diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 632a9c5dc4..46b71c5f58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ Up requirements to Django 4.0+, Twisted 22+, Python 3.9 or 3.10
   even though doc suggested one could (ChrisLR)
 - New contrib `name_generator` for building random real-world based or fantasy-names
   based on phonetic rules.
+- Enable proper serialization of dict subclasses in Attributes (aogier)
 
 
 ## Evennia 0.9.5
diff --git a/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py b/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py
index 136d182a7b..3d406b3172 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ def to_pickle(data):
                     )
                 except (AttributeError, TypeError):
                     return {process_item(key): process_item(val) for key, val in item.items()}
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 # we try to conserve the iterable class, if not convert to list
                 try:
                     return item.__class__([process_item(val) for val in item])
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ def from_pickle(data, db_obj=None):
                     )
                 except (AttributeError, TypeError):
                     return {process_item(key): process_item(val) for key, val in item.items()}
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 try:
                     # we try to conserve the iterable class if
                     # it accepts an iterator
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ def from_pickle(data, db_obj=None):
                         (process_item(key), process_tree(val, dat)) for key, val in item.items()
                     )
                     return dat
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 try:
                     # we try to conserve the iterable class if it
                     # accepts an iterator
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ def from_pickle(data, db_obj=None):
                         (process_item(key), process_tree(val, dat)) for key, val in data.items()
                     )
                     return dat
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 try:
                     # we try to conserve the iterable class if it
                     # accepts an iterator