diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemWriter.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemWriter.java
index 4af8446005..6579fdc3ef 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemWriter.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemWriter.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 import org.springframework.batch.support.transaction.TransactionAwareBufferedWriter;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.core.io.WritableResource;
-import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessResourceFailureException;
 import org.springframework.oxm.Marshaller;
 import org.springframework.oxm.XmlMappingException;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -458,7 +457,7 @@ private void open(long position) {
 			setPosition(position);
 		}
 		catch (IOException ioe) {
-			throw new DataAccessResourceFailureException("Unable to write to file resource: [" + resource + "]", ioe);
+			throw new ItemStreamException("Unable to write to file resource: [" + resource + "]", ioe);
 		}
 
 		XMLOutputFactory outputFactory = createXmlOutputFactory();
@@ -506,14 +505,14 @@ public void run() {
 			}
 		}
 		catch (XMLStreamException xse) {
-			throw new DataAccessResourceFailureException("Unable to write to file resource: [" + resource + "]", xse);
+			throw new ItemStreamException("Unable to write to file resource: [" + resource + "]", xse);
 		}
 		catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
-			throw new DataAccessResourceFailureException(
+			throw new ItemStreamException(
 					"Unable to write to file resource: [" + resource + "] with encoding=[" + encoding + "]", e);
 		}
 		catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new DataAccessResourceFailureException("Unable to write to file resource: [" + resource + "]", e);
+			throw new ItemStreamException("Unable to write to file resource: [" + resource + "]", e);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -673,7 +672,7 @@ protected void endDocument(XMLEventWriter writer) throws XMLStreamException {
 			bufferedWriter.write("</" + nsPrefix + getRootTagName() + ">");
 		}
 		catch (IOException ioe) {
-			throw new DataAccessResourceFailureException("Unable to close file resource: [" + resource + "]", ioe);
+			throw new XMLStreamException("Unable to close file resource: [" + resource + "]", ioe);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -825,7 +824,7 @@ private long getPosition() {
 			}
 		}
 		catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new DataAccessResourceFailureException("Unable to write to file resource: [" + resource + "]", e);
+			throw new ItemStreamException("Unable to write to file resource: [" + resource + "]", e);
 		}
 
 		return position;
@@ -842,7 +841,7 @@ private void setPosition(long newPosition) {
 			channel.position(newPosition);
 		}
 		catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new DataAccessResourceFailureException("Unable to write to file resource: [" + resource + "]", e);
+			throw new ItemStreamException("Unable to write to file resource: [" + resource + "]", e);
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/DefaultFragmentEventReader.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/DefaultFragmentEventReader.java
index bf35e85d11..d7c75784b7 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/DefaultFragmentEventReader.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/DefaultFragmentEventReader.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2006-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import javax.xml.stream.events.StartElement;
 import javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent;
 
-import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessResourceFailureException;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemStreamException;
 
 /**
  * Default implementation of {@link FragmentEventReader}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public DefaultFragmentEventReader(XMLEventReader wrappedEventReader) {
 			startDocumentEvent = (StartDocument) wrappedEventReader.peek();
 		}
 		catch (XMLStreamException e) {
-			throw new DataAccessResourceFailureException("Error reading start document from event reader", e);
+			throw new ItemStreamException("Error reading start document from event reader", e);
 		}
 
 		endDocumentEvent = XMLEventFactory.newInstance().createEndDocument();
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public boolean hasNext() {
 			}
 		}
 		catch (XMLStreamException e) {
-			throw new DataAccessResourceFailureException("Error reading XML stream", e);
+			throw new ItemStreamException("Error reading XML stream", e);
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public Object next() {
 			return nextEvent();
 		}
 		catch (XMLStreamException e) {
-			throw new DataAccessResourceFailureException("Error reading XML stream", e);
+			throw new ItemStreamException("Error reading XML stream", e);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public void markFragmentProcessed() {
 				}
 			}
 			catch (XMLStreamException e) {
-				throw new DataAccessResourceFailureException("Error reading XML stream", e);
+				throw new ItemStreamException("Error reading XML stream", e);
 			}
 		}
 		fakeDocumentEnd = false;
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/UnopenedElementClosingEventWriter.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/UnopenedElementClosingEventWriter.java
index 96086abdbc..5098784aa2 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/UnopenedElementClosingEventWriter.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/UnopenedElementClosingEventWriter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2014-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
 import javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent;
 
-import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessResourceFailureException;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ public void add(XMLEvent event) throws XMLStreamException {
 				ioWriter.flush();
 			}
 			catch (IOException ioe) {
-				throw new DataAccessResourceFailureException("Unable to close tag: " + element, ioe);
+				throw new XMLStreamException("Unable to close tag: " + element, ioe);
 			}
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/UnopenedElementClosingEventWriterTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/UnopenedElementClosingEventWriterTests.java
index 39e5bfd1fb..9d19024c86 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/UnopenedElementClosingEventWriterTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/stax/UnopenedElementClosingEventWriterTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2014-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventFactory;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventWriter;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
 import javax.xml.stream.events.EndElement;
 import javax.xml.stream.events.StartElement;
 import javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent;
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
-import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessResourceFailureException;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link UnopenedElementClosingEventWriter}
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public void testOtherEvent() throws Exception {
 		verify(wrappedWriter).add(event);
 	}
 
-	@Test(expected = DataAccessResourceFailureException.class)
+	@Test(expected = XMLStreamException.class)
 	public void testIOException() throws Exception {
 		EndElement endElementB = eventFactory.createEndElement(unopenedB, null);
 		Mockito.doThrow(new IOException("Simulated IOException")).when(ioWriter).write("</unopened-b>");