diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/testing/cleanup/SimplifyTestThrows.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/testing/cleanup/SimplifyTestThrows.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.java.testing.cleanup;
+
+import org.openrewrite.*;
+import org.openrewrite.internal.lang.Nullable;
+import org.openrewrite.java.JavaIsoVisitor;
+import org.openrewrite.java.search.UsesType;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.*;
+import org.openrewrite.marker.Markers;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
+import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
+
+public class SimplifyTestThrows extends Recipe {
+
+    private static final String FQN_JAVA_LANG_EXCEPTION = "java.lang.Exception";
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDisplayName() {
+        return "Simplify `throws` statements of tests";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return "Replace all thrown exception classes of test method signatures by `Exception`.";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Duration getEstimatedEffortPerOccurrence() {
+        return Duration.ofMinutes(1);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> getVisitor() {
+        return Preconditions.check(
+                Preconditions.or(
+                        new UsesType<>("org.junit.jupiter.api.Test", false),
+                        new UsesType<>("org.junit.jupiter.api.TestTemplate", false),
+                        new UsesType<>("org.junit.jupiter.api.RepeatedTest", false),
+                        new UsesType<>("org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest", false),
+                        new UsesType<>("org.junit.jupiter.api.TestFactory", false)
+                ),
+                new JavaIsoVisitor<ExecutionContext>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public J.MethodDeclaration visitMethodDeclaration(J.MethodDeclaration method, ExecutionContext ctx) {
+                        J.MethodDeclaration m = super.visitMethodDeclaration(method, ctx);
+
+                        // reject invalid methods
+                        if (TypeUtils.isOverride(m.getMethodType())
+                            || !hasJUnit5MethodAnnotation(method)
+                            || throwsNothingOrException(method)) {
+                            return m;
+                        }
+
+                        // remove imports of the old exceptions
+                        for (NameTree t : m.getThrows()) {
+                            JavaType.FullyQualified type = TypeUtils.asFullyQualified(t.getType());
+                            if (type != null) {
+                                maybeRemoveImport(type);
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        // overwrite the throws declarations
+                        J.Identifier exceptionIdentifier = new J.Identifier(Tree.randomId(),
+                                Space.SINGLE_SPACE,
+                                Markers.EMPTY,
+                                emptyList(),
+                                "Exception",
+                                JavaType.ShallowClass.build(FQN_JAVA_LANG_EXCEPTION),
+                                null);
+                        return m.withThrows(singletonList(exceptionIdentifier));
+                    }
+
+                    /**
+                     * @return true if the method has no throws clause or only throws Exception
+                     */
+                    private boolean throwsNothingOrException(J.MethodDeclaration method) {
+                        @Nullable List<NameTree> th = method.getThrows();
+                        if (th == null || th.isEmpty()) {
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                        return th.size() == 1 && TypeUtils.isOfClassType(th.get(0).getType(), FQN_JAVA_LANG_EXCEPTION);
+                    }
+
+                    private boolean hasJUnit5MethodAnnotation(J.MethodDeclaration method) {
+                        for (J.Annotation a : method.getLeadingAnnotations()) {
+                            if (TypeUtils.isOfClassType(a.getType(), "org.junit.jupiter.api.Test")
+                                || TypeUtils.isOfClassType(a.getType(), "org.junit.jupiter.api.TestTemplate")
+                                || TypeUtils.isOfClassType(a.getType(), "org.junit.jupiter.api.RepeatedTest")
+                                || TypeUtils.isOfClassType(a.getType(), "org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest")
+                                || TypeUtils.isOfClassType(a.getType(), "org.junit.jupiter.api.TestFactory")) {
+                                return true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/testing/cleanup/SimplifyTestThrowsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/testing/cleanup/SimplifyTestThrowsTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.java.testing.cleanup;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.openrewrite.DocumentExample;
+import org.openrewrite.InMemoryExecutionContext;
+import org.openrewrite.java.JavaParser;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RecipeSpec;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
+
+import static org.openrewrite.java.Assertions.java;
+
+class SimplifyTestThrowsTest implements RewriteTest {
+    @Override
+    public void defaults(RecipeSpec spec) {
+        spec
+          .parser(JavaParser.fromJavaVersion().classpathFromResources(new InMemoryExecutionContext(),
+            "junit-jupiter-api-5.9", "junit-jupiter-params-5.9"))
+          .recipe(new SimplifyTestThrows());
+    }
+
+    @DocumentExample
+    @Test
+    void simplifyExceptions() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              import java.io.IOException;
+              import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+              class ATest {
+                  @Test
+                  void throwsMultiple() throws IOException, ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, ClassCastException {
+                  }
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+              class ATest {
+                  @Test
+                  void throwsMultiple() throws Exception {
+                  }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void normalMethodNoChanges() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              import java.io.IOException;
+              import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+              class ATest {
+                  void noTest() throws IOException {
+                  }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void noThrowsDeclaration() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+    
+              class ATest {
+                  @Test
+                  void noThrows() {
+                  }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void usesGeneralExceptionAlready() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+    
+              class ATest {
+                  @Test
+                  void throwsEx() throws Exception {
+                  }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+}