diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
index 221a986b4..41890d14f 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractXMPPConnection implements XMPPConnection {
         try {
             stanza = PacketParserUtils.parseStanza(parser, incomingStreamXmlEnvironment);
         }
-        catch (Exception e) {
+        catch (XmlPullParserException | SmackParsingException | IOException e) {
             CharSequence content = PacketParserUtils.parseContentDepth(parser,
                             parserDepth);
             UnparseableStanza message = new UnparseableStanza(content, e);
diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java
index e80c6efcc..520e4ee87 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smack.xml.XmlPullParser;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.xml.XmlPullParserException;
 
 import org.jxmpp.jid.Jid;
+import org.jxmpp.stringprep.XmppStringprepException;
 
 /**
  * Utility class that helps to parse packets. Any parsing packets method that must be shared
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ public class PacketParserUtils {
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public static <S extends Stanza> S parseStanza(String stanza) throws Exception {
+    public static <S extends Stanza> S parseStanza(String stanza) throws XmlPullParserException, SmackParsingException, IOException {
         return (S) parseStanza(getParserFor(stanza), null);
     }
 
@@ -101,9 +102,11 @@ public class PacketParserUtils {
      * @param parser
      * @param outerXmlEnvironment the outer XML environment (optional).
      * @return a stanza which is either a Message, IQ or Presence.
-     * @throws Exception
+     * @throws XmlPullParserException
+     * @throws SmackParsingException
+     * @throws IOException
      */
-    public static Stanza parseStanza(XmlPullParser parser, XmlEnvironment outerXmlEnvironment) throws Exception {
+    public static Stanza parseStanza(XmlPullParser parser, XmlEnvironment outerXmlEnvironment) throws XmlPullParserException, SmackParsingException, IOException {
         ParserUtils.assertAtStartTag(parser);
         final String name = parser.getName();
         switch (name) {
@@ -508,9 +511,12 @@ public class PacketParserUtils {
      * @param parser the XML parser, positioned at the start of an IQ packet.
      * @param outerXmlEnvironment the outer XML environment (optional).
      * @return an IQ object.
-     * @throws Exception
+     * @throws XmlPullParserException
+     * @throws XmppStringprepException
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws SmackParsingException
      */
-    public static IQ parseIQ(XmlPullParser parser, XmlEnvironment outerXmlEnvironment) throws Exception {
+    public static IQ parseIQ(XmlPullParser parser, XmlEnvironment outerXmlEnvironment) throws XmlPullParserException, XmppStringprepException, IOException, SmackParsingException {
         ParserUtils.assertAtStartTag(parser);
         final int initialDepth = parser.getDepth();
         XmlEnvironment iqXmlEnvironment = XmlEnvironment.from(parser, outerXmlEnvironment);