diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
index 3a39efadbc..d09772ff33 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Notable changes
 - #32841 feature_taproot: sample tx version border values more
 - #32850 test: check P2SH sigop count for coinbase tx
 - #32859 test: correctly detect nonstd TRUC tx vsize in feature_taproot
+- #33001 test: Do not pass tests on unhandled exceptions
 
 ### Util
 
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
index 2902c68340..dcbe4bed1a 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -134,26 +134,14 @@ class BitcoinTestFramework(metaclass=BitcoinTestMetaClass):
             else:
                 self.run_test()
 
-        except JSONRPCException:
-            self.log.exception("JSONRPC error")
-            self.success = TestStatus.FAILED
         except SkipTest as e:
             self.log.warning("Test Skipped: %s" % e.message)
             self.success = TestStatus.SKIPPED
-        except AssertionError:
-            self.log.exception("Assertion failed")
-            self.success = TestStatus.FAILED
-        except KeyError:
-            self.log.exception("Key error")
-            self.success = TestStatus.FAILED
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            self.log.exception("Called Process failed with '{}'".format(e.output))
+            self.log.exception(f"Called Process failed with stdout='{e.stdout}'; stderr='{e.stderr}';")
             self.success = TestStatus.FAILED
-        except Exception:
-            self.log.exception("Unexpected exception caught during testing")
-            self.success = TestStatus.FAILED
-        except KeyboardInterrupt:
-            self.log.warning("Exiting after keyboard interrupt")
+        except BaseException:
+            self.log.exception("Unexpected exception")
             self.success = TestStatus.FAILED
         finally:
             exit_code = self.shutdown()