diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 78d824d9..b54082f8 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ python-dateutil==2.8.2
     # via -r requirements/base.in
 pyyaml==6.0
     # via confuse
-scipp==0.13.1
+scipp==0.14.0
     # via -r requirements/base.in
 scipy==1.8.0
     # via -r requirements/base.in
diff --git a/src/scippnexus/nxevent_data.py b/src/scippnexus/nxevent_data.py
index 6fe725f5..6cbb0f04 100644
--- a/src/scippnexus/nxevent_data.py
+++ b/src/scippnexus/nxevent_data.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def _getitem(self, select: ScippIndex) -> sc.DataArray:
 
         try:
             binned = sc.bins(data=events, dim=_event_dimension, begin=begins, end=ends)
-        except sc.SliceError as e:
+        except IndexError as e:
             raise IndexError(
                 f"Invalid index in NXevent_data at {self.name}/event_index:\n{e}.")
 
diff --git a/tests/nexus_test.py b/tests/nexus_test.py
index 41c937a8..c0636225 100644
--- a/tests/nexus_test.py
+++ b/tests/nexus_test.py
@@ -289,6 +289,16 @@ def test_negative_event_index_converted_to_num_event(nxroot):
     assert events.bins.size().values[3] == 0
 
 
+def test_bad_event_index_raises_IndexError(nxroot):
+    event_data = nxroot['entry'].create_class('events_0', NX_class.NXevent_data)
+    event_data['event_id'] = sc.array(dims=[''], unit=None, values=[1, 2, 4, 1, 2])
+    event_data['event_time_offset'] = sc.array(dims=[''], unit='s', values=[0, 0, 0, 0])
+    event_data['event_time_zero'] = sc.array(dims=[''], unit='s', values=[1, 2, 3, 4])
+    event_data['event_index'] = sc.array(dims=[''], unit=None, values=[0, 3, 3, 666])
+    with pytest.raises(IndexError):
+        nxroot['entry/events_0'][...]
+
+
 def create_event_data_without_event_id(group):
     group['event_time_offset'] = sc.array(dims=[''],
                                           unit='s',
diff --git a/tests/nxdetector_test.py b/tests/nxdetector_test.py
index c9daf1c6..a4200963 100644
--- a/tests/nxdetector_test.py
+++ b/tests/nxdetector_test.py
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ def test_loading_event_data_with_full_selection_and_automatic_detector_numbers_w
     detector = nxroot.create_class('detector0', NX_class.NXdetector)
     create_event_data_ids_1234(detector.create_class('events', NX_class.NXevent_data))
     assert detector.dims == ['detector_number']
-    assert detector[...].shape == [4]
-    assert detector[()].shape == [4]
+    assert tuple(detector[...].shape) == (4, )
+    assert tuple(detector[()].shape) == (4, )
 
 
 def test_event_data_field_dims_labels(nxroot):