diff --git a/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/outbound/SftpOutboundTests.java b/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/outbound/SftpOutboundTests.java
index 12f7435a2f..d172cf5080 100644
--- a/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/outbound/SftpOutboundTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/outbound/SftpOutboundTests.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.core.NestedIOException;
 import org.springframework.expression.common.LiteralExpression;
 import org.springframework.integration.file.DefaultFileNameGenerator;
 import org.springframework.integration.file.remote.FileInfo;
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ public class SftpOutboundTests {
 
 		assertThat(sftpSession.exists("notExist")).isFalse();
 
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(NestedIOException.class).
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(UncheckedIOException.class).
 				isThrownBy(() -> sftpSession.exists("foo"));
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/outbound/SftpServerOutboundTests.java b/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/outbound/SftpServerOutboundTests.java
index fd7aab8cdc..dbca776f29 100644
--- a/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/outbound/SftpServerOutboundTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/outbound/SftpServerOutboundTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2013-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PipedInputStream;
 import java.io.PipedOutputStream;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.core.NestedIOException;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.DirectChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.event.inbound.ApplicationEventListeningMessageProducer;
 import org.springframework.integration.file.FileHeaders;
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ public class SftpServerOutboundTests extends SftpTestSupport {
 
 		session.close();
 
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(NestedIOException.class)
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(UncheckedIOException.class)
 				.isThrownBy(() -> session.exists("any"))
 				.withRootCauseInstanceOf(IOException.class)
 				.withStackTraceContaining("Pipe closed");