diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 21272791e5..f749df796c 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ per-file-ignores =
     scripts/v.report/v.report.py: E721
     scripts/db.out.ogr/db.out.ogr.py: F841
     scripts/g.extension/g.extension.py: F841, E722, E501
-    scripts/v.unpack/v.unpack.py: E722, E501
+    scripts/v.unpack/v.unpack.py: E501
     scripts/v.import/v.import.py: E501
     scripts/db.univar/db.univar.py: E501
     scripts/i.pansharpen/i.pansharpen.py: E501
diff --git a/scripts/v.unpack/v.unpack.py b/scripts/v.unpack/v.unpack.py
index c3a7a55deb..efee589cc8 100644
--- a/scripts/v.unpack/v.unpack.py
+++ b/scripts/v.unpack/v.unpack.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def main():
     tar = tarfile.TarFile.open(name=input_base, mode="r")
     try:
         data_name = tar.getnames()[0]
-    except:
+    except (tarfile.ReadError, IndexError):
         grass.fatal(_("Pack file unreadable"))
 
     if flags["p"]: