diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/import_export.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/import_export.py
index 91dc1f8d3c..a71140cbc1 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/import_export.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/import_export.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def import_handler(request, course_key_string):
                         }]
                     })
             # Send errors to client with stage at which error occurred.
-            except Exception as exception:   # pylint: disable=W0703
+            except Exception as exception:   # pylint: disable=broad-except
                 _save_request_status(request, key, -1)
                 if course_dir.isdir():
                     shutil.rmtree(course_dir)
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def import_handler(request, course_key_string):
                 _save_request_status(request, key, 4)
 
             # Send errors to client with stage at which error occurred.
-            except Exception as exception:   # pylint: disable=W0703
+            except Exception as exception:   # pylint: disable=broad-except
                 log.exception(
                     "error importing course"
                 )
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/item.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/item.py
index d80b334269..4428d7c087 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/item.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/item.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def xblock_view_handler(request, usage_key_string, view_name):
             # catch exceptions indiscriminately, since after this point they escape the
             # dungeon and surface as uneditable, unsaveable, and undeletable
             # component-goblins.
-            except Exception as exc:                          # pylint: disable=w0703
+            except Exception as exc:                          # pylint: disable=broad-except
                 log.debug("unable to render studio_view for %r", xblock, exc_info=True)
                 fragment = Fragment(render_to_string('html_error.html', {'message': str(exc)}))
 
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/preview.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/preview.py
index 3e292827b1..772fc4c264 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/preview.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/preview.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def get_preview_fragment(request, descriptor, context):
 
     try:
         fragment = module.render(preview_view, context)
-    except Exception as exc:                          # pylint: disable=W0703
+    except Exception as exc:                          # pylint: disable=broad-except
         log.warning("Unable to render %s for %r", preview_view, module, exc_info=True)
         fragment = Fragment(render_to_string('html_error.html', {'message': str(exc)}))
     return fragment
diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py b/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py
index 6bcf7f1d54..3ba560342b 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py
@@ -2229,7 +2229,7 @@ class ExternalResponse(LoncapaResponse):
         cmap = CorrectMap()
         try:
             submission = [student_answers[k] for k in idset]
-        except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+        except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             log.error(
                 'Error %s: cannot get student answer for %s; student_answers=%s',
                 err,
@@ -2244,7 +2244,7 @@ class ExternalResponse(LoncapaResponse):
 
         try:
             rxml = self.do_external_request('get_score', extra_payload)
-        except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+        except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             log.error('Error %s', err)
             if self.capa_system.DEBUG:
                 cmap.set_dict(dict(zip(sorted(
@@ -2276,7 +2276,7 @@ class ExternalResponse(LoncapaResponse):
         try:
             rxml = self.do_external_request('get_answers', {})
             exans = json.loads(rxml.find('expected').text)
-        except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+        except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             log.error('Error %s', err)
             if self.capa_system.DEBUG:
                 msg = '<span class="inline-error">%s</span>' % str(
@@ -2486,7 +2486,7 @@ class FormulaResponse(LoncapaResponse):
             name = hxml.get('name')
             correct_answer = contextualize_text(
                 hxml.get('answer'), self.context)
-            # pylint: disable=W0703
+            # pylint: disable=broad-except
             try:
                 correctness = self.check_formula(
                     correct_answer,
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py
index 92a0bb28bd..4f89249415 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ def _import_course_draft(
 
                         drafts.append(draft)
 
-                except Exception:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+                except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
                     logging.exception('Error while parsing course xml.')
 
     # sort drafts by `index_in_children_list` attribute
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ def _import_course_draft(
     for draft in get_draft_subtree_roots(drafts):
         try:
             _import_module(draft.module)
-        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             logging.exception('while importing draft descriptor %s', draft.module)
 
 
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/management/commands/clean_history.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/management/commands/clean_history.py
index 2a3a28592f..6478c07568 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/management/commands/clean_history.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/management/commands/clean_history.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class StudentModuleHistoryCleaner(object):
             for smid in self.module_ids_to_check(batch_size):
                 try:
                     self.clean_one_student_module(smid)
-                except Exception:       # pylint: disable=W0703
+                except Exception:       # pylint: disable=broad-except
                     trace = traceback.format_exc()
                     self.say("Couldn't clean student_module_id {}:\n{}".format(smid, trace))
             if not self.dry_run:
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py
index ffcb49a889..e1c6659a1b 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ def register_and_enroll_students(request, course_id):  # pylint: disable=too-man
         try:
             upload_file = request.FILES.get('students_list')
             students = [row for row in csv.reader(upload_file.read().splitlines())]
-        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             general_errors.append({
                 'username': '', 'email': '', 'response': _('Could not read uploaded file.')
             })
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ def students_update_enrollment(request, course_id):
                 'invalidIdentifier': True,
             })
 
-        except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+        except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             # catch and log any exceptions
             # so that one error doesn't cause a 500.
             log.exception("Error while #{}ing student")
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/models.py b/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/models.py
index 3a769aa706..ac2d40eda5 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/models.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/models.py
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ class Order(models.Model):
                     }
                 })
 
-        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             # Capturing all exceptions thrown while tracking analytics events. We do not want
             # an operation to fail because of an analytics event, so we will capture these
             # errors in the logs.
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/models.py b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/models.py
index 81b2085e52..6362057849 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/models.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/models.py
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ class SoftwareSecurePhotoVerification(PhotoVerification):
                 attempt = attempts[0]
                 if attempt.status != "approved":
                     return False
-            except Exception:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+            except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
                 return False
 
         return True
diff --git a/pavelib/assets.py b/pavelib/assets.py
index 5e8e6045fb..a27aa2d164 100644
--- a/pavelib/assets.py
+++ b/pavelib/assets.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class CoffeeScriptWatcher(PatternMatchingEventHandler):
         print('\tCHANGED:', event.src_path)
         try:
             compile_coffeescript(event.src_path)
-        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             traceback.print_exc()
 
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class SassWatcher(PatternMatchingEventHandler):
         print('\tCHANGED:', event.src_path)
         try:
             compile_sass()
-        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             traceback.print_exc()
 
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class XModuleSassWatcher(SassWatcher):
         print('\tCHANGED:', event.src_path)
         try:
             process_xmodule_assets()
-        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             traceback.print_exc()