diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/icu/impl/Punycode.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/icu/impl/Punycode.java
index f2b1500dde9..52f6e546f3a 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/icu/impl/Punycode.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/icu/impl/Punycode.java
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public final class Punycode {
         for(j=0; j<srcLength; ++j) {
             if(srcCPCount==MAX_CP_COUNT) {
                 /* too many input code points */
-                throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+                throw new ParseException("Too many input code points", -1);
             }
             c=src.charAt(j);
             if(isBasic(c)) {