diff --git a/Tests/test_imagecms.py b/Tests/test_imagecms.py
index 0c0eb92c4..ce6ec0bac 100644
--- a/Tests/test_imagecms.py
+++ b/Tests/test_imagecms.py
@@ -174,19 +174,25 @@ def test_exceptions():
     psRGB = ImageCms.createProfile("sRGB")
     pLab = ImageCms.createProfile("LAB")
     t = ImageCms.buildTransform(pLab, psRGB, "LAB", "RGB")
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="mode mismatch"):
         t.apply_in_place(hopper("RGBA"))
 
     # the procedural pyCMS API uses PyCMSError for all sorts of errors
     with hopper() as im:
-        with pytest.raises(ImageCms.PyCMSError):
+        with pytest.raises(ImageCms.PyCMSError, match="cannot open profile file"):
             ImageCms.profileToProfile(im, "foo", "bar")
-    with pytest.raises(ImageCms.PyCMSError):
+
+    with pytest.raises(ImageCms.PyCMSError, match="cannot open profile file"):
         ImageCms.buildTransform("foo", "bar", "RGB", "RGB")
-    with pytest.raises(ImageCms.PyCMSError):
+
+    with pytest.raises(ImageCms.PyCMSError, match="Invalid type for Profile"):
         ImageCms.getProfileName(None)
     skip_missing()
-    with pytest.raises(ImageCms.PyCMSError):
+
+    with pytest.raises(
+        ImageCms.PyCMSError,
+        match="'NoneType' object cannot be interpreted as an integer",
+    ):
         ImageCms.isIntentSupported(SRGB, None, None)
 
 
@@ -201,12 +207,20 @@ def test_lab_color_profile():
 
 
 def test_unsupported_color_space():
-    with pytest.raises(ImageCms.PyCMSError):
+    with pytest.raises(
+        ImageCms.PyCMSError,
+        match=re.escape(
+            "Color space not supported for on-the-fly profile creation (unsupported)"
+        ),
+    ):
         ImageCms.createProfile("unsupported")
 
 
 def test_invalid_color_temperature():
-    with pytest.raises(ImageCms.PyCMSError):
+    with pytest.raises(
+        ImageCms.PyCMSError,
+        match='Color temperature must be numeric, "invalid" not valid',
+    ):
         ImageCms.createProfile("LAB", "invalid")
 
 
@@ -470,9 +484,9 @@ def test_profile_typesafety():
     prepatch, these would segfault, postpatch they should emit a typeerror
     """
 
-    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="Invalid type for Profile"):
         ImageCms.ImageCmsProfile(0).tobytes()
-    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="Invalid type for Profile"):
         ImageCms.ImageCmsProfile(1).tobytes()