diff --git a/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/OsmApi.java b/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/OsmApi.java
index 36bfbbffc8..68566874c0 100644
--- a/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/OsmApi.java
+++ b/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/OsmApi.java
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.net.Authenticator.RequestorType;
-import java.net.ConnectException;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ public class OsmApi extends OsmConnection {
                 default:
                     throw new OsmApiException(retCode, errorHeader, errorBody);
                 }
-            } catch (SocketTimeoutException | ConnectException e) {
+            } catch (SocketException | SocketTimeoutException e) {
                 if (retries-- > 0) {
                     continue;
                 }