diff --git a/manifest_xml.py b/manifest_xml.py
index 04cabaa..ab842f3 100644
--- a/manifest_xml.py
+++ b/manifest_xml.py
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
             # tricky.  actual parsing implementation may vary.
             except (KeyboardInterrupt, RuntimeError, SystemExit):
                 raise
-            except Exception, e:
+            except Exception as e:
                 raise ManifestParseError(
                     "failed parsing included manifest %s: %s", (name, e))
         else: