diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parsejson.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parsejson.rb
index b4af40e7e..f7c2896ed 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parsejson.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parsejson.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
 
     begin
       PSON::load(arguments[0]) || arguments[1]
-    rescue Exception => e
+    rescue StandardError => e
       if arguments[1]
         arguments[1]
       else
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parseyaml.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parseyaml.rb
index 66d04131e..9e84055e3 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parseyaml.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parseyaml.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
 
     begin
       YAML::load(arguments[0]) || arguments[1]
-    rescue Exception => e
+    rescue StandardError => e
       if arguments[1]
         arguments[1]
       else