diff --git a/parquet-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/cli/commands/CatCommand.java b/parquet-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/cli/commands/CatCommand.java
index bba732a8b0..ccdda7036f 100644
--- a/parquet-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/cli/commands/CatCommand.java
+++ b/parquet-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/cli/commands/CatCommand.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.avro.Schema;
-import org.apache.avro.SchemaParseException;
 import org.apache.parquet.cli.BaseCommand;
 import org.apache.parquet.cli.util.Expressions;
 import org.apache.parquet.example.data.Group;
@@ -65,9 +64,9 @@ public int run() throws IOException {
     for (String source : sourceFiles) {
       try {
         runWithAvroSchema(source);
-      } catch (SchemaParseException e) {
+      } catch (RuntimeException e) {
         console.debug(
-            "Avro schema conversion failed for {}, falling back to Group reader: {}",
+            "Avro read failed for {}, falling back to Group reader: {}",
             source,
             e.getMessage());
         runWithGroupReader(source);