diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/util/DocumentHelper.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/util/DocumentHelper.java
index 0c18b5d00..ac98b4455 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/util/DocumentHelper.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/util/DocumentHelper.java
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ public final class DocumentHelper {
                 documentBuilderFactory.setAttribute("http://apache.org/xml/properties/security-manager", mgr);
                 // Stop once one can be setup without error
                 return;
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                logger.log(POILogger.WARN, "SAX Security Manager could not be setup", e);
+            } catch (Throwable t) {
+                logger.log(POILogger.WARN, "SAX Security Manager could not be setup", t);
             }
         }
     }