diff --git a/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/core/GaxProperties.java b/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/core/GaxProperties.java
index 20d5ecc0dc..f15046afcb 100644
--- a/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/core/GaxProperties.java
+++ b/gax-java/gax/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/core/GaxProperties.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.jar.Attributes;
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ static Optional<String> getBundleVersion(Class<?> clazz) {
         Attributes attributes = jar.getManifest().getMainAttributes();
         return Optional.ofNullable(attributes.getValue("Bundle-Version"));
       }
-    } catch (URISyntaxException | IOException e) {
+    } catch (Exception e) {
       // Unable to read Bundle-Version from manifest. Recover gracefully.
       return Optional.empty();
     }