diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_compare.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_compare.py
index eefc7c29126..a36faae3600 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_compare.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_compare.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import sys, os, re
 from io import StringIO
 import tempfile
-import test_all
+from . import test_all
 
 import unittest
 try:
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_thread.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_thread.py
index a347911e7da..20a643bed46 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_thread.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_thread.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.homeDir = homeDir
         try:
             os.mkdir(homeDir)
-        except OSError, e:
+        except OSError as e:
             if e.errno != errno.EEXIST: raise
         self.env = db.DBEnv()
         self.setEnvOpts()
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def tearDown(self):
         self.env.close()
         try:
             shutil.rmtree(self.homeDir)
-        except OSError, e:
+        except OSError as e:
             if e.errno != errno.EEXIST: raise
 
     def setEnvOpts(self):