diff --git a/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp b/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp
index b808a8839a688bb2f2ac5291e8016e2e4276ab26..5e088be4c4033386ed5bd59b4dc2edb664daa2c6 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR")
 
             SECTION("strict mode")
             {
-                CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec), json::parse_error);
+                CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(vec), json::parse_error&);
                 CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(vec),
                                   "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at 2: expected end of input");
             }
diff --git a/test/src/unit-msgpack.cpp b/test/src/unit-msgpack.cpp
index f0f59fa4166742a38ba1df7b078ecd4fa8a46884..374349931b3619e578631f1a2e7230d1b2d311ec 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-msgpack.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-msgpack.cpp
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ TEST_CASE("MessagePack")
 
             SECTION("strict mode")
             {
-                CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_msgpack(vec), json::parse_error);
+                CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_msgpack(vec), json::parse_error&);
                 CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_msgpack(vec),
                                   "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at 2: expected end of input");
             }