diff --git a/scm-dao-xml/src/test/java/sonia/scm/store/CopyOnWriteTest.java b/scm-dao-xml/src/test/java/sonia/scm/store/CopyOnWriteTest.java
index 338a491c0d..b0f9412359 100644
--- a/scm-dao-xml/src/test/java/sonia/scm/store/CopyOnWriteTest.java
+++ b/scm-dao-xml/src/test/java/sonia/scm/store/CopyOnWriteTest.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class CopyOnWriteTest {
     new FileOutputStream(unchangedOriginalFile.toFile()).write("this should be kept".getBytes());
 
     assertThrows(
-      IOException.class,
+      StoreException.class,
       () -> withTemporaryFile(
         file -> {
           throw new IOException("test");
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class CopyOnWriteTest {
     new FileOutputStream(backedUpFile.toFile()).write("this should be kept".getBytes());
 
     assertThrows(
-      IOException.class,
+      StoreException.class,
       () -> withTemporaryFile(
         Files::delete,
         backedUpFile));