diff --git a/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-monitoring/test.py b/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-monitoring/test.py
index 3941291fcab..020822cad8b 100755
--- a/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-monitoring/test.py
+++ b/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-monitoring/test.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class HandlerTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         try:
             sys._stdout
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             sys._stdout = sys.stdout
         
         sys.stdout = StringIO()
diff --git a/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/python/zk.py b/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/python/zk.py
index 24986e3aac8..6f94488e426 100755
--- a/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/python/zk.py
+++ b/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/python/zk.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def my_getc_watch( handle, type, state, path ):
     zookeeper.get_children(handle, "/zk-python", my_getc_watch)
     for i in xrange(5):
         print("Creating sequence node ", i, " ", zookeeper.create(handle, "/zk-python/sequencenode", "data", [ZOO_OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE], zookeeper.SEQUENCE ))
-except:
+except Exception:
     pass
 
 def pp_zk(handle,root, indent = 0):
diff --git a/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/acl_test.py b/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/acl_test.py
index 1289c8a3439..cc7653a6e3b 100644
--- a/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/acl_test.py
+++ b/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/acl_test.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def setUp(self):
       try:
         zookeeper.delete(self.handle, "/zk-python-acltest")
         zookeeper.delete(self.handle, "/zk-python-aacltest")
-      except:
+      except Exception:
         pass
 
     def test_sync_acl(self):
diff --git a/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/create_test.py b/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/create_test.py
index 29f63a9ffb4..9318643ae2e 100755
--- a/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/create_test.py
+++ b/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/create_test.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         try:
             zookeeper.delete(self.handle, "/zk-python-createtest")
             zookeeper.delete(self.handle, "/zk-python-acreatetest")
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
 
     def test_sync_create(self):
diff --git a/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/exists_test.py b/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/exists_test.py
index ddc6ef3683b..6f493883ef8 100755
--- a/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/exists_test.py
+++ b/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/exists_test.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def setUp( self ):
         try:
             zookeeper.create(self.handle, "/zk-python-existstest","existstest", [ZOO_OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE],zookeeper.EPHEMERAL)
             zookeeper.create(self.handle, "/zk-python-aexiststest","existstest",[ZOO_OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE],zookeeper.EPHEMERAL)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
 
     def test_sync_exists(self):
diff --git a/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/get_set_test.py b/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/get_set_test.py
index 226e8c183ff..ef2111d8973 100755
--- a/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/get_set_test.py
+++ b/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zkpython/src/test/get_set_test.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def setUp( self ):
             zookeeper.create(self.handle, "/zk-python-getsettest", "on",[ZOO_OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE], zookeeper.EPHEMERAL)
             zookeeper.create(self.handle, "/zk-python-agetsettest",
                              "on",[ZOO_OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE], zookeeper.EPHEMERAL)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
 
     def test_empty_node(self):