diff --git a/deptry/imports/extractors/notebook_import_extractor.py b/deptry/imports/extractors/notebook_import_extractor.py
index 71f7cf22..18b307b7 100644
--- a/deptry/imports/extractors/notebook_import_extractor.py
+++ b/deptry/imports/extractors/notebook_import_extractor.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def _read_ipynb_file(cls, path_to_ipynb: Path) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
         try:
             with path_to_ipynb.open() as ipynb_file:
                 notebook: dict[str, Any] = json.load(ipynb_file)
-        except (UnicodeDecodeError, ValueError):
+        except ValueError:
             try:
                 with path_to_ipynb.open(encoding=cls._get_file_encoding(path_to_ipynb)) as ipynb_file:
                     notebook = json.load(ipynb_file, strict=False)
diff --git a/deptry/imports/extractors/python_import_extractor.py b/deptry/imports/extractors/python_import_extractor.py
index 78394682..e240e9d8 100644
--- a/deptry/imports/extractors/python_import_extractor.py
+++ b/deptry/imports/extractors/python_import_extractor.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def extract_imports(self) -> dict[str, list[Location]]:
         try:
             with self.file.open() as python_file:
                 tree = ast.parse(python_file.read(), str(self.file))
-        except (UnicodeDecodeError, ValueError):
+        except (SyntaxError, ValueError):
             try:
                 with self.file.open(encoding=self._get_file_encoding(self.file)) as python_file:
                     tree = ast.parse(python_file.read(), str(self.file))