diff --git a/retry/src/main/java/io/micronaut/retry/RetryState.java b/retry/src/main/java/io/micronaut/retry/RetryState.java
index 8eec2d5fd0e..5285ecec5af 100644
--- a/retry/src/main/java/io/micronaut/retry/RetryState.java
+++ b/retry/src/main/java/io/micronaut/retry/RetryState.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ default RetryPredicate getRetryPredicate() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return The captured exception type (default to {@link RuntimeException}
+     * @return The captured exception type (default to {@link Exception}
      */
     Class<? extends Throwable> getCapturedException();
 
diff --git a/retry/src/main/java/io/micronaut/retry/annotation/Retryable.java b/retry/src/main/java/io/micronaut/retry/annotation/Retryable.java
index 515ef77ae3e..f63d687fc14 100644
--- a/retry/src/main/java/io/micronaut/retry/annotation/Retryable.java
+++ b/retry/src/main/java/io/micronaut/retry/annotation/Retryable.java
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@
     Class<? extends RetryPredicate> predicate() default DefaultRetryPredicate.class;
 
     /**
-     * @return The capture exception types (defaults to RuntimeException)
+     * @return The capture exception types (defaults to Exception)
      */
-    Class<? extends Throwable> capturedException() default RuntimeException.class;
+    Class<? extends Throwable> capturedException() default Exception.class;
 
     /**
      * @return The jitter factor used to apply random deviation to retry delays
diff --git a/retry/src/main/java/io/micronaut/retry/intercept/AnnotationRetryStateBuilder.java b/retry/src/main/java/io/micronaut/retry/intercept/AnnotationRetryStateBuilder.java
index 803be2f5434..5c8c26bffae 100644
--- a/retry/src/main/java/io/micronaut/retry/intercept/AnnotationRetryStateBuilder.java
+++ b/retry/src/main/java/io/micronaut/retry/intercept/AnnotationRetryStateBuilder.java
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ public RetryState build() {
         Class<? extends RetryPredicate> predicateClass = (Class<? extends RetryPredicate>) retry.classValue(PREDICATE).orElse(DefaultRetryPredicate.class);
         RetryPredicate predicate = createPredicate(predicateClass, retry);
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-        Class<? extends RuntimeException> capturedException = (Class<? extends RuntimeException>) retry
+        Class<? extends Exception> capturedException = (Class<? extends Exception>) retry
             .classValue(CAPTURED_EXCEPTION)
-            .orElse(RuntimeException.class);
+            .orElse(Exception.class);
 
         return new SimpleRetry(
             attempts,
diff --git a/retry/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/retry/intercept/SimpleRetrySpec.groovy b/retry/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/retry/intercept/SimpleRetrySpec.groovy
index b705e687512..9a30308d836 100644
--- a/retry/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/retry/intercept/SimpleRetrySpec.groovy
+++ b/retry/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/retry/intercept/SimpleRetrySpec.groovy
@@ -327,6 +327,22 @@ class SimpleRetrySpec extends Specification {
         context.stop()
     }
 
+    void "test retry with exception captured by default"() {
+        given:
+        ApplicationContext context = ApplicationContext.run()
+        CounterService counterService = context.getBean(CounterService)
+
+        when:
+        counterService.getCountExceptionDefault()
+
+        then: "retry kicked in because the exception thrown is captured by default"
+        noExceptionThrown()
+        counterService.countExceptionDefault == counterService.countThreshold
+
+        cleanup:
+        context.stop()
+    }
+
     void "test retry with value"() {
         given:
         ApplicationContext context = ApplicationContext.run()
@@ -397,6 +413,7 @@ class SimpleRetrySpec extends Specification {
         int countPreThreshold = 3
         int countThrowable = 0;
         int countThrowableUncaptured = 0;
+        int countExceptionDefault = 0;
 
         @Retryable(attempts = '5', delay = '5ms')
         int getCountSync() {
@@ -544,5 +561,14 @@ class SimpleRetrySpec extends Specification {
             }
             return countThrowableUncaptured
         }
+
+        @Retryable(attempts = '5', delay = '5ms')
+        Integer getCountExceptionDefault() {
+            countExceptionDefault++
+            if(countExceptionDefault < countThreshold - 1) {
+                throw new Exception()
+            }
+            return countExceptionDefault
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/docs/guide/aop/retry.adoc b/src/main/docs/guide/aop/retry.adoc
index 8e3398c01e1..07b69ce5636 100644
--- a/src/main/docs/guide/aop/retry.adoc
+++ b/src/main/docs/guide/aop/retry.adoc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ For example:
 
 snippet::io.micronaut.docs.aop.retry.BookService[tags="simple", indent=0, title="Simple Retry Example"]
 
-With the above example if the `listBooks()` method throws a RuntimeException, it is retried until the maximum number of attempts is reached.
+With the above example if the `listBooks()` method throws an Exception, it is retried until the maximum number of attempts is reached.
 
 The `multiplier` value of the `@Retryable` annotation can be used to configure a multiplier used to calculate the delay between retries, allowing exponential retry support.