diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
index e213c3fd..51b2f481 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
           <configuration>
             <release>8</release>
             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+            <failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index e34095c3..d8778c30 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
           <configuration>
             <release>8</release>
             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+            <failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>