diff --git a/src/Framework/TestCase.php b/src/Framework/TestCase.php
index cb77c90568..e17779d3ee 100644
--- a/src/Framework/TestCase.php
+++ b/src/Framework/TestCase.php
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ final protected function expectExceptionMessageMatches(string $regularExpression
      * Information for expected exception class, expected exception message, and
      * expected exception code are retrieved from a given Exception object.
      */
-    final protected function expectExceptionObject(\Exception $exception): void
+    final protected function expectExceptionObject(Throwable $exception): void
     {
         $this->expectException($exception::class);
         $this->expectExceptionMessage($exception->getMessage());