diff --git a/swh/graphql/resolvers/base_connection.py b/swh/graphql/resolvers/base_connection.py
--- a/swh/graphql/resolvers/base_connection.py
+++ b/swh/graphql/resolvers/base_connection.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         # different implementation is used in SnapshotBranchConnection
         try:
             cursor = utils.get_decoded_cursor(self.kwargs.get("after"))
-        except (UnicodeDecodeError, binascii.Error, Exception) as e:
+        except (UnicodeDecodeError, binascii.Error) as e:
             raise PaginationError("Invalid value for argument 'after'", errors=e)
         return cursor