diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 69748f6a40..1c6506eb9c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@
                                 <failOnMissing>true</failOnMissing>
                                 <excludedScopes>provided,test</excludedScopes>
                                 <excludedGroups>^(org\.alfresco|com\.alfresco|org\.activiti|org\.gytheio).*</excludedGroups>
-                                <failIfWarning>false</failIfWarning>
+                                <failIfWarning>true</failIfWarning>
                                 <includedLicenses>
                                     https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Alfresco/third-party-license-overrides/master/includedLicenses.txt
                                 </includedLicenses>