diff --git a/faunaJava/src/main/java/com/fauna/serialization/FaunaParser.java b/faunaJava/src/main/java/com/fauna/serialization/FaunaParser.java
index 62da5ecd..3d97716d 100644
--- a/faunaJava/src/main/java/com/fauna/serialization/FaunaParser.java
+++ b/faunaJava/src/main/java/com/fauna/serialization/FaunaParser.java
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public Long getValueAsLong() {
         try {
             return Long.parseLong(taggedTokenValue);
         } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Error getting the current token as Long", e);
+            throw new SerializationException("Error getting the current token as Long", e);
         }
     }
 }
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