diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Compressors/LZMA/ICoder.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Compressors/LZMA/ICoder.cs
index 95134979..22648533 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Compressors/LZMA/ICoder.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Compressors/LZMA/ICoder.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using SharpCompress.Common;
 
 namespace SharpCompress.Compressors.LZMA;
 
 /// <summary>
 /// The exception that is thrown when an error in input stream occurs during decoding.
 /// </summary>
-internal class DataErrorException : Exception
+internal class DataErrorException : SharpCompressException
 {
     public DataErrorException()
         : base("Data Error") { }
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ internal class DataErrorException : Exception
 /// <summary>
 /// The exception that is thrown when the value of an argument is outside the allowable range.
 /// </summary>
-internal class InvalidParamException : Exception
+internal class InvalidParamException : SharpCompressException
 {
     public InvalidParamException()
         : base("Invalid Parameter") { }
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Compressors/Xz/XZIndexMarkerReachedException.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Compressors/Xz/XZIndexMarkerReachedException.cs
index bb006a35..f7fe0428 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Compressors/Xz/XZIndexMarkerReachedException.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Compressors/Xz/XZIndexMarkerReachedException.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-using System;
+using SharpCompress.Common;
 
 namespace SharpCompress.Compressors.Xz;
 
-public class XZIndexMarkerReachedException : Exception { }
+public class XZIndexMarkerReachedException : SharpCompressException { }
diff --git a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/ExceptionHierarchyTests.cs b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/ExceptionHierarchyTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b543d179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/ExceptionHierarchyTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+using System;
+using SharpCompress.Common;
+using SharpCompress.Compressors.Deflate;
+using SharpCompress.Compressors.LZMA;
+using SharpCompress.Compressors.Xz;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace SharpCompress.Test;
+
+public class ExceptionHierarchyTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void AllSharpCompressExceptions_InheritFromSharpCompressException()
+    {
+        // Verify that ArchiveException inherits from SharpCompressException
+        Assert.True(typeof(SharpCompressException).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(ArchiveException)));
+
+        // Verify that ExtractionException inherits from SharpCompressException
+        Assert.True(typeof(SharpCompressException).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(ExtractionException)));
+
+        // Verify that InvalidFormatException inherits from SharpCompressException (through ExtractionException)
+        Assert.True(
+            typeof(SharpCompressException).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(InvalidFormatException))
+        );
+
+        // Verify that CryptographicException inherits from SharpCompressException
+        Assert.True(
+            typeof(SharpCompressException).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(CryptographicException))
+        );
+
+        // Verify that IncompleteArchiveException inherits from SharpCompressException (through ArchiveException)
+        Assert.True(
+            typeof(SharpCompressException).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(IncompleteArchiveException))
+        );
+
+        // Verify that ReaderCancelledException inherits from SharpCompressException
+        Assert.True(
+            typeof(SharpCompressException).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(ReaderCancelledException))
+        );
+
+        // Verify that MultipartStreamRequiredException inherits from SharpCompressException (through ExtractionException)
+        Assert.True(
+            typeof(SharpCompressException).IsAssignableFrom(
+                typeof(MultipartStreamRequiredException)
+            )
+        );
+
+        // Verify that MultiVolumeExtractionException inherits from SharpCompressException (through ExtractionException)
+        Assert.True(
+            typeof(SharpCompressException).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(MultiVolumeExtractionException))
+        );
+
+        // Verify that ZlibException inherits from SharpCompressException
+        Assert.True(typeof(SharpCompressException).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(ZlibException)));
+
+        // Verify that XZIndexMarkerReachedException inherits from SharpCompressException
+        Assert.True(
+            typeof(SharpCompressException).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(XZIndexMarkerReachedException))
+        );
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SharpCompressException_CanBeCaughtByBaseType()
+    {
+        // Test that a derived exception can be caught as SharpCompressException
+        var exception = new InvalidFormatException("Test message");
+        var caughtException = false;
+
+        try
+        {
+            throw exception;
+        }
+        catch (SharpCompressException ex)
+        {
+            caughtException = true;
+            Assert.Same(exception, ex);
+        }
+
+        Assert.True(caughtException, "Exception should have been caught as SharpCompressException");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void InternalLzmaExceptions_InheritFromSharpCompressException()
+    {
+        // Use reflection to verify internal exception types
+        var dataErrorExceptionType = Type.GetType(
+            "SharpCompress.Compressors.LZMA.DataErrorException, SharpCompress"
+        );
+        Assert.NotNull(dataErrorExceptionType);
+        Assert.True(typeof(SharpCompressException).IsAssignableFrom(dataErrorExceptionType));
+
+        var invalidParamExceptionType = Type.GetType(
+            "SharpCompress.Compressors.LZMA.InvalidParamException, SharpCompress"
+        );
+        Assert.NotNull(invalidParamExceptionType);
+        Assert.True(typeof(SharpCompressException).IsAssignableFrom(invalidParamExceptionType));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ExceptionConstructors_WorkCorrectly()
+    {
+        // Test parameterless constructor
+        var ex1 = new SharpCompressException();
+        Assert.NotNull(ex1);
+
+        // Test message constructor
+        var ex2 = new SharpCompressException("Test message");
+        Assert.Equal("Test message", ex2.Message);
+
+        // Test message and inner exception constructor
+        var inner = new InvalidOperationException("Inner");
+        var ex3 = new SharpCompressException("Test message", inner);
+        Assert.Equal("Test message", ex3.Message);
+        Assert.Same(inner, ex3.InnerException);
+    }
+}