diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/SXSSFSheet.java b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/SXSSFSheet.java
index 44caba4217..d454fc1082 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/SXSSFSheet.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/SXSSFSheet.java
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ public class SXSSFSheet implements Sheet, OoxmlSheetExtensions {
         setRandomAccessWindowSize(randomAccessWindowSize);
         try {
             _autoSizeColumnTracker = new AutoSizeColumnTracker(this);
-        } catch (Throwable t) {
-            LOG.atWarn().log("Failed to create AutoSizeColumnTracker, possibly due to fonts not being installed in your OS", t);
+        } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError | InternalError e) {
+            LOG.atWarn().log("Failed to create AutoSizeColumnTracker, possibly due to fonts not being installed in your OS", e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ public class SXSSFSheet implements Sheet, OoxmlSheetExtensions {
         setRandomAccessWindowSize(_workbook.getRandomAccessWindowSize());
         try {
             _autoSizeColumnTracker = new AutoSizeColumnTracker(this);
-        } catch (Throwable t) {
-            LOG.atWarn().log("Failed to create AutoSizeColumnTracker, possibly due to fonts not being installed in your OS", t);
+        } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError | InternalError e) {
+            LOG.atWarn().log("Failed to create AutoSizeColumnTracker, possibly due to fonts not being installed in your OS", e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/ss/util/SheetUtil.java b/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/ss/util/SheetUtil.java
index d55e3634d5..130169999c 100644
--- a/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/ss/util/SheetUtil.java
+++ b/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/ss/util/SheetUtil.java
@@ -300,12 +300,12 @@ public class SheetUtil {
         try {
             TextLayout layout = new TextLayout(str.getIterator(), fontRenderContext);
             return (int) layout.getAdvance();
-        } catch (Throwable t) {
+        } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError | NoClassDefFoundError | InternalError e) {
             if (ignoreMissingFontSystem) {
                 return DEFAULT_CHAR_WIDTH;
             }
 
-            throw t;
+            throw e;
         }
     }