diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/authandtls/GoogleAuthUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/authandtls/GoogleAuthUtils.java
index 409263929c7cdc..70e235b394fbcf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/authandtls/GoogleAuthUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/authandtls/GoogleAuthUtils.java
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ public static Credentials newGoogleCredentialsFromFile(
         creds = creds.createScoped(authScopes);
       }
       return creds;
-    } catch (IOException e) {
+    } catch (Exception e) {
       String message = "Failed to init auth credentials: " + e.getMessage();
       throw new IOException(message, e);
     }