diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index cbd0bfcd3..131cfaa64 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ jobs:
       - benchmark:
           min_time: "0.01"
       - spectest:
-          expected_passed: 4856
-          expected_failed: 576
+          expected_passed: 4859
+          expected_failed: 573
           expected_skipped: 6381
 
   sanitizers-macos:
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ jobs:
       - benchmark:
           min_time: "0.01"
       - spectest:
-          expected_passed: 4856
-          expected_failed: 576
+          expected_passed: 4859
+          expected_failed: 573
           expected_skipped: 6381
 
   benchmark:
@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ jobs:
           expected_failed: 8
           expected_skipped: 7323
       - spectest:
-          expected_passed: 4856
-          expected_failed: 576
+          expected_passed: 4859
+          expected_failed: 573
           expected_skipped: 6381
 
 workflows:
diff --git a/lib/fizzy/parser.cpp b/lib/fizzy/parser.cpp
index 985f6c9de..9c23cc117 100644
--- a/lib/fizzy/parser.cpp
+++ b/lib/fizzy/parser.cpp
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ Module parse(bytes_view input)
 
     if (!module.elementsec.empty() && module.tablesec.empty() &&
         module.imported_table_types.empty())
-        throw parser_error("element section encountered without a table section");
+        throw validation_error("element section encountered without a table section");
 
     if (module.funcsec.size() != code_binaries.size())
         throw parser_error("malformed binary: number of function and code entries must match");
diff --git a/test/unittests/parser_test.cpp b/test/unittests/parser_test.cpp
index cc7ef0b5f..8c5ffbfeb 100644
--- a/test/unittests/parser_test.cpp
+++ b/test/unittests/parser_test.cpp
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ TEST(parser, element_section_no_table_section)
     const auto wasm =
         bytes{wasm_prefix} + make_section(9, make_vec({"000b"_bytes + make_vec({"00"_bytes})}));
     EXPECT_THROW_MESSAGE(
-        parse(wasm), parser_error, "element section encountered without a table section");
+        parse(wasm), validation_error, "element section encountered without a table section");
 }
 
 TEST(parser, code_section_empty)