diff -Nru PyJWT-1.6.4.orig/tests/test_api_jws.py PyJWT-1.6.4/tests/test_api_jws.py
--- PyJWT-1.6.4.orig/tests/test_api_jws.py	2018-03-03 15:45:20.000000000 +0100
+++ PyJWT-1.6.4/tests/test_api_jws.py	2018-11-27 12:48:14.393379717 +0100
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
                 jws.decode, example_jws, key=example_secret,
                 options={'verify_signature': False},
             )
-        except AssertionError:
+        except pytest.fail.Exception:
             pass
         else:
             assert False, "Unexpected DeprecationWarning raised."
diff -Nru PyJWT-1.6.4.orig/tests/test_api_jwt.py PyJWT-1.6.4/tests/test_api_jwt.py
--- PyJWT-1.6.4.orig/tests/test_api_jwt.py	2018-03-18 14:35:35.000000000 +0100
+++ PyJWT-1.6.4/tests/test_api_jwt.py	2018-11-27 12:48:24.217463350 +0100
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
             pytest.deprecated_call(
                 jwt.decode, jwt_message, secret, verify=False,
             )
-        except AssertionError:
+        except pytest.fail.Exception:
             pass
         else:
             assert False, "Unexpected DeprecationWarning raised."