diff --git a/test/src/fuzzer-parse_cbor.cpp b/test/src/fuzzer-parse_cbor.cpp
index 30fa69779..6e7ae6362 100644
--- a/test/src/fuzzer-parse_cbor.cpp
+++ b/test/src/fuzzer-parse_cbor.cpp
@@ -44,23 +44,19 @@ extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t* data, size_t size)
             // deserializations must match
             assert(j1 == j2);
         }
-        catch (const std::invalid_argument&)
+        catch (const json::parse_error&)
         {
             // parsing a CBOR serialization must not fail
             assert(false);
         }
     }
-    catch (const std::invalid_argument&)
+    catch (const json::parse_error&)
     {
         // parse errors are ok, because input may be random bytes
     }
-    catch (const std::out_of_range&)
+    catch (const json::type_error&)
     {
-        // parse errors are ok, because input may be random bytes
-    }
-    catch (const std::domain_error&)
-    {
-        // parse errors are ok, because input may be random bytes
+        // type errors can occur during parsing, too
     }
 
     // return 0 - non-zero return values are reserved for future use
diff --git a/test/src/fuzzer-parse_msgpack.cpp b/test/src/fuzzer-parse_msgpack.cpp
index bf2fcab07..420283a40 100644
--- a/test/src/fuzzer-parse_msgpack.cpp
+++ b/test/src/fuzzer-parse_msgpack.cpp
@@ -44,23 +44,19 @@ extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t* data, size_t size)
             // deserializations must match
             assert(j1 == j2);
         }
-        catch (const std::invalid_argument&)
+        catch (const json::parse_error&)
         {
             // parsing a MessagePack serialization must not fail
             assert(false);
         }
     }
-    catch (const std::invalid_argument&)
+    catch (const json::parse_error&)
     {
         // parse errors are ok, because input may be random bytes
     }
-    catch (const std::out_of_range&)
+    catch (const json::type_error&)
     {
-        // parse errors are ok, because input may be random bytes
-    }
-    catch (const std::domain_error&)
-    {
-        // parse errors are ok, because input may be random bytes
+        // type errors can occur during parsing, too
     }
 
     // return 0 - non-zero return values are reserved for future use
diff --git a/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp b/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp
index 32464ae71..87cbadc20 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp
@@ -1358,8 +1358,6 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR regressions", "[!throws]")
     {
         // exotic edge case
         CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::check_length(0xffffffffffffffffull, 0xfffffffffffffff0ull, 0xff), json::parse_error);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::check_length(0xffffffffffffffffull, 0xfffffffffffffff0ull, 0xff),
-                          "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at 256: cannot read 18446744073709551600 bytes from vector");
     }
 }