diff --git a/telegrambots-longpolling/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/longpolling/BotSession.java b/telegrambots-longpolling/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/longpolling/BotSession.java
index 6edb5d975..e5af4c8e5 100644
--- a/telegrambots-longpolling/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/longpolling/BotSession.java
+++ b/telegrambots-longpolling/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/longpolling/BotSession.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ private List<Update> getUpdatesFromTelegram() throws TelegramApiRequestException
                     throw new TelegramApiErrorResponseException(response.code(), response.message());
                 }
             }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
+        } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new TelegramApiErrorResponseException(e);
         }