diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/test_common.py b/pandas/tests/io/test_common.py
index 699459ab3666d..3916fe0e72070 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/test_common.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/test_common.py
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ def test_iterator(self):
             (pd.read_hdf, "tables", FileNotFoundError, "h5"),
             (pd.read_stata, "os", FileNotFoundError, "dta"),
             (pd.read_sas, "os", FileNotFoundError, "sas7bdat"),
-            (pd.read_json, "os", ValueError, "json"),
+            # (pd.read_json, "os", ValueError, "json"),
+            (pd.read_json, "os", FileNotFoundError, "json"),
             (pd.read_pickle, "os", FileNotFoundError, "pickle"),
         ],
     )
@@ -265,7 +266,8 @@ def test_write_missing_parent_directory(self, method, module, error_class, fn_ex
             (pd.read_hdf, "tables", FileNotFoundError, "h5"),
             (pd.read_stata, "os", FileNotFoundError, "dta"),
             (pd.read_sas, "os", FileNotFoundError, "sas7bdat"),
-            (pd.read_json, "os", ValueError, "json"),
+            # (pd.read_json, "os", ValueError, "json"),
+            (pd.read_json, "os", FileNotFoundError, "json"),
             (pd.read_pickle, "os", FileNotFoundError, "pickle"),
         ],
     )