diff --git a/platypush/context/__init__.py b/platypush/context/__init__.py
index d5d9829fcd..874598be8a 100644
--- a/platypush/context/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/context/__init__.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def get_plugin(plugin_name, reload=False):
 
     try:
         plugin = importlib.import_module('platypush.plugins.' + plugin_name)
-    except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
+    except ImportError as e:
         logging.warning('No such plugin: {}'.format(plugin_name))
         raise RuntimeError(e)
 
diff --git a/platypush/utils/__init__.py b/platypush/utils/__init__.py
index f254a453e9..6fcc2dc571 100644
--- a/platypush/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/utils/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def get_message_class_by_type(msgtype):
 
     try:
         module = importlib.import_module('platypush.message.' + msgtype)
-    except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
+    except ImportError as e:
         logging.warning('Unsupported message type {}'.format(msgtype))
         raise RuntimeError(e)