diff --git a/test/test_interceptor.py b/test/test_interceptor.py
index 66e0881..de0e9ca 100644
--- a/test/test_interceptor.py
+++ b/test/test_interceptor.py
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ def test_urllib3_in_out():
         assert 'WSGI intercept successful!' in str(response.data)
 
     # outside the context manager the intercept does not work
-    with py.test.raises(urllib3.exceptions.MaxRetryError):
-        httppool.request('GET', url)
+    with py.test.raises(urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError):
+        httppool.request('GET', url, retries=False)
 
 
 # urllib
diff --git a/test/test_urllib3.py b/test/test_urllib3.py
index 8206d5e..ccf1e40 100644
--- a/test/test_urllib3.py
+++ b/test/test_urllib3.py
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ def test_http_other_port():
 def test_bogus_domain():
     with InstalledApp(wsgi_app.simple_app, host=HOST, port=80):
         py.test.raises(
-            urllib3.exceptions.MaxRetryError,
-            'http.request("GET", "http://_nonexistant_domain_")')
+            urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError,
+            'http.request("GET", "http://_nonexistant_domain_", retries=False)')
 
 
 def test_proxy_handling():