diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d360e3c8f..30755fe3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Configure CMake
       shell: bash
-      run: cmake -S $GITHUB_WORKSPACE -B $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/install -DSFML_BUILD_EXAMPLES=TRUE -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON -DSFML_BUILD_TEST_SUITE=TRUE ${{matrix.platform.flags}} ${{matrix.config.flags}}
+      run: cmake -S $GITHUB_WORKSPACE -B $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/install -DSFML_BUILD_EXAMPLES=TRUE -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON -DSFML_BUILD_TEST_SUITE=TRUE -DWARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=TRUE ${{matrix.platform.flags}} ${{matrix.config.flags}}
 
     - name: Build
       shell: bash
diff --git a/cmake/CompilerWarnings.cmake b/cmake/CompilerWarnings.cmake
index a26cc8f46..96231f8ce 100644
--- a/cmake/CompilerWarnings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CompilerWarnings.cmake
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # Helper function to enable compiler warnings for a specific set of files
 function(set_file_warnings)
-    option(WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS "Treat compiler warnings as errors" TRUE)
+    option(WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS "Treat compiler warnings as errors" FALSE)
 
     set(MSVC_WARNINGS
         /W4 # Baseline reasonable warnings