150,55 @@ func inspectStatementsKind(statements []string) (statementKind, error) {
 	kindMap := map[statementKind]uint64{
 		statementKindDDL: 0,
 		statementKindDML: 0,
+		statementKindPartitionedDML: 0,
 	}
 
 	for _, s := range statements {
-		if isDML(s) {
-			kindMap[statementKindDML]++
-		} else {
-			kindMap[statementKindDDL]++
-		}
+		kindMap[getStatementKind(s)]++
 	}
 
-	if kindMap[statementKindDML] > 0 {
-		if kindMap[statementKindDDL] > 0 {
-			return "", errors.New("Cannot specify DDL and DML at same migration file.")
-		}
+	if distinctKind(kindMap, statementKindDDL) {
+		return statementKindDDL, nil
+	}
 
+	if distinctKind(kindMap, statementKindDML) {
 		return statementKindDML, nil
 	}
 
-	return statementKindDDL, nil
+	if distinctKind(kindMap, statementKindPartitionedDML) {
+		return statementKindPartitionedDML, nil
+	}
+
+	return "", errors.New("Cannot specify DDL and DML in the same migration file")
+}
+
+func distinctKind(kindMap map[statementKind]uint64, kind statementKind) bool {
+	target := kindMap[kind]
+
+	var total uint64
+	for k:= range kindMap {
+		total = total + kindMap[k]
+	}
+
+	return target == total
+}
+
+func getStatementKind(statement string) statementKind {
+	if isPartitionedDMLOnly(statement){
+		return statementKindPartitionedDML
+	}
+
+	if isDMLAny(statement){
+		return statementKindDML
+	}
+
+	return statementKindDDL
+}
+
+func isPartitionedDMLOnly(statement string) bool {
+	return isDMLAny(statement) && !notPartitionedDmlRegex.Match([]byte(statement))
 }
 
-func isDML(statement string) bool {
-	return dmlRegex.Match([]byte(statement))
+func isDMLAny(statement string) bool {
+	return dmlAnyRegex.Match([]byte(statement))
 }
diff --git a/pkg/spanner/migration_test.go b/pkg/spanner/migration_test.go
index 4bc875e..0c5adba 100644
--- a/pkg/spanner/migration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/spanner/migration_test.go
@@ -17,17 +17,21 @@
 // IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
 // CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-package spanner_test
+package spanner
 
 import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
+)
 
-	"github.com/cloudspannerecosystem/wrench/pkg/spanner"
+const (
+	TestStmtDDL            = "ALTER TABLE Singers ADD COLUMN Foo STRING(MAX)"
+	TestStmtPartitionedDML = "UPDATE Singers SET FirstName = \"Bar\" WHERE SingerID = \"1\""
+	TestStmtDML            = "INSERT INTO Singers(FirstName) VALUES(\"Bar\")"
 )
 
 func TestLoadMigrations(t *testing.T) {
-	ms, err := spanner.LoadMigrations(filepath.Join("testdata", "migrations"))
+	ms, err := LoadMigrations(filepath.Join("testdata", "migrations"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -63,3 +67,103 @@ func TestLoadMigrations(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_getStatementKind(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		statement string
+		want      statementKind
+	}{
+		{
+			"ALTER statement is DDL",
+			TestStmtDDL,
+			statementKindDDL,
+		},
+		{
+			"UPDATE statement is PartitionedDML",
+			TestStmtPartitionedDML,
+			statementKindPartitionedDML,
+		},
+		{
+			"INSERT statement is DML",
+			TestStmtDML,
+			statementKindDML,
+		},
+		{
+			"lowercase insert statement is DML",
+			TestStmtDML,
+			statementKindDML,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := getStatementKind(tt.statement); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("getStatementKind() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_inspectStatementsKind(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		statements []string
+		want       statementKind
+		wantErr    bool
+	}{
+		{
+			"Only DDL returns DDL",
+			[]string{TestStmtDDL, TestStmtDDL},
+			statementKindDDL,
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"Only PartitionedDML returns PartitionedDML",
+			[]string{TestStmtPartitionedDML, TestStmtPartitionedDML},
+			statementKindPartitionedDML,
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"Only DML returns DML",
+			[]string{TestStmtDML, TestStmtDML},
+			statementKindDDL,
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"DML and DDL returns error",
+			[]string{TestStmtDDL, TestStmtDML},
+			"",
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"DML and PartitionedDML returns error",
+			[]string{TestStmtDML, TestStmtPartitionedDML},
+			"",
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"DDL and PartitionedDML returns error",
+			[]string{TestStmtDDL, TestStmtPartitionedDML},
+			"",
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"no statements defaults to DDL as before",
+			[]string{},
+			statementKindDDL,
+			false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := inspectStatementsKind(tt.statements)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("inspectStatementsKind() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("inspectStatementsKind() got = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}