diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/ElasticSearchHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/ElasticSearchHandler.php
index d465438a..3df39d91 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/ElasticSearchHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/ElasticSearchHandler.php
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ namespace Monolog\Handler;
 
 use Elasticsearch\Client;
 use Elasticsearch\Common\Exceptions\RuntimeException as ElasticSearchRuntimeException;
-use Exception;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use Monolog\Formatter\ElasticSearchFormatter;
 use Monolog\Formatter\FormatterInterface;
 use Monolog\Logger;
 use RuntimeException;
+use Throwable;
 
 /**
  * Elastic Search handler
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class ElasticSearchHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
             if ($responses['errors'] === true) {
                 throw new ElasticSearchRuntimeException('ElasticSearch returned error for one of the records');
             }
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
+        } catch (Throwable $e) {
             if (! $this->options['ignore_error']) {
                 throw new RuntimeException('Error sending messages to ElasticSearch', 0, $e);
             }
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/Handler/ElasticSearchHandlerTest.php b/tests/Monolog/Handler/ElasticSearchHandlerTest.php
index 1045e034..e7d02297 100644
--- a/tests/Monolog/Handler/ElasticSearchHandlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Monolog/Handler/ElasticSearchHandlerTest.php
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ class ElasticSearchHandlerTest extends TestCase
             0 => 'bar',
         ];
 
+        $hosts = [['host' => '127.0.0.1', 'port' => 9200]];
         $client = ClientBuilder::create()
+            ->setHosts($hosts)
             ->build();
         $handler = new ElasticSearchHandler($client, $this->options);
         try {