diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 510ccdc5b6e..562086aca19 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ build --@dawn//src/tint:tint_build_wgsl_writer=True
 # Our dependencies (ICU, zlib, etc.) produce a lot of these warnings, so we disable them. Depending
 # on the clang version, zlib either produces warnings for -Wdeprecated-non-prototype or does not
 # have that option, so disable -Wunknown-warning-option there too.
+build --per_file_copt='external@-Wno-error'
 build --per_file_copt='external/v8@-Wno-deprecated-declarations'
 build --per_file_copt='external/com_googlesource_chromium_icu@-Wno-ambiguous-reversed-operator,-Wno-deprecated-declarations'
 build --host_per_file_copt='external/com_googlesource_chromium_icu@-Wno-ambiguous-reversed-operator,-Wno-deprecated-declarations'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 155acaafce7..caca5837589 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends clang-16 lld-16 libunwind-16 libc++abi1-16 libc++1-16 libc++-16-dev libclang-rt-16-dev
           echo "build:linux --action_env=CC=/usr/lib/llvm-16/bin/clang --action_env=CXX=/usr/lib/llvm-16/bin/clang++" >> .bazelrc
           echo "build:linux --host_action_env=CC=/usr/lib/llvm-16/bin/clang --host_action_env=CXX=/usr/lib/llvm-16/bin/clang++" >> .bazelrc
+          echo "build:linux --copt='-Werror'" >> .bazelrc
+          echo "build:linux --copt='-Wno-error=#warnings'" >> .bazelrc
+          echo "build:linux --copt='-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations'" >> .bazelrc
           sed -i -e "s%llvm-symbolizer%/usr/lib/llvm-16/bin/llvm-symbolizer%" .bazelrc
       - name: Setup macOS
         if: matrix.os.name == 'macOS'
diff --git a/src/workerd/io/worker.c++ b/src/workerd/io/worker.c++
index 5ec978febdf..79d43a91346 100644
--- a/src/workerd/io/worker.c++
+++ b/src/workerd/io/worker.c++
@@ -1602,7 +1602,8 @@ Worker::Worker(kj::Own<const Script> scriptParam,
                 }
                 KJ_CASE_ONEOF(limitError, kj::Exception) { }
               }
-            }
+            } else {} // Added to suppress a compiler warning
+
             startupMetrics->done();
           } catch (const kj::Exception& e) {
             lock.throwException(kj::cp(e));