diff --git a/src/ert/scheduler/job.py b/src/ert/scheduler/job.py
index 7bf6b3cf084..1ce941106cb 100644
--- a/src/ert/scheduler/job.py
+++ b/src/ert/scheduler/job.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ async def threadsafer_future_wait(future: asyncio.Future[_T]) -> _T:
                     threadsafer_future_wait(self.returncode),
                     timeout=self.real.max_runtime,
                 )
-            except asyncio.exceptions.TimeoutError:
+            except asyncio.TimeoutError:
                 assert self.real.max_runtime is not None
                 await asyncio.sleep(self.real.max_runtime)
                 timeout_event = CloudEvent(