diff --git a/Lib/test/test_typing.py b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
index 298e374e4cfa10..b36804216fa2ba 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_typing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
@@ -3560,11 +3560,11 @@ class D(C):
 
         self.assertEqual(D.__parameters__, ())
 
-        with self.assertRaises(Exception):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             D[int]
-        with self.assertRaises(Exception):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             D[Any]
-        with self.assertRaises(Exception):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             D[T]
 
     def test_new_with_args(self):