diff --git a/.ci/files/all-java.xml b/.ci/files/all-java.xml
index b9dfa6179f..5eb0304f47 100644
--- a/.ci/files/all-java.xml
+++ b/.ci/files/all-java.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     <rule ref="category/java/design.xml/AvoidRethrowingException"/>
     <rule ref="category/java/design.xml/AvoidThrowingNewInstanceOfSameException"/>
     <rule ref="category/java/design.xml/AvoidThrowingNullPointerException"/>
-    <!-- <rule ref="category/java/design.xml/AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypes"/> -->
+    <rule ref="category/java/design.xml/AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypes"/>
     <rule ref="category/java/design.xml/AvoidUncheckedExceptionsInSignatures"/>
     <rule ref="category/java/design.xml/ClassWithOnlyPrivateConstructorsShouldBeFinal"/>
     <rule ref="category/java/design.xml/CognitiveComplexity" />
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/design.xml b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/design.xml
index 0910d00100..ef526f1480 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/design.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/design.xml
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ Exception, or Error, use a subclassed exception or error instead.
             <property name="xpath">
                 <value>
 <![CDATA[
-//ThrowStatement//AllocationExpression
+//ThrowStatement//ConstructorCall
  /ClassOrInterfaceType[
  pmd-java:typeIsExactly('java.lang.Throwable')
 or
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypesTest.java b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypesTest.java
index 77d90aefbe..e9370037f6 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypesTest.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypesTest.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.design;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.testframework.PmdRuleTst;
 
-@org.junit.Ignore("Rule has not been updated yet")
 public class AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypesTest extends PmdRuleTst {
     public static class Throwable extends java.lang.Throwable {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1798165250043760600L;
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypes.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypes.xml
index 6c63094a81..d61ae828a6 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypes.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/AvoidThrowingRawExceptionTypes.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <test-code>
         <description>throwing various types</description>
         <expected-problems>4</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>3,4,5,6</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
     void bar() {
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ public class PmdTest {
     <test-code>
         <description>False negative when importing another exception</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>6</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
 import java.io.IOException;