diff --git a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/auth/CertificateAuthentication.java b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/auth/CertificateAuthentication.java
index 54d44a57..1fe70302 100644
--- a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/auth/CertificateAuthentication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/auth/CertificateAuthentication.java
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ public CloseableHttpClient authenticate(HttpClientBuilder clientBuilder,
 							credentials.getPassword().getPlainText().toCharArray()).build());
 
 			return clientBuilder.build();
-		} catch (Exception e) {
+		}catch(RuntimeException e){
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		} 
+		catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new IOException(e);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/spotbugs/spotbugs-excludes.xml b/src/spotbugs/spotbugs-excludes.xml
index 7b5ec41f..a8d4a31f 100644
--- a/src/spotbugs/spotbugs-excludes.xml
+++ b/src/spotbugs/spotbugs-excludes.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
     <Field name="step"/>
   </Match>
 
-  <Match>
-    <Bug pattern="REC_CATCH_EXCEPTION"/>
-    <Class name="jenkins.plugins.http_request.auth.CertificateAuthentication"/>
-    <Method name="authenticate"/>
-  </Match>
-
   <Match>
     <Bug pattern="SE_NO_SERIALVERSIONID"/>
     <Class name="jenkins.plugins.http_request.auth.CertificateAuthentication"/>