diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Account/Manager.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Account/Manager.php
index 4eeb3e9d63c2ecba3c24c3fc16058e3702a23b42..68b93f4376eeac17db7edcc723f0f2c038035456 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Account/Manager.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Account/Manager.php
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Manager
         }
         try {
             $catalog = VF_Connection_Manager::connectToCatalog();
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
             // If we can't connect to the catalog, assume that no special
             // ILS-related login settings exist -- this prevents ILS errors
             // from triggering an exception early in initialization before
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class Manager
         } catch (VF_Exception_Auth $e) {
             // Pass authentication exceptions through unmodified
             throw $e;
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
             // Catch other exceptions and treat them as technical difficulties
             throw new VF_Exception_Auth('authentication_error_technical');
         }
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Connection/Solr.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Connection/Solr.php
index e83860d0511a1fd1e5c9f3135214ffabe42f5daf..7abd24008846d343e248f40f4c5fbb69c2579988 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Connection/Solr.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Connection/Solr.php
@@ -1695,7 +1695,7 @@ class Solr
                 $info[$data['terms']['id'][$i]] = $data['terms']['id'][$i+1];
             }
             return $info;
-        } catch(Exception $e) {
+        } catch(\Exception $e) {
             return $result;
         }
     }
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Base/Results.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Base/Results.php
index 8927e5563292f1616a965d88b46597e6346452d7..bc839e877729081a8e51aaa7fba991f35745f77b 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Base/Results.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Base/Results.php
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ abstract class Results
         foreach ($ids as $id) {
             try {
                 $retVal[] = static::getRecord($id);
-            } catch (Exception $e) {
+            } catch (\Exception $e) {
                 // Just omit missing records from the return array; calling code
                 // in the VF_Record::loadBatch() method will deal with this.
             }
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/AuthorNotes.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/AuthorNotes.php
index 7867a7173450820d1fdef3262b8f991d0e3095e4..92d2953b250dfa24a60e33620c0c7d58f5190f4d 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/AuthorNotes.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/AuthorNotes.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class VuFind_Theme_Root_Helper_AuthorNotes extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
                     if (empty($results[$provider])) {
                         unset($results[$provider]);
                     }
-                } catch (Exception $e) {
+                } catch (\Exception $e) {
                     // Ignore exceptions:
                     unset($results[$provider]);
                 }
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/Citation.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/Citation.php
index a3a9dd8a80e70111b205c938d65548ba8697bd24..79396f565e894204a0ed0517a26b9974e9627c3b 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/Citation.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/Citation.php
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ class VuFind_Theme_Root_Helper_Citation extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
                     return $converter->convertFromDisplayDate(
                         'Y', $this->details['pubDate']
                     );
-                } catch (Exception $e) {
+                } catch (\Exception $e) {
                     // Ignore date errors -- no point in dying here:
                     return false;
                 }
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/Excerpt.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/Excerpt.php
index fa2f6c939cc91c8b49c926a7a2c20629e2b62d05..dc8f9fbd81dcbe89f601d01a52351d4d2ad6deaa 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/Excerpt.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/Excerpt.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class VuFind_Theme_Root_Helper_Excerpt extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
                     if (empty($results[$provider])) {
                         unset($results[$provider]);
                     }
-                } catch (Exception $e) {
+                } catch (\Exception $e) {
                     // Ignore exceptions:
                     unset($results[$provider]);
                 }
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/Reviews.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/Reviews.php
index 6790567b893230cd2d2ebf6c1e38b3ca0354e871..0448c8b4d549840b2a67f4177520707795362046 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/Reviews.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/Reviews.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class VuFind_Theme_Root_Helper_Reviews extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
                     if (empty($results[$provider])) {
                         unset($results[$provider]);
                     }
-                } catch (Exception $e) {
+                } catch (\Exception $e) {
                     // Ignore exceptions:
                     unset($results[$provider]);
                 }
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class VuFind_Theme_Root_Helper_Reviews extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
                     ? $this->config->Content->amazonassociate : null
             );
             $data = $amazon->itemLookup($this->getIsbn10(), $params);
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
             // Something went wrong?  Just return empty list.
             return array();
         }
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/VideoClips.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/VideoClips.php
index 7cbd0f617d889f5e47c8fcbf588c9b42d562a470..1ff5540652c04d78eddd396f610803546a26029b 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/VideoClips.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Theme/Root/Helper/VideoClips.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class VuFind_Theme_Root_Helper_VideoClips extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
                     if (empty($results[$provider])) {
                         unset($results[$provider]);
                     }
-                } catch (Exception $e) {
+                } catch (\Exception $e) {
                     // Ignore exceptions:
                     unset($results[$provider]);
                 }