diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index ae2cf436..6a492d3a 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ val io = (project in file("io"))
     commonSettings,
     name := "IO",
     libraryDependencies ++= {
-      Vector(scalaCompiler.value % Test, scalaCheck % Test, scalatest % Test)
+      Vector(scalaCompiler.value % Test, scalaVerify % Test, scalaCheck % Test, scalatest % Test)
     } ++ Vector(swovalFiles),
+    testFrameworks += new TestFramework("verify.runner.Framework"),
     Test / fork := System.getProperty("sbt.test.fork", "false") == "true",
     Test / testForkedParallel := true,
     Compile / generateContrabands / sourceManaged := baseDirectory.value / "src" / "main" / "contraband-scala",
diff --git a/io/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/io/Retry.scala b/io/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/io/Retry.scala
index ebfc0668..2d660655 100644
--- a/io/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/io/Retry.scala
+++ b/io/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/io/Retry.scala
@@ -34,19 +34,19 @@ private[sbt] object Retry {
       excludedExceptions: Class[? <: IOException]*,
   ): T = {
     require(limit >= 1, "limit must be 1 or higher: was: " + limit)
-    def filter(e: Exception): Boolean = excludedExceptions match {
+    def filter(e: Throwable): Boolean = excludedExceptions match {
       case s if s.nonEmpty =>
         !excludedExceptions.exists(_.isAssignableFrom(e.getClass))
       case _ =>
         true
     }
     var attempt = 1
-    var firstException: IOException = null
+    var firstException: Throwable = null
     while (attempt <= limit) {
       try {
         return f
       } catch {
-        case e: IOException if filter(e) =>
+        case NonFatal(e) if filter(e) =>
           if (firstException == null) firstException = e
           // https://github.com/sbt/io/issues/295
           // On Windows, we're seeing java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException with sleep(0).
diff --git a/io/src/test/scala/sbt/internal/io/RetrySpec.scala b/io/src/test/scala/sbt/internal/io/RetrySpec.scala
index 298f3fe4..8cbdcde9 100644
--- a/io/src/test/scala/sbt/internal/io/RetrySpec.scala
+++ b/io/src/test/scala/sbt/internal/io/RetrySpec.scala
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@ package sbt.internal.io
 import java.io.IOException
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
 
-import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
-
-final class RetrySpec extends AnyFlatSpec {
+object RetrySpec extends verify.BasicTestSuite {
   private val noExcluded: List[Class[? <: IOException]] = List[Class[? <: IOException]]()
-  "retry" should "throw first exception after number of failures" in {
+  test("retry should throw first exception after number of failures") {
     val i = new AtomicInteger()
     def throww(): Any = throw new IOException(i.incrementAndGet().toString)
     try {
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ final class RetrySpec extends AnyFlatSpec {
     }
   }
 
-  "retry" should "throw recover" in {
+  test("retry should throw recover") {
     for (recoveryStep <- (1 to 14)) {
       val i = new AtomicInteger()
       val value = Retry(
@@ -46,4 +44,13 @@ final class RetrySpec extends AnyFlatSpec {
       assert(value == "recover")
     }
   }
+
+  test("retry should recover from non-IO exceptions") {
+    val i = new AtomicInteger()
+    def throww(): Any =
+      if (i.incrementAndGet() == 5) 0
+      else ???
+    Retry(throww())
+    ()
+  }
 }
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 7ea746b7..a47e7f48 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     "org.scala-lang" % "scala-compiler" % v
   }
 
+  val scalaVerify = "com.eed3si9n.verify" %% "verify" % "1.0.0"
   val scalaCheck = "org.scalacheck" %% "scalacheck" % "1.18.1"
   val scalatest = "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.2.19"
   val swovalFiles = "com.swoval" % "file-tree-views" % "2.1.12"
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index abbbce5d..73df629a 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.9.8
+sbt.version=1.10.7