diff --git a/tests/test_numpy_array.cpp b/tests/test_numpy_array.cpp
index 8bc77a33f..69ddbe1ef 100644
--- a/tests/test_numpy_array.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_numpy_array.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int data_i = 42;
 TEST_SUBMODULE(numpy_array, sm) {
     try {
         py::module_::import("numpy");
-    } catch (...) {
+    } catch (const py::error_already_set &) {
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_numpy_dtypes.cpp b/tests/test_numpy_dtypes.cpp
index c25bc042b..6654f9ed8 100644
--- a/tests/test_numpy_dtypes.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_numpy_dtypes.cpp
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ struct B {};
 TEST_SUBMODULE(numpy_dtypes, m) {
     try {
         py::module_::import("numpy");
-    } catch (...) {
+    } catch (const py::error_already_set &) {
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_numpy_vectorize.cpp b/tests/test_numpy_vectorize.cpp
index eab08ec0a..dcc4c6ac2 100644
--- a/tests/test_numpy_vectorize.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_numpy_vectorize.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ double my_func(int x, float y, double z) {
 TEST_SUBMODULE(numpy_vectorize, m) {
     try {
         py::module_::import("numpy");
-    } catch (...) {
+    } catch (const py::error_already_set &) {
         return;
     }