diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tasks/LoggingTaskListener.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tasks/LoggingTaskListener.java
index 43ddc83ba15..39d33f414a5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tasks/LoggingTaskListener.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tasks/LoggingTaskListener.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public final class LoggingTaskListener<Response> implements TaskListener<Respons
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void onFailure(Task task, Throwable e) {
+    public void onFailure(Task task, Exception e) {
         logger.warn(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("{} failed with exception", task.getId()), e);
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tasks/TaskListener.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tasks/TaskListener.java
index 6a0c36e0b83..4d2479d3bb9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tasks/TaskListener.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/tasks/TaskListener.java
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ public interface TaskListener<Response> {
      * @param e
      *            the failure
      */
-    void onFailure(Task task, Throwable e);
+    void onFailure(Task task, Exception e);
 
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/rest/job/RestDeleteJobAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/rest/job/RestDeleteJobAction.java
index 812b70dc671..68231bb385c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/rest/job/RestDeleteJobAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/rest/job/RestDeleteJobAction.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class RestDeleteJobAction extends BaseRestHandler {
             public void onResponse(Task task, T o) {}
 
             @Override
-            public void onFailure(Task task, Throwable e) {}
+            public void onFailure(Task task, Exception e) {}
         };
     }
 }