diff --git a/core-api/src/main/java/com/optimizely/ab/event/internal/BuildVersionInfo.java b/core-api/src/main/java/com/optimizely/ab/event/internal/BuildVersionInfo.java
index c86568fe8..b600dd763 100644
--- a/core-api/src/main/java/com/optimizely/ab/event/internal/BuildVersionInfo.java
+++ b/core-api/src/main/java/com/optimizely/ab/event/internal/BuildVersionInfo.java
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.lang.Exception;
+
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 
@@ -42,17 +43,17 @@ private static String readVersionNumber() {
                                       Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
         try {
             return bufferedReader.readLine();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (Exception e) {
             logger.error("unable to read version number");
             return "unknown";
         } finally {
             try {
                 bufferedReader.close();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
+            } catch (Exception e) {
                 logger.error("unable to close reader cleanly");
             }
         }
     }
 
     private BuildVersionInfo() { }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}