diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/logging/DummyException.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/logging/DummyException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bad543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/logging/DummyException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */ 
+ 
+package org.apache.commons.logging;
+
+/**
+ * Dummy exception that unit tests create instances of when they want to test
+ * logging of an Exception object.
+ */
+public class DummyException extends Exception {
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; 
+	public DummyException() {
+		// super("Dummy Exception for unit testing");
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/logging/jdk14/CustomConfigTestCase.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/logging/jdk14/CustomConfigTestCase.java
index d1f3ec9..e1883ae 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/logging/jdk14/CustomConfigTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/logging/jdk14/CustomConfigTestCase.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import junit.framework.Test;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.DummyException;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.PathableClassLoader;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.PathableTestSuite;
 
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ public class CustomConfigTestCase extends DefaultConfigTestCase {
 
     // Log the messages with exceptions
     protected void logExceptionMessages() {
-        Throwable t = new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+        Throwable t = new DummyException();
         log.trace("trace", t); // Should not actually get logged
         log.debug("debug", t);
         log.info("info", t);
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/logging/log4j/StandardTests.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/logging/log4j/StandardTests.java
index d9b2469..5959206 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/logging/log4j/StandardTests.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/logging/log4j/StandardTests.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.DummyException;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ public abstract class StandardTests extends TestCase {
      * Log messages with exceptions
      */
     private void logExceptionMessages(Log log) {
-        Throwable t = new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+        Throwable t = new DummyException();
         log.trace("trace", t); // Should not actually get logged
         log.debug("debug", t); // Should not actually get logged
         log.info("info", t);
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/logging/simple/CustomConfigTestCase.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/logging/simple/CustomConfigTestCase.java
index 7fe141c..e192cec 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/logging/simple/CustomConfigTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/logging/simple/CustomConfigTestCase.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import junit.framework.Test;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.DummyException;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.PathableClassLoader;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.PathableTestSuite;
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ public class CustomConfigTestCase extends DefaultConfigTestCase {
     protected void logExceptionMessages() {
 
         // Generate log records
-        Throwable t = new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+        Throwable t = new DummyException();
         log.trace("trace", t); // Should not actually get logged
         log.debug("debug", t);
         log.info("info", t);