diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FilePattern.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FilePattern.java
index 4898accef5..46f7789d3a 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FilePattern.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FilePattern.java
@@ -206,7 +206,16 @@ public final class FilePattern {
      */
     public final void load(Loader loader) {
         boolean loaded = false;
-        URL url = FilePattern.class.getResource(pattern);
+        URL url = null;
+
+        try {
+            url = FilePattern.class.getResource(pattern);
+        }
+
+        // [#10143] Starting with Java 7, and especially when running on the module path,
+        //          there could be an InvalidPathException here.
+        catch (Exception ignore) {}
+
         File file = null;
 
         try {
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jaxb/tools/MiniJAXB.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jaxb/tools/MiniJAXB.java
index fbb30eccc1..31bbfd8126 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jaxb/tools/MiniJAXB.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jaxb/tools/MiniJAXB.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -409,10 +408,7 @@ public final class MiniJAXB {
                 return schema;
             }
         }
-        catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-            log.warn("Failed to load schema for namespace " + namespace, e);
-        }
-        catch (SAXException e) {
+        catch (Exception e) {
             log.warn("Failed to load schema for namespace " + namespace, e);
         }
         return null;