diff --git a/evals/elsuite/hr_ml_agent_bench/high_level_actions.py b/evals/elsuite/hr_ml_agent_bench/high_level_actions.py
index 8383376367..f10c86efd2 100644
--- a/evals/elsuite/hr_ml_agent_bench/high_level_actions.py
+++ b/evals/elsuite/hr_ml_agent_bench/high_level_actions.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def edit_script(
     # TODO: handle long file editing
     try:
         content = read_file(script_name, work_dir=work_dir, **kwargs)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         write_file(script_name, "", work_dir=work_dir, **kwargs)
         content = ""
 
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@ def edit_script_lines(
     try:
         start_line_number = int(start_line_number)
         end_line_number = int(end_line_number)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         raise EnvException("start_line_number and end_line_number must be integers")
 
     try:
         orig_content = read_file(script_name, work_dir=work_dir, **kwargs)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         write_file(script_name, "", work_dir=work_dir, **kwargs)
         orig_content = ""
     lines = orig_content.split("\n")
@@ -197,14 +197,14 @@ def inspect_script_lines(script_name, start_line_number, end_line_number, work_d
     try:
         start_line_number = int(start_line_number)
         end_line_number = int(end_line_number)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         raise EnvException("start_line_number and end_line_number must be integers")
     if end_line_number - start_line_number > 100:
         raise EnvException("the number of lines to display is limited to 100 lines")
     try:
         # lines = open(os.path.join(work_dir,script_name)).readlines()
         lines = read_file(script_name, work_dir=work_dir, **kwargs).split("\n")
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         raise EnvException(f"cannot find script {script_name}")
 
     content = "\n".join(lines[max(int(start_line_number) - 1, 0) : int(end_line_number)])
diff --git a/evals/elsuite/hr_ml_agent_bench/low_level_actions.py b/evals/elsuite/hr_ml_agent_bench/low_level_actions.py
index 10ab2c93c1..f5b09e99c7 100644
--- a/evals/elsuite/hr_ml_agent_bench/low_level_actions.py
+++ b/evals/elsuite/hr_ml_agent_bench/low_level_actions.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def list_files(dir_path, work_dir=".", **kwargs):
             ["ls", "-F", os.path.join(work_dir, dir_path)]
         ).decode("utf-8")
         return observation
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         raise EnvException(f"Cannot list file in the {dir_path} directory")
 
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def read_file(file_name, work_dir=".", **kwargs):
     try:
         observation = open(os.path.join(work_dir, file_name)).read()
         return observation
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         raise EnvException(f"cannot read file {file_name}")
 
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def write_file(file_name, content, work_dir=".", **kwargs):
             f.write(content)
         observation = f"File {file_name} written successfully."
         return observation
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         raise EnvException(f"cannot write file {file_name}")
 
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def append_file(file_name, content, work_dir=".", **kwargs):
             f.write(content)
         observation = f"File {file_name} appended successfully."
         return observation
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         raise EnvException(f"cannot append file {file_name}")
 
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def copy_file(source, destination, work_dir=".", **kwargs):
         shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(work_dir, source), os.path.join(work_dir, destination))
         observation = f"File {source} copied to {destination}"
         return observation
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         raise EnvException(
             f"File {source} copy to {destination} failed. Check whether the source and destinations are valid."
         )
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def undo_edit_script(script_name, work_dir=".", **kwargs):
         new_content = open(os.path.join(work_dir, script_name)).read()
         observation = f"Content of {script_name} after undo the most recent edit:\n" + new_content
         return observation
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         raise EnvException(
             f"Cannot undo the edit of file name {script_name}. Check the file name again."
         )