diff --git a/pendulum/exceptions.py b/pendulum/exceptions.py
index 88e0de44..02a89f3f 100644
--- a/pendulum/exceptions.py
+++ b/pendulum/exceptions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from .parsing.exceptions import ParserError
 
 
-class PendulumException(BaseException):
+class PendulumException(Exception):
 
     pass