diff --git a/pytest_github/plugin.py b/pytest_github/plugin.py
index cc5cbe8..5519c23 100644
--- a/pytest_github/plugin.py
+++ b/pytest_github/plugin.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def pytest_itemcollected(self, item):
                             self._issue_cache[url] = IssueWrapper(self.api.issue(username, repository, number), self)
                         else:
                             raise AttributeError('No valid github session found to access private issue.')
-                    except (AttributeError, github3.exceptions.GitHubError) as e:
+                    except (AttributeError, github3.exceptions.GitHubException) as e:
                         errstr = "Unable to inspect github issue %s - %s" % (url, str(e))
                         warnings.warn(errstr, Warning)