diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femsolver/fenics/fenics_tools.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femsolver/fenics/fenics_tools.py
index b609a3e7f3..f71ce29fea 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femsolver/fenics/fenics_tools.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femsolver/fenics/fenics_tools.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import FreeCAD
 
 try:
     import fenics
-except:
+except ImportError:
     FreeCAD.Console.PrintError("No Fenics modules found, please install them.")
 else:
     import numpy as np
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/testcommon.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/testcommon.py
index 95a9e3a8fe..2f712e3397 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/testcommon.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femtest/testcommon.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class TestFemCommon(unittest.TestCase):
             fcc_print('Try importing {0} ...'.format(mod))
             try:
                 im = __import__('{0}'.format(mod))
-            except:
+            except ImportError:
                 im = False
             if not im:
                 # to get an error message what was going wrong