diff --git a/library/packaging/apt_key b/library/packaging/apt_key
index 17b52888d4..dee73762c6 100644
--- a/library/packaging/apt_key
+++ b/library/packaging/apt_key
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def download_key(module, url):
             module.fail_json("error connecting to download key from url")
         data = connection.read()
         return data
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         module.fail_json(msg="error getting key id from url", traceback=format_exc())