diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml
index 78c4ca691e2..929936dad31 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@
   -->
   <Match>
     <Class name="org.apache.hadoop.crypto.key.kms.server.KMS"/>
-    <Bug pattern="REC"/>
+    <Bug pattern="REC_CATCH_EXCEPTION"/>
   </Match>
 </FindBugsFilter>