diff --git a/docs/query.rst b/docs/query.rst
index 457211ba4..36f119838 100644
--- a/docs/query.rst
+++ b/docs/query.rst
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ Let's exercise all of them.
 
     >>> try:
     ...     import zoneinfo
-    ... except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    ... except ImportError:
     ...     from backports import zoneinfo
 
     >>> cursor.time_zone = zoneinfo.ZoneInfo("Australia/Sydney")
diff --git a/src/crate/client/doctests/cursor.txt b/src/crate/client/doctests/cursor.txt
index 6f1756fe6..e3a92132e 100644
--- a/src/crate/client/doctests/cursor.txt
+++ b/src/crate/client/doctests/cursor.txt
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ Let's exercise all of them::
 
     >>> try:
     ...     import zoneinfo
-    ... except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    ... except ImportError:
     ...     from backports import zoneinfo
     >>> cursor.time_zone = zoneinfo.ZoneInfo("Australia/Sydney")
     >>> cursor.execute('')
diff --git a/src/crate/client/test_cursor.py b/src/crate/client/test_cursor.py
index 4e4b80032..992c8b738 100644
--- a/src/crate/client/test_cursor.py
+++ b/src/crate/client/test_cursor.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 try:
     import zoneinfo
-except ModuleNotFoundError:
+except ImportError:
     from backports import zoneinfo
 
 import pytz