diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/http/client/HttpDownloadHelper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/http/client/HttpDownloadHelper.java
index b77ddb8183e..96dad7ec642 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/http/client/HttpDownloadHelper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/http/client/HttpDownloadHelper.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ public class HttpDownloadHelper {
                 }
                 return true;
             }
-        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException | NoSuchFileException e) {
             // checksum file doesn't exist
             return false;
         } catch (IOException e) {