diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Event/ExceptionEvent.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Event/ExceptionEvent.php
index a4de24b951..a10741a84d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Event/ExceptionEvent.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Event/ExceptionEvent.php
@@ -29,28 +29,23 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
  */
 final class ExceptionEvent extends RequestEvent
 {
-    /**
-     * The exception object.
-     *
-     * @var \Exception
-     */
-    private $exception;
+    private $throwable;
 
     /**
      * @var bool
      */
     private $allowCustomResponseCode = false;
 
-    public function __construct(HttpKernelInterface $kernel, Request $request, int $requestType, \Exception $e)
+    public function __construct(HttpKernelInterface $kernel, Request $request, int $requestType, \Throwable $e)
     {
         parent::__construct($kernel, $request, $requestType);
 
-        $this->setException($e);
+        $this->setThrowable($e);
     }
 
-    public function getException(): \Exception
+    public function getThrowable(): \Throwable
     {
-        return $this->exception;
+        return $this->throwable;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -58,9 +53,9 @@ final class ExceptionEvent extends RequestEvent
      *
      * This exception will be thrown if no response is set in the event.
      */
-    public function setException(\Exception $exception): void
+    public function setThrowable(\Throwable $exception): void
     {
-        $this->exception = $exception;
+        $this->throwable = $exception;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/ExceptionListener.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/ExceptionListener.php
index 1e9aadac52..0f14c43426 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/ExceptionListener.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/ExceptionListener.php
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ class ExceptionListener implements EventSubscriberInterface
 
     public function logKernelException(ExceptionEvent $event)
     {
-        $e = FlattenException::createFromThrowable($event->getException());
+        $e = FlattenException::createFromThrowable($event->getThrowable());
 
-        $this->logException($event->getException(), sprintf('Uncaught PHP Exception %s: "%s" at %s line %s', $e->getClass(), $e->getMessage(), $e->getFile(), $e->getLine()));
+        $this->logException($event->getThrowable(), sprintf('Uncaught PHP Exception %s: "%s" at %s line %s', $e->getClass(), $e->getMessage(), $e->getFile(), $e->getLine()));
     }
 
     public function onKernelException(ExceptionEvent $event, string $eventName = null, EventDispatcherInterface $eventDispatcher = null)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class ExceptionListener implements EventSubscriberInterface
             return;
         }
 
-        $exception = $event->getException();
+        $exception = $event->getThrowable();
         $request = $this->duplicateRequest($exception, $event->getRequest());
 
         try {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class ExceptionListener implements EventSubscriberInterface
         ];
     }
 
-    protected function logException(\Exception $exception, string $message)
+    protected function logException(\Throwable $exception, string $message)
     {
         if (null !== $this->logger) {
             if (!$exception instanceof HttpExceptionInterface || $exception->getStatusCode() >= 500) {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class ExceptionListener implements EventSubscriberInterface
     /**
      * Clones the request for the exception.
      */
-    protected function duplicateRequest(\Exception $exception, Request $request): Request
+    protected function duplicateRequest(\Throwable $exception, Request $request): Request
     {
         $attributes = [
             '_controller' => $this->controller,