diff --git a/aeon/datasets/monster_loader.py b/aeon/datasets/monster_loader.py
index 7fe92b404e..f8722b8ecf 100644
--- a/aeon/datasets/monster_loader.py
+++ b/aeon/datasets/monster_loader.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def load_monster_dataset_names() -> list[str]:
     list of str
         A list of available Monster dataset names.
     """
-    _check_soft_dependencies("huggingface-hub")
+    _check_soft_dependencies("huggingface_hub")
     from huggingface_hub import list_datasets
 
     datasets = list_datasets(author=ORG_ID)
@@ -87,9 +87,8 @@ def load_monster_dataset(
         Time Series Evaluation Repository. arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.15122.
 
     """
-    _check_soft_dependencies("huggingface-hub")
+    _check_soft_dependencies("huggingface_hub")
     from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
-    from huggingface_hub.utils import HfHubDownloadError
 
     repo_id = f"{ORG_ID}/{dataset_name}"
 
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ def load_monster_dataset(
         label_path = hf_hub_download(
             repo_id=repo_id, filename=label_filename, repo_type="dataset"
         )
-    except HfHubDownloadError:
+    except Exception:
         label_filename = f"{dataset_name}_y.npy"
         label_path = hf_hub_download(
             repo_id=repo_id, filename=label_filename, repo_type="dataset"