diff --git a/tests/legacy_tests/test_constructor.py b/tests/legacy_tests/test_constructor.py
index adcbb5cf..cc76a403 100644
--- a/tests/legacy_tests/test_constructor.py
+++ b/tests/legacy_tests/test_constructor.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def my_time_constructor(constructor, node):
         tz = None
         try:
             tz = dt.tzinfo.tzname(dt)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
         return [dt, tz]
 
diff --git a/tests/legacy_tests/test_multi_constructor.py b/tests/legacy_tests/test_multi_constructor.py
index dcff2ce5..00060cbb 100644
--- a/tests/legacy_tests/test_multi_constructor.py
+++ b/tests/legacy_tests/test_multi_constructor.py
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ def myconstructor2(constructor, tag, node):
     string = ''
     try:
         i = tag.index('!') + 1
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         try:
             i = tag.rindex(':') + 1
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
     if i >= 0:
         tag = tag[i:]
diff --git a/tests/legacy_tests/test_schema.py b/tests/legacy_tests/test_schema.py
index f3370ec1..0ce6574f 100644
--- a/tests/legacy_tests/test_schema.py
+++ b/tests/legacy_tests/test_schema.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def test_implicit_resolver(data_filename, skip_filename, verbose=False):
         # Test loading
         try:
             loaded = yaml.safe_load(input)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             print("Error:", sys.exc_info()[0], '(', sys.exc_info()[1], ')')
             fail+=1
             _fail(input, test)