diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/nvdcve/BaseDBTestCase.java b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/nvdcve/BaseDBTestCase.java
index db36bd613..ef53d0b7a 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/nvdcve/BaseDBTestCase.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/nvdcve/BaseDBTestCase.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public abstract class BaseDBTestCase extends TestCase {
                         while ((count = zin.read(data, 0, BUFFER_SIZE)) != -1) {
                             dest.write(data, 0, count);
                         }
-                    } catch (Exception ex) {
+                    } catch (Throwable ex) {
                         Logger.getLogger(BaseDBTestCase.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
                     } finally {
                         try {
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/xml/NvdCve_2_0_HandlerTest.java b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/xml/NvdCve_2_0_HandlerTest.java
index b326ebf55..db003ee66 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/xml/NvdCve_2_0_HandlerTest.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/xml/NvdCve_2_0_HandlerTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class NvdCve_2_0_HandlerTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testParse() {
-        Exception results = null;
+        Throwable results = null;
         try {
             SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
             SAXParser saxParser = factory.newSAXParser();
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class NvdCve_2_0_HandlerTest {
             NvdCve20Handler instance = new NvdCve20Handler();
 
             saxParser.parse(file, instance);
-        } catch (Exception ex) {
+        } catch (Throwable ex) {
             results = ex;
         }
         assertTrue("Exception thrown during parse of 2012 CVE version 2.0?", results == null);