diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc
index 7b8daf5..ac956a8 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc
@@ -1876,7 +1876,7 @@ QPDFWriter::generateID()
         if (m->deterministic_id) {
             if (m->deterministic_id_data.empty()) {
                 QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFWriter deterministic with no data");
-                throw std::logic_error("INTERNAL ERROR: QPDFWriter::generateID has no data for "
+                throw std::runtime_error("INTERNAL ERROR: QPDFWriter::generateID has no data for "
                                        "deterministic ID.  This may happen if deterministic ID and "
                                        "file encryption are requested together.");
             }