diff --git a/kedro-telemetry/tests/test_plugin.py b/kedro-telemetry/tests/test_plugin.py
index 979b46320..7348d63f4 100644
--- a/kedro-telemetry/tests/test_plugin.py
+++ b/kedro-telemetry/tests/test_plugin.py
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ def test_before_command_run_anonymous(self, mocker, fake_metadata):
         mocked_anon_id = mocker.patch("kedro_telemetry.plugin._hash")
         mocked_anon_id.return_value = "digested"
         mocker.patch("kedro_telemetry.plugin.PACKAGE_NAME", "spaceflights")
-        mocker.patch("builtins.open", side_effect=Exception)
+        mocker.patch("builtins.open", side_effect=OSError)
 
         mocked_heap_call = mocker.patch("kedro_telemetry.plugin._send_heap_event")
         telemetry_hook = KedroTelemetryCLIHooks()